{"id":115604,"date":"2025-06-30T13:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=115604"},"modified":"2025-06-30T14:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:00:01","slug":"classical-chartz-the-top-ten-classical-music-albums-for-the-week-of-june-30-to-july-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2025\/06\/30\/classical-chartz-the-top-ten-classical-music-albums-for-the-week-of-june-30-to-july-6\/","title":{"rendered":"CLASSICAL CHARTZ | The Top Ten Classical Music Albums For The Week Of June 30 To July 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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.<\/p>\n

For the complete top 20, tune into Classical Chartz<\/a><\/strong> with the New Classical FM\u2019s Mark Wigmore every Saturday from 3-5 p.m.<\/p>\n

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The top three positions in the Classical Chartz remain unchanged from last week: Josh Groban\u2019<\/strong>s Gems<\/strong> at No. 1, Yunchan Lim<\/strong> at No. 2 with his winning performance of Rachmaninoff 3<\/strong> at the Van Cliburn, and at No. 3, superstar organist Anna Lapwood<\/strong>\u2019s Firedove<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot of up and down movement beneath the top three in the Chartz until you reach Nos. 9 and 10, where two new artists and releases make their debut on the Top Ten.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Grosvenor<\/strong> tackles Chopin: Sonatas 2 & 3<\/strong> in his latest, which lands at No. 9, up from No. 13. While consecutive in number, the works were written with a gap of several years between them, and contrast each other beautifully. It\u2019s Chopin at his most romantic, with emotions that range from tumult to intensity to heartache and despair.<\/p>\n

Along with Chopin\u2019s Piano Sonata Nos. 2 & 3, the Decca Classics release includes his Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23, Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57, and Nocturnes Nos. 15 and 16 (Op 1 and 2).<\/p>\n

Grosvenor talks about his early and long lasting love of Chopin in an interview with the Princeton Prospect.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a composer who really sent me on my journey. It was his music that lit my flame for music. The first piece of Chopin I played was a Chopin waltz, and the quicksilver nature of the music, the fact that you know within a few bars that the emotion changes, was appealing to me. It was almost like a conversation. He was speaking to me. There\u2019s something about his melodies that is tailored to the decay. He knew he was a master of the instrument, and he just had a very unique harmonic language and this incredible gift of melody, and that\u2019s what I\u2019ve always found captivating.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mandolin virtuosos Avi Avital<\/strong>\u2019s simply titled Italy<\/strong> is the first of his news series, a planned set of three EPs with diverse themes that he\u2019s releasing prior to the full album Song of the Birds. It comes in at No. 10, up from No. 15 last week. His new ensemble Between Worlds is composed of international musicians, each bringing their own style and background. Along with Avital, they include:<\/p>\n