This Week's Top 30 - 4 November 2012

4 November 2012, 19:00 | Updated: 19 December 2016, 16:24

There we’re lots of new entries all of which tried to challenge the singing monk for pole position. The hotly tipped Strictly Strauss album, released to capitalize on Strictly Come Dancing fever made a strong impression charting at number 2 but it wasn't able to knock Friar Alessandro off the top spot.

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1 1 VOICE FROM ASSISI, FRIAR ALESSANDRO
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2 NEW STRICTLY STRAUSS - THE WALTZ ALBUM, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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3 2 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY - THE CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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4 3 ANTHEMS, RUSSELL WATSON
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5 5 THE SILVER VIOLIN, NICOLA BENEDETTI
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6 8 LATEST & GREATEST STARS OF CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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7 6 ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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8 4 SOUND THE TRUMPET - ROYAL MUSIC OF, ALISON BALSOM
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9 19 THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL, LPO/PARRY
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10 7 AND THE WALTZ GOES ON, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR
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11 14 THE MAGIC OF, ANDRE RIEU
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12 10 CLASSIC FM - 50 CLASSICAL CHILLOUT, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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13 15 MY CHRISTMAS, KATHERINE JENKINS
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14 9 LATINO, MILOS KARADAGLIC
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15 NEW RACHMANINOV/PIANO CONCERTO NO 2, LISITSA/LSO/FRANCIS
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16 13 MOONLIGHT SERENADE, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR
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17 21 THE GUITAR, MILOS KARADAGLIC
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18 17 THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN HARP, CLAIRE JONES
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19 27 DOWNTON ABBEY - ESSENTIAL COLLECTION, ORIGINAL TV SOUNDTRACK
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20 20 THE COLLECTION, ANDRE RIEU
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21 28 BEST OF BRITISH, KATHERINE JENKINS
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22 16 BE MY LOVE - A TRIBUTE TO MARIO LANZA, CALLEJA/BBC CO/MERCURIO
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23 23 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - OST, HANS ZIMMER
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24 24 WALTZING IN EUROPE, ANDRE RIEU
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25 25 THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, KATHERINE JENKINS
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26 26 FOREVER VIENNA, ANDRE RIEU
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27 NEW BACH/VIOLIN CONCERTOS, GRUMIAUX/HOLLIGER/PHIL OR/WAAR
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28 12 CONCERTO - ONE NIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK, ANDREA BOCELLI
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29 11 NOAH, NOAH STEWART
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30 RE THE INSTANT CLASSIC COLLECTION - 100, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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