The Classic FM Chart - Sunday 4 August 2013

In last Sunday's show, we heard the UK premiere airplay of the new album from Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic.

This week's Classic FM Chart show had the UK premiere airplay of the exciting new recording from Sir Simon Rattle with the Berlin Philharmonic.

Together they have recorded two of Rachmaninov's masterpieces: Symphonic Dances and The Bells. 

Towards the end of his life, the composer himself said of The Bells 'I worked on this composition with feverish ardour; and it remains of all my works the one I love the most'. Of the Symphonic Dances, written shortly before his death, Rachmaninov said “I don’t know how it happened, it must have been my last spark”.

The album is released on 26 August.

In the chart there were four new entries, the highest of which was the compilation Classical Music for Little Princes which made it to No.8. None of them could shift The Real Classical, though, which has now been at No.1 for five consecutive weeks.