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.
Tafelmusik and Rachel Podger, Principal Guest Director, hold on to the No. 1 spot for a second week with their simply titled Haydn Symphonies 43 & 49. Close behind, Daniil Trifonov and the Philadelphia Orchestra rise for steps from No. 6 to the second place spot on the Classical Chartz Top Ten for the week, with My American Story: North, inspired by the pianist’s musical journey since moving to the United States. Andrea Bocelli’s Duets (30th Anniversary) jumps up from No. 8 to land at No 3 this week.
François Dompierre’s Requiem rises from No. 16 to make a Top Ten debut at No. 9. A native of Ottawa, composer François Dompierre is a hit maker in the world of francophone music in Québec, including composing the music for more than 200 songs, and working as an orchestrator and music director with Québecois icons like Pauline Julien and Félix Leclerc. He’s also written the music for more than 60 films for directors such as Denys Arcand, Jacques Godbout, and many others. He has composed operas and other works for performance.
The album features soprano Myriam Leblanc, tenor Andrew Haji, and baritione Geoffroy Salvas, with the Orchestre FILMharmonique and Ensemble ArtChoral, and their conductor Francis Choinière. The FILMharmonique orchestra, based in Montréal, is an inspired choice for his cinematic music. The album offers his imaginative take on 12 liturgical texts.
Just behind, Víkingur Ólafsson and his album Continuum enter the Classical Chartz for the first time to land at the No. 10 spot. The release is a continuation of the Icelandic pianist’s fascination with the music of Bach. He talks about it in an Instagram post, calling it, “The first installment of what will be an ongoing Bach diary for me, featuring my new arrangements..”
The album consists of six new Bach singles that the artist recorded at Reykjavik’s Harpa concert hall in January 2024. The tracks feature arrangements of sacred music by Bach for solo piano, four of which Ólafsson arranged himself. Ólafsson’s arrangement of the bass aria “Es ist vollbracht” from the Cantata, BWV 159 is the first single off the 2024 release.
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