CLASSICAL CHARTZ TOP 20 – MAY 7 2022

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 Mark Wigmore every Saturday from 3-5pm!

1. MOZART MOMENTUM 1786, LEIF OVE ANDSNES & MAHLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (3)

2. BRIDGERTON SEASON 2, COVERS FROM THE SERIES (1)

3. BACH VOLUME #2, JASON VIEAUX (2)

4. METAMORPHOSEN, SINFONIA OF LONDON & JOHN WILSON (11)

5. ENCORES, DANIEL BARENBOIM (4)

6. THE FOUR SEASONS, I MUSICI (6)

7. OPUS 7 PRELUDES, ALAIN LEFEVRE (7)

8. BEETHOVEN FOR THREE, YO-YO MA & EMANUEL AX & LEONIDAS KAVAKOS (5)

9. HERMETISM, JOEP BEVING (13)

10. DRONE MASS, JOHANN JOHANNSSON (12)

11. AUBADES, JEAN MICHEL BLAIS (8)

12. BRIDGERTON SEASON 2, KRIS BOWERS (NEW)

13. ROSSINI STABAT MATER, GUSTAVO GIMENO & LUXEMBOURG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (11)

14. LETTER, SOFIANNE PAMART (17)

15. THE TURNING YEAR, ROGER ENO (NEW)

16. MY LIFE IN MUSIC, RUTH SLENCZYNSKA (10)

17. UNDERWATER, LUDOVICO EINAUDI (18)

18. AMERICA, DANIEL HOPE (16)

19. NIGHT MUSIC, JAN LISIECKI (20)

20. ELLE, ANGELE DUBEAU & LA PIETA (19)