Specialist Classical Chart for week ending March 6, 2010

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A number of new recordings this week: The Monteverdi Choir in Bach with the English Baroque Soloists and in Beethoven with Orchestre Révolutionnaire; Simon Trpčeski and the RLPO in Rachmaninov; the Choir of St John's College Cambridge in Howells; the London Philharmonic and the London Symphony each in Mahler symphonies; and Nelson Freire in Chopin Nocturnes. Yet despite the stiff competition, no entry can topple André Rieu and "Forever Vienna", which holds on to the top spot for another week.

  1. Forever Vienna

    André Rieu
    Decca 5323879

  2. Bach - Cantatas Volume 2

    Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner
    SDG SDG165

  3. Adès - Violin Concerto. Tevot etc

    Marwood, Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle
    EMI 4578132

  4. Elgar - Violin Concerto

    Nikolaj Znaider, Dresden Staatskapelle / Davis
    RCA Red Seal 88697 60588-2

  5. Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances. The Isle of the Dead

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Vasily Petrenko
    Avie AV2188

  6. Live In Buenos Aires

    Britten Sinfonia / Joanna MacGregor
    WCJ 2564684759

  7. Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos - Nos 2 & 3

    Simon Trpceski; RLPO / Vasily Petrenko
    Avie AV2192

  8. Fantasie

    Nicola Benedetti
    DG 476 3399GH

  9. Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet

    London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev
    LSO Live LSO0682

  10. Howells - St John's Magnificat

    Choir of St John's College Cambridge / Nethsingha
    Chandos CHAN10587

  11. Handel - Duets

    Joshua; Connolly; English Concert / Harry Bicket
    Chaconne CHAN0767

  12. Mahler - Symphony No 2

    London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Tennstedt
    LPO LPO0044

  13. Ceremony and Devotion: Music for the Tudors

    The Sixteen / Harry Christophers
    Coro COR16077

  14. The Farewell Concerts

    Alfred Brendel, Vienna Philharmonic / Charles Mackerras
    Decca 478 2116

  15. Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

    Maurizio Pollini
    DG 477 8078

  16. Goodall - Enchanted Voices

    Enchanted Voices
    Classic FM CFMD7

  17. Mahler - Symphony No 4

    London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev
    LSO Live LSO0662

  18. Prokofiev - String Quartets Nos 1 & 2

    Pavel Haas Quartet
    Supraphon SU 3957-2

  19. Chopin - Nocturnes

    Nelson Freire
    Decca 478 2182

  20. Beethoven - Symphonies

    Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique; Monteverdi Choir / Gardiner
    Archiv 477 8643