Classic FM Chart: Renée Fleming’s new album Distant Light enters the chart at no. 8
13 January 2017, 18:55 | Updated: 20 January 2017, 15:25
15th January: Last week’s top re-entries The Classical Album and The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music switch around, at no. 1 and no. 2, and Renée Fleming’s new album is the highest new entry at no. 8.
Last week, The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music and The Classical Album re-entered the chart at no. 1 and no. 2 and this week they have swapped places. Meanwhile, Ludovico Einaudi’s Islands climbs four places to no. 3 and last week’s third-place entry Rogue One falls one place.
The highlight of this week’s chart is the new album release from Renée Fleming and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, which enters the chart at no. 8. The title Distant Light comes from a poem in a new song cycle dedicated to Renée and this is its world premiere recording: Anders Hillborg’s The Strand Settings. This is Renée Fleming’s first venture into the hypnotic world of Scandinavian music and the album also includes music from Björk as well as Samuel Barber.
Renée spoke to Classic FM about the release of her latest album and you can find out more here.
Elsewhere in the chart, the biggest rise is from John Williams's score for Star Wars - Return of the Jedi jumping from no. 12 to no. 6, and the largest drop is also from John Williams but for his score for Star Wars - A New Hope which drops 12 places.
Other new entries include the soundtrack to the new film Assassin's Creed and the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert 2017, with re-entries from Lord of the Rings: Trilogy soundtrack from Howard Shore and Olafur Arnalds's Island Songs.
This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
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1 | 2 | THE CLASSICAL ALBUM, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
2 | 1 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, LPO/PARRY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
3 | 7 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
4 | 3 | ROGUE ONE - A STAR WARS STORY - OST, MICHAEL GIACCHINO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
5 | 6 | BILL TURNBULL'S RELAXING CLASSICS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
6 | 12 | STAR WARS - RETURN OF THE JEDI - OST, LSO/WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
7 | 8 | ONE VOICE, ALED JONES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
8 | NEW | BARBER/HILLBORG/BJORK/DISTANT LIGHT, FLEMING/RSPO/ORAMO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
9 | 4 | BRUNO TONIOLI: AN ITALIAN ROMANCE, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
10 | 5 | ONE VOICE AT CHRISTMAS, ALED JONES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
11 | 11 | STAR WARS - EPISODE 5 - THE EMPIRE, LSO/WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
12 | 16 | ELEMENTS, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
13 | 15 | BACH/CANTATAS 54 82 & 170, DAVIES/ARCANGELO/COHEN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
14 | 18 | GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 6 - OST, RAMIN DJAWADI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
15 | 10 | THE LOST SONGS OF ST KILDA, MORRISON/SFO/MACMILLAN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
16 | 14 | PLANET EARTH 2 - OST, HANS ZIMMER/J SHEA/J KLEBE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
17 | 20 | BELIEVE, JONATHAN ANTOINE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
18 | 22 | FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, JAMES NEWTON HOWARD Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
19 | 13 | STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS - OST, JOHN WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
20 | 23 | CINEMA, ANDREA BOCELLI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
21 | 9 | STAR WARS - EPISODE 4 - A NEW HOPE - OST, LSO/WILLIAMS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
22 | NEW | ASSASSIN'S CREED - OST, JED KURZEL Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
23 | 21 | YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE - THE COLLECTION, ALFIE BOE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
24 | 19 | IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
25 | 17 | A YEAR OF SONGS, ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
26 | NEW | NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2017, VP/DUDAMEL Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
27 | 24 | CLASSIC FM - A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
28 | 28 | MORRICONE 60, ENNIO MORRICONE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
29 | RE | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - TRILOGY - OST, HOWARD SHORE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
30 | RE | ISLAND SONGS, OLAFUR ARNALDS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |