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.

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1 NEW VOICE FROM ASSISI, FRIAR ALESSANDRO
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2 2 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY - THE CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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3 1 ANTHEMS, RUSSELL WATSON
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4 15 SOUND THE TRUMPET - ROYAL MUSIC OF, ALISON BALSOM
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5 4 THE SILVER VIOLIN, NICOLA BENEDETTI
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6 7 ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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7 6 AND THE WALTZ GOES ON, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR
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8 17 LATEST & GREATEST STARS OF CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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9 5 LATINO, MILOS KARADAGLIC
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10 10 CLASSIC FM - 50 CLASSICAL CHILLOUT, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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11 RE NOAH, NOAH STEWART
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12 9 CONCERTO - ONE NIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK, ANDREA BOCELLI
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13 14 MOONLIGHT SERENADE, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR
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14 RE THE MAGIC OF, ANDRE RIEU
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15 3 MY CHRISTMAS, KATHERINE JENKINS
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16 12 BE MY LOVE - A TRIBUTE TO MARIO LANZA, CALLEJA/BBC CO/MERCURIO
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17 11 THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN HARP, CLAIRE JONES
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18 NEW ADAM'S LAMENT, ARVO PART
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19 16 THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL, LPO/PARRY
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20 21 THE COLLECTION, ANDRE RIEU
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21 8 THE GUITAR, MILOS KARADAGLIC
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22 19 BEETHOVEN FOR ALL - MUSIC OF POWER, WEST-EASTERN DIVAN/BARENBOIM
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23 18 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - OST, HANS ZIMMER
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24 RE WALTZING IN EUROPE, ANDRE RIEU
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25 29 THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, KATHERINE JENKINS
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26 22 FOREVER VIENNA, ANDRE RIEU
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27 26 DOWNTON ABBEY - ESSENTIAL COLLECTION, ORIGINAL TV SOUNDTRACK
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28 13 BEST OF BRITISH, KATHERINE JENKINS
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29 30 DREAMING, ANDRE RIEU
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30 24 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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