Specialist Classical Chart: week ending May 29 2010

1. Forever Vienna; André Rieu; Decca 5323879; Spotify link

2. Goodall - Pelican in the Wilderness; Enchanted Voices; Tippett Quartet; Classic FM CFMD13; Spotify link not found

3.  Bach - Mass in B Minor; Dunedin Consort & Players / John Butt; Linn CKD354; Spotify link not found

4.  Shostakovich - Symphony No 8; Royal Liverpool PO / Vasily Petrenko; Naxos 8572392; Spotify link not found

5.  Verdi - Requiem Mass; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Antonio Pappano; EMI 698936-2; Spotify link

6. Goodall - The Seasons; Vukotic / Tippett Quartet / Szymanowksa / Goodall; EMI 6886262; Spotify link

7. Folias Criollas - El Nuevo Mundo; Montserrat Figueras; Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall; Alia Vox AVSA9876; Spotify link

8. Goodall - Enchanted Voices; Enchanted Voices; Classic FM CFMD7; Spotify link

9. The Mozart Album; Danielle de Niese, OAE / Sir Charles Mackerras; Decca 4781511; Spotify link

10. Chopin – Recital; Janina Fialkowska; Atma Classique ACD22597; Spotify link not found (Janina Fialkowska: other works)

11. Tchaikovsky - Works for piano and orchestra; Stephen Hough, Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä; Hyperion CDA677112; label not @ Spotify (Stephen Hough: other works)

12.  Leoncavallo - I Medici; Domingo; Álvarez; Dessi; Lamanda / Veronesi; DG 477 7456; Spotify link

13. Mozart - Symphonies 29, 31, 32, 35 and 36; Scottish CO / Mackerras; Linn CKD350; Spotify link not found (Symphonies 38-41)

14. Schumann - Fantasie. Grande Sonate. Three Romances; Felipe Scagliusi; Avie AV2177; Spotify link

15. Shostakovich - The Preludes & Fugues; Alexander Melnikov; Harmonia Mundi HMC902019/20; Spotify link not found (no works by Alexander Melnikov)

16. Mahler: Symphony No. 4; Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer; Channel: CCSSA26109; label not @ Spotify

17. Mahler - Symphony No 2; London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Tennstedt; LPO LPO0044; Spotify link

18. Rosso - Italian Baroque Arias; Patricia Petibon; Venice Baroque Orchestra / Marcon; DG 4778763; Spotify link not found (Patricia Petibon: other works)

19. Chopin - Late Masterpieces; Stephen Hough; Hyperion CDA67764; label not @ Spotify (Stephen Hough: other works)

20. Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos 5 and 9; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Petrenko; Naxos 8.572167; Spotify link not found

NB. Let me know if you can find the missing CDs (i.e., “Spotify link not found”).