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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 Sinfonia of London<\/strong>\u2019s French Orchestral Favourites<\/strong> takes over the No. 1 spot on the Classical Chartz this week, making the leap from No. 4 last week. Himari<\/strong>\u2019s The Red Violin<\/strong> comes in at No. 2, up from No. 5, while Arcadi Volodos<\/strong>\u2019 Schubert & Schumann<\/strong> drops from No. 1 to No. 3.<\/p>\n Jeehee Yan<\/strong>\u2019s Reinecke: Flute Works<\/strong> likewise drops from No. 2 to No. 4, and the top five positions on the Classical Chartz is rounded out by Sofiane Pamart<\/strong>\u2019s Movie<\/strong> at No. 5, (No. 3 last week).<\/p>\n There are two newcomers: Alexander Malofeev\u2019s Forgotten Melodies, which jumps from No. 13 to land at No. 8, and Timothy Ricout & Jonathan Ware, whose Alto Apassionato comes in at No. 9.<\/p>\n At 24 years of age, Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev<\/strong> is being hailed as one of the greats of his generation. He\u2019s a graduate of the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow, and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Conservatory. A critic of Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine, he left his home country in 2022, and has been living in Berlin ever since.<\/p>\n He first caught the international spotlight in 2014 at the age of 13 when he took home first prize at the 8th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians. Alexander followed up with the Grand Prix at the 1st Grand Piano Competition \u2013 International Competition for Young Pianists in Moscow, and second prize and silver medal at the 1st China International Music Competition in 2019.<\/p>\n He\u2019s since performed with a number of major orchestras internationally, and in Russia.<\/p>\n In a controversial move, Alexander\u2019s debut with the Orchestre symphonique de Montr\u00e9al in 2022, which was to conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, was cancelled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n Not surprisingly, he\u2019s chosen the work of four composers who were reborn in Russia, but died in exile, for his debut album on the Sony Classical label. They include Alexander Glazunov, who died in Paris (1936), Mikhail Glinka in Berlin (1857), Sergei Rachmaninoff in Beverly Hills (1943), and Nikolai Medtner in London (1951).<\/p>\n It\u2019s not that simple fact that interests the young pianist, however, as he explains in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cThey all share a similar feeling of nostalgia,\u201d he explains. \u201cBut you cannot really figure out which moment in time they are actually nostalgic for. It\u2019s almost as if they are nostalgic for a very similar setting which never really existed in history. It\u2019s like it is totally made up, almost a dream world – and you can find it everywhere on this album.\u201d<\/p>\n The album takes its title form Medtner\u2019s cycle Forgotten Melodies. Other tracks include Rachmaninoff\u2019s Second Piano Sonata, in the shorter, revised version he completed in Switzerland after leaving Russia. \u201cI\u2019ve loved Rachmaninoff for as long as I can remember,\u201d Malofeev says.<\/p>\n He also includes Glinka\u2019s A Farewell to Saint Petersburg: No. 10, The Lark (Transcr. Balakirev for Solo Piano), Glazunov\u2019s Song of the Volga Boatmen, Op. 97, and several other tracks by the four composers.<\/p>\n British violist Timothy Ridout<\/strong> and pianist Jonathan Ware<\/strong> team up for Also Appassionato, an album of French works, many of which are transcribed for the instrument by Ridout. The repertoire is curated from artists who worked in the rich and fruitful environment of the Paris fin-de-siecle music scene. Along with works composed for the viola, such as L\u00e9on Honnor\u00e9\u2019s Morceau de concert, George Enescu\u2019s Concertst\u00fcck, and Henri B\u00fcsser\u2019s C-sharp minor Appassionato, the album offers Ridout\u2019s own arrangements of songs by Gabriel Faur\u00e9, and C\u00e9sar Franck’s Violin Sonata.<\/p>\n Timothy Ridout didn\u2019t begin studying the viola until his mid-teens. He won first prize at the very first Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition in 2014, and in 2016, Ridout became the first British violist to win the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition.<\/p>\n Timothy won the 2025 Opus Klassik award in the \u2018Young Instrumentalist of the Year\u2019 category for his first solo viola album featuring works by Telemann, Bach, Britten and Shaw.<\/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\/06\/Chartz-June-29-2026-1.jpg\")
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