Classic FM Chart: John Williams' Across the Stars and Netflix's The Dark Crystal soundtrack make entries

8 September 2019, 18:55

 Classic FM Chart 8 September 2019

John Williams' stunning film score transcriptions for violin, performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter, enters this week's chart, along with the soundtrack from Netflix's The Dark Crystal and seven other new entries.

There are plenty of wonderful new entries in this week’s chart – including the soundtrack to Netflix’s fantasy series, The Dark Crystal, and John Williams’s collaboration with violinist Ann-Sophie Mutter, Across the Stars, which features his best film scores in new transcriptions for the violin. 

There are also plenty of familiar faces here – from Einaudi and Pavarotti, to the Avengers: Endgame soundtrack, and Isata Kanneh-Mason’s beautiful disc of Clara Schumann Romances. 

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Title & Artist
1 1 ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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2 6 AVENGERS - ENDGAME - OST, ALAN SILVESTRI
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3 NEW ACROSS THE STARS, MUTTER/RECORDING ARTS OR LA
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4 2 SI, ANDREA BOCELLI
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5 NEW KORNGOLD/SYMPHONY IN F SHARP, SINFONIA OF LONDON/WILSON
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6 NEW BRAHMS/VIOLIN SONATAS, IBRAGIMOVA/TIBERGHIEN
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7 10 SEVEN DAYS WALKING - DAY ONE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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8 3 THE LITTLE MERMAID - OST, ALAN MENKEN
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9 4 PAVAROTTI - OST, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
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10 NEW SCHUBERT/WINTERREISE, BOSTRIDGE/ADES
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11 9 THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL, LPO/PARRY
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12 5 SLEEP, MAX RICHTER
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13 7 THE LORD OF THE RINGS - TRILOGY - OST, HOWARD SHORE
14 13 THE BLUE NOTEBOOKS, MAX RICHTER
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15 NEW BRITISH TONE POEMS - VOL 2, BBC PO/GAMBA
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16 27 ROMANCE - THE PIANO MUSIC OF CLARA, ISATA KANNEH-MASON
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17 NEW RILEY/SUN RINGS, KRONOS QUARTET
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18 11 GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER & LISA GERRARD
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19 12 IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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20 18 UNA MATTINA, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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21 8 SEVEN DAYS WALKING - DAY SIX, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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22 17 THE LORD OF THE RINGS - OST, HOWARD SHORE
23 16 POLDARK - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - OST, ANNE DUDLEY
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24 14 GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 8 - OST, RAMIN DJAWADI
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25 NEW PFITZNER/BRAUNFELS/THE ROMANTIC PNO CTO, BECKER/BERLIN RSO/TRINKS
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26 22 SCORE, 2CELLOS
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27 21 DIVENIRE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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28 NEW THE DARK CRYSTAL - AGE OF RESISTANCE - 1, DANIEL PEMBERTON
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29 19 THE GREATEST HITS, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
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30 20 EVOLUTION, ALEXIS FFRENCH
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