Specialist Classical Chart: week ending December 12 2009

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

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

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

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

5. In Terra Pax - A Christmas Anthology; Julia Doyle; Bournemouth SO / Hilary Davan Wetton; Naxos 8 572102; Spotify link not found

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

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

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

9. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols; Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Cleobury; EMI 686082-2; Spotify link

10. Handel - Messiah; Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia / Stephen Layton; Hyperion CDA67800; label not @ Spotify

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

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

13. Verismo; Renée Fleming, Milan SO / Marco Armiliato; Decca 478 1533DH; Spotify link not found

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

15. Rutter - A Christmas Festival; Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic / Rutter; Collegium COLCD133; label not @ Spotify

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

17. Handel - Messiah; Soloists, King's College Choir, AAM / Stephen Cleobury; EMI 268156-2; Spotify link

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

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

20. Haydn. Hummel - Trumpet Concertos; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie / Alison Balsom; EMI 216213-0; Spotify link

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