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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. Find the full Top 20 listing here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n The top two positions in the Classical Chartz remain unchanged for a third week in a row. Ludovico Einaudi<\/strong>\u2019s Solo Piano<\/strong> sits at No. 1, with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> and The Miraculous Mandarin<\/strong> at No. 2.<\/p>\n The Nos. 3, 4, and 5 positions are still taken up with recordings of J.S. Bach \u2014 proving his timeless appeal about 341 years after his birth \u2014 but with a bit of a shuffle. Yunchan Lim<\/strong>\u2019s Bach Goldberg Variations<\/strong> falls from No. 3 to No. 4, while Pygmalion<\/strong>\u2019s J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion<\/strong> steps up fro No. 4 to take over that No. 3 spot. Renaud Capu\u00e7on<\/strong>\u2019s J.S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas<\/strong>, stays the course at No. 5 for a second week.<\/p>\n The newcomer to the Classical Chartz Top Ten comes from pianist Fazil Say<\/strong> and his release Schubert & Berg: Piano Sonatas<\/strong>. It rises from No 13 last week to round out the Top Ten at the No. 10 position.<\/p>\n Both composers were Viennese, but that\u2019s where most similarities end. The two works in question, Schubert\u2019s Sonata in B flat major, D 960, and Alban Berg\u2019s Piano Sonata in B minor, Op. 1, offer a study in contrasts.<\/p>\n Schubert composed the work not long before his untimely death in 1828, towards the end of the Romantic era of Western classical music. \u201cFranz Schubert was only 30 when he died,\u201d writes Fazil Say. \u201cThere is a unique depth of sorrow and melancholy here, the pain of parting from this world. Yet at the same time, we feel Schubert\u2019s joy of life, his vitality, his attachment, his passion, and even his defiance.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s a work that Say has only recently added to his repertoire. Conversely, he\u2019s been playing Berg\u2019s piece, a pioneering composition that helped to put modernism on the map \u2014 written in 1909, a scant 21 years after Schubert\u2019s work \u2014 since he was a teenager.<\/p>\n \u201cI first encountered Alban Berg\u2019s piano sonata at the age of 15, and I performed it as a student in Ankara […] I listened to all of Berg\u2019s works and he became one of the main figures who opened the door for me to contemporary music […] His opus 1, while anchored in B minor, sails boldly toward atonality and modern expression. It is a one-movement sonata, almost like a ballad or a single dramatic scene from an opera […] The piano is used almost orchestrally, full of colour and intensity. It is a remarkably beautiful piece.\u201d<\/p>\n Are you looking to promote an event<\/u><\/span><\/a>? Have a\u00a0news tip<\/u><\/a>? Need to know the best\u00a0events<\/u><\/a>\u00a0happening this weekend? Send us a\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>note<\/u>.<\/em><\/strong>![\"Top](\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/CHARTZ-Apr-13-2026.jpg\")
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