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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 It seems like once an album reaches the top of the Classical Chartz, it doesn\u2019t like to let go of that pinnacle. For a second week, Yunchan Lim<\/strong> and his Bach Goldberg Variations<\/strong>, and Pygmalion<\/strong> with J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion<\/strong>, sit at Nos 1 and 2 respectively.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a dramatic change at No. 3, however., where Canadian piano virtuoso Jan Lisiecki<\/strong> and his album Mozart<\/strong> have made a huge leap up from No. 14 last week. The Deutsche Grammophon release, which features the Bamberger Symphoniker under conductor Manfred Honeck, along with the pride of Calgary, Alberta, includes the Piano Concerto No. 9 \u201cJeunehomme\u201d in E-Flat Major, K. 271, and Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat Major, K. 482.<\/p>\n Lisiecki devoted his debut album to the composer back in 2012, and he revisits Mozart as a more mature artist. He\u2019s celebrating the composer\u2019s 270th birthday anniversary in style.<\/p>\n \u201cWithin the extensive collection of 27 concertos composed for the piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, these two concertos, both In the key of E flat major, emerge as singular masterpieces,\u201d he says in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cEngaging with the genius of Mozart\u2019s music is a true privilege. It is characterized by purity, elegance, emotional depth, intellectual challenge, and profound rewards.\u201d<\/p>\n The two concertos both contrast and complement each other.<\/p>\n \u201cRecording these two works was a dream of mine,\u201d says Lisiecki, \u201cand I\u2019m very glad to have been able to do so with a dream team, too.\u201d<\/p>\n Lisiecki first worked with Honeck in 2019, and the duo immediately recognized a kindred musical spirit in each other.<\/p>\n \u201cI immediately felt that he had such an affinity and respect for Mozart\u2019s music and was able to communicate it with the orchestra \u2014 the phrasing, the elegance, the beauty,\u201d he recalls in the album\u2019s liner notes. \u201cSo to work with him on a recording of Mozart is an absolute joy and privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n The top five is rounded out by Sinfonia of London<\/strong> and their Puccini Orchestral Works<\/strong>, which stands at No. 4 for a second week, and fellow Londoner Isata Kanneh-Mason<\/strong>, whose Prokofiev<\/strong> has stepped up from No. 6 to land at No. 5.<\/p>\n The other newcomer to the Classical Chartz Top Ten this week is, coincidentally, another album focused on Mozart. Mozart: Sonatas for Fortepiano & Violin, Vol 4<\/strong> by Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov<\/strong> rises from No. 13 to sit at the No. 8 spot this week.<\/p>\n The album, the fourth and final in the duo\u2019s Mozart Sonatas series on the Harmonia Mundi label, includes the composer\u2019s Sonata in C Major, K. 296, Sonata in C Major, K. 303 (293c), Sonata in E-flat Major K. 380 (374F), and Sonata in E-flat Major, K. 481.<\/p>\n The selections present a range of Mozart\u2019s oeuvre, from the early Palantine sonatas, composed during 1778 while Amadeus was in Mannheim, and dedicated to Elisabeth Auguste, Electress of the Palantine, to his later and more complex works.<\/p>\n Faust, who plays on gut strings on her 1704 “Sleeping Beauty” Stradivarius, takes a historically informed approach to her performance. Alexander Melnikov is her long time chamber music collaborator, and he plays a Fortepiano replica to match her authentic period sound.<\/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-May-2-2026.jpg\")
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