Enjoy new music with our classical music chart for this week. Our weekly selections are based on sales numbers and simply what albums we love and think you NEED to hear.
For the complete top 20, tune into Classical Chartz with the New Classical FM’s Mark Wigmore every Saturday from 3-5 p.m.
With Yannick and The Chamber Orchestra of Europe holding down the top spot on the Classical Chartz Top Ten for another week with the release Johannes Brahms, Isata Kanneh-Mason and Mendelssohn, her exploration of the musical family, rises from No. 5 to take the No. 2 spot.
Two other releases demonstrate forward motion up through the Chartz this week, and both are newcomers to the Top Ten.
Joana Mallwitz & Konzerthausorchester Berlin make a giant leap from No. 12 last week to the No. 5 spot this week with The Kurt Weill Album. Mallwitz, the first woman to lead the Konzerhaudorchester Berlin in its history, makes her debut recording with the ensemble on the DG label in a celebration of Kurt Weill. Weill’s music, and his early heyday, came as part of a group of left leaning artists during Berlin’s Weimar Era between the world wars. In Berlin, Weill collaborated with Bertolt Brecht to produce some of his most famous works during the 1920s and 30s, including The Threepenny Opera.
The recording includes Weill’s first two symphonies, rarely heard works composed in 1921 (while studying with Busoni) and 1934, and his Die Sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins), featuring singer-actor Katharine Mehrling in the role of Anna.
Landing at No. 10 for her debut on the Classical Chartz is Mari Samuelsen and Life. The Norwegian violinist’s new release was inspired by the birth of he second child, but she’s said she’s hoping the beauty of the music will connect with many listeners, parents or not. “I play music because I want to tell stories,” she says in the liner notes. “They have something personal — but I want them to be relatable for as many people as possible.”
The track list focuses on the works of contemporary stars like Ludovico Einaudi, Nils Frahm and Bryce Dessner, throwing in Franz Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A Major just for fun. String players of Scoring Berlin, conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer, and other guest musicians, fill in the parts.
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