THE OFFICIAL CLASSICAL CHART

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Chart for week ending 26 January 2017

1 In War and Peace

Joyce Didonato (mezzo-soprano); Il Pomo d’oro/maxim Emelyanychev Erato 9029592846

A stunning Baroque recital from the US mezzo

2 Tchaikovsky Symphonies Nos 3, 4 and 6

Royal Liverpool Po/vasily Petrenko Onyx Classics ONYX4162

Three Tchaikovsky symphonies show Petrenko and his Liverpudlian forces on exceptional form

3 The Lost Songs of St Kilda

Trevor Morrison (piano); Scottish Festival Orchestra/james Macmillan

Decca 481 2795

The haunting music of an abandoned archipelago

4 New Year’s Concert 2017

Vienna Philharmonic/gustavo Dudamel Sony Classical 88985376152

Gustavo Dudamel leads the Viennese New Year bash for the first time, with winning results

5 Shostakovich Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2

Boris Giltburg (piano); Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/vasily Petrenko Naxos 8.573666

Scintillating stuff from the brilliant Israeli pianist

6 JS Bach Cantatas Nos 54, 82 and 170

Iestyn Davies (countertenor); Arcangelo/j Cohen Hyperion CDA 68111 This month’s James Naughtie interviewee (see p28) shows his prowess as a Bach singer

7 Tchaikovsky and Sibelius Violin Concertos

Lisa Batiashvili (violin)/daniel Barenboim Deutsche Grammophon 479 6038

Two greats, performed by two greats

8 Mahler Symphony No. 3

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Bernard Haitink BR Klassik 900149

Haitink and his vast orchestral forces revel in the many challenges of Mahler’s longest symphony

9 JS Bach The French Suites

Murray Perahia (piano)

Deutsche Grammophon 479 6565

The pianist’s debut recording for Deutsche Grammophon has deservedly won many admirers

10 Voyages: Orgue de la Philharmonie Transcriptions of Bach, Debussy, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Rimsky-korsakov, Wagner et al

Olivier Latry (organ) Erato 9029588850

A glorious feast from one of today’s finest players