CLASSICAL CHARTZ TOP 20 – December 12

Every week we count down the top 20 new classical album releases. We base our list on both sales numbers, and simply what albums we love and think you NEED to hear!

Check out this week’s chart below, and tune into Classical Chartz with Mike Duncan every Saturday from 3-5pm.

1. BEETHOVEN VIOLIN SONATAS NO. 1, 2, 3 & 5, CHARLES RICHARD-HAMELIN & ANDREW WAN (2)

2. SILVER AGE, DANIIL TRIFONOV (1)

3. BELIEVE, ANDREA BOCELLI (5)

4. EMOTIONS, GAUTHIER CAPUCON (6)

5. DISNEY GOES CLASSICAL, ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (3)

6. GOLDBERG VARIATIONS, LANG LANG (4)

7. VOICE OF HOPE, CAMILLE THOMAS (7)

8. LABYRINTH, KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI (8)

9. 10, THE PIANO GUYS (12)

10. JOHN WILLIAMS IN VIENNA, JOHN WILLIAMS & ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER (9)

11. HOPE@HOME, DANIEL HOPE (10)

12. BACH, SEAN SHIBE (11)

13. NOSTALGIA, MARC HERVIEUX (NEW)

14. CITY LIGHTS, LISA BATIASHVILI (13)

15. THE MAGIC OF MANTOVANI, JOSEPH CALLEJA (15)

16. AT HOME WITH MUSIC (LIVE), JOSHUA BELL (16)

17. AIRLINES, ALEXANDRE DESPLAT & EMMANUEL PAHUD (17) 

18. A CHARACTER OF QUIET, SIMONE DINNERSTEIN (18) 

19. ART OF THE MANDOLIN, AVI AVITAL (14)

20. CLASSIC, HAUSER (19)