Specialist Classical Chart: week ending January 2 2010

 1. Forever Vienna; André Rieu; Decca 5323879; Spotify link not found

2. Alma Mater - Music from the Vatican; Pope Benedict XVI; Geffen 476 3664; Spotify link

3. Goodall - Enchanted Carols; Enchanted Voices; Classic FM CFMD11; Spotify link not found

4. Goodall - Enchanted Voices; Enchanted Voices; Classic FM CFMD7; Spotify link not found

5. The Farewell Concerts; Alfred Brendel, Vienna Philharmonic / Charles Mackerras; Decca 478 2116; Spotify link

6. Sacrificium; Cecilia Bartoli, Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini; Decca 478 1521; Spotify link

7. Fantasie; Nicola Benedetti; DG 476 3399GH; Spotify link not found

8. Vaughan Williams - Piano Concerto; Ashley Wass, RLPO / James Judd; Naxos 8 572304; Spotify link not found

9. Jenkins - Stella Natalis; Kate Royal, Alison Balsom, Alice Halstead, Tenebrae; EMI 6886482; Spotify link

10. Brahms - Symphonies; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Simon Rattle; EMI 267254-2; Spotify link

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

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

13. Elgar - Crown of India; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Davis; Chandos CHAN10570(2); Spotify link not found

14. Fiesta; Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel; DG 477 7457GH; Spotify link not found

15. Schubert - Winterreise; Mark Padmore, Paul Lewis; Harmonia Mundi HMU90 7484; Spotify link

16. Bach - Partitas Nos 1, 5 and 6; Murray Perahia; Sony 88697443612; Spotify link

17. Rossini - ‘Colbran, the Muse’; Joyce DiDonato / Edoardo Müller; Virgin Classics 694579-0; Spotify link

18. Handel - Between Heaven & Earth; Sandrine Piau, Accademia Bizantina / Stefano Montanari; Naive OP30484; Spotify link

19. Mascagni - L’Amico Fritz; Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu / Alberto Veronesi; DG 477 8358; Spotify link

20. Mozart. Schubert. Beethoven. Wagner - Arias; Jonas Kaufmann, Mahler CO / Claudio Abbado; Decca 478 1463; Spotify link

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