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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 Jan Lisiecki<\/strong> and Mozart<\/strong> hold on to the No. 1 spot on the Classical Chartz for another week, but the rest of the list undergoes a shake up. Camille Thomas<\/strong>\u2019 Rendez-Vous<\/strong> climbs from No. 5 to take over the No. 2 spot, as Pygmalion<\/strong>\u2019s J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion<\/strong> falls one position to land at No. 3<\/p>\n No. 4 finds Sofiane Pamart<\/strong>\u2019s Movie<\/strong>, which makes the leap up from No. 8 last week. Sinfonia of London<\/strong> rounds out the top five spots at No. 5, falling one position from No. 4 last week with Puccini Orchestral Works<\/strong>.<\/p>\n There are two newcomers to the Classical Chartz Top Ten: Schubert & Schumann<\/strong> by Arcadi Volodos<\/strong>, making the biggest jump of the week from No. 16 to take over the No. 6 position, and Reinecke: Flute Works<\/strong> by Jeehee Han<\/strong>, rising from No. 15 to land at No. 9.<\/p>\n Russian-French pianist Arcadi Arcadievich Volodos<\/strong> is a multi award winner. He\u2019s taken home the Echo Classic, Gramophone Awards, Diapason d\u2019Or, and the Edison Award for previous releases. On his latest album, he offers Schubert\u2019s Sonata in D \u202fmajor D\u00a0850, and Schumann\u2019s Kinderszenen.<\/p>\n Schubert\u2019s D 850 was written in 1825, when he spent the summer at Bad Gastein, south of Salzburg, and so is often called the \u201cGastein\u201d Sonata.<\/p>\n In a statement, Volodos explains why he prefers a flexible tempo approach to the piece.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is absurd to want to fix the tempo by means of a metronome\u201d\u00a0he argues, because \u201cmusic is a language, not an equation.\u201d<\/p>\n Schumann\u2019s Kinderszenen is a set of 13 miniatures, including the famous \u201cTr\u00e4umerei\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that it is only when you grow older that you understand these pieces better and better,\u201d says Volodos. Not really written for children, Kinderszenen can be thought of as an expression of childhood. \u201cIt is a question of rediscovering within oneself the child\u2019s sense of wonderment, this pure and sincere understanding of a world that one spends an entire lifetime trying to rediscover.\u201d<\/p>\n South Korean flautist\u00a0Jeehee\u00a0Han<\/strong> presents three works by Carl Reinecke on her new album, including the Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 283, Flute Sonata in E Minor, Op. 167 \u201cUndine\u201d, and Ballade in D Minor, Op. 288. She\u2019s joined by stellar accompanists on the release, including Lang Lang for the Undine\u00a0sonata for flute and piano, and the\u00a0Royal\u00a0Philharmonic\u00a0Orchestra\u00a0and Music Director\u00a0Vasily\u00a0Petrenko for the other two pieces.<\/p>\n \u201cI fell in love with Reinecke when I was thirteen,\u201d says Han in a statement. She discovered the music through recordings by the great French flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal.<\/p>\n Han wrote her Master\u2019s thesis on Reinecke\u2019s Flute Concerto, and it\u2019s a natural selection for her debut album.<\/p>\n Jeehee studied in Vienna, Paris, and in the US at Oberlin College. Wife of of Yong-jin Chung, Chairman of Shinsegae Group, one of Korea\u2019s largest business groups, she took a career break to raise a family.<\/p>\n This album announces her return to an active career on the stage as well as the recording studio.<\/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\/05\/CLASSICAL-CHARTZ-5-25-26.jpg\")
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