This Week's Top 30 - 28 October 2012
28 October 2012, 19:00 | Updated: 19 December 2016, 16:24
Two voices – one from Salford and the other from Assisi – battle it out at the top of the Classic FM Chart as Russell Watson has his Number 1 crown snatched by the singing monk Friar Alessandro. Trumpeter Alison Balsom is the highest climber, moving into the Top 10 with her latest album Sound the Trumpet.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEW | VOICE FROM ASSISI, FRIAR ALESSANDRO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 2 | 2 | FIFTY SHADES OF GREY - THE CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 3 | 1 | ANTHEMS, RUSSELL WATSON Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 4 | 15 | SOUND THE TRUMPET - ROYAL MUSIC OF, ALISON BALSOM Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 5 | 4 | THE SILVER VIOLIN, NICOLA BENEDETTI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 6 | 7 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 7 | 6 | AND THE WALTZ GOES ON, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 8 | 17 | LATEST & GREATEST STARS OF CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 9 | 5 | LATINO, MILOS KARADAGLIC Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 10 | 10 | CLASSIC FM - 50 CLASSICAL CHILLOUT, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 11 | RE | NOAH, NOAH STEWART Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 12 | 9 | CONCERTO - ONE NIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK, ANDREA BOCELLI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 13 | 14 | MOONLIGHT SERENADE, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 14 | RE | THE MAGIC OF, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 15 | 3 | MY CHRISTMAS, KATHERINE JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 16 | 12 | BE MY LOVE - A TRIBUTE TO MARIO LANZA, CALLEJA/BBC CO/MERCURIO Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 17 | 11 | THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN HARP, CLAIRE JONES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 18 | NEW | ADAM'S LAMENT, ARVO PART Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 19 | 16 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL, LPO/PARRY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 20 | 21 | THE COLLECTION, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 21 | 8 | THE GUITAR, MILOS KARADAGLIC Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 22 | 19 | BEETHOVEN FOR ALL - MUSIC OF POWER, WEST-EASTERN DIVAN/BARENBOIM Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 23 | 18 | THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - OST, HANS ZIMMER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 24 | RE | WALTZING IN EUROPE, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 25 | 29 | THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, KATHERINE JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 26 | 22 | FOREVER VIENNA, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 27 | 26 | DOWNTON ABBEY - ESSENTIAL COLLECTION, ORIGINAL TV SOUNDTRACK Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 28 | 13 | BEST OF BRITISH, KATHERINE JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 29 | 30 | DREAMING, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 30 | 24 | 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
