Specialist Classical Chart: week ending March 27 2010

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

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

3. Via Crucis; Barbara Fortuna; L’Arpeggiata / Christina Pluhar; Virgin Classics 6945770; Spotify link

4. Dvorák - Symphonic Poems; Czech PO / Sir Charles Mackerras; Supraphon SU 4012-2; Spotify link not found

5. Brahms – Sonatas; Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis; DG 4778767; Spotify link

6. Chopin – Nocturnes; Nelson Freire; Decca 478 2182; Spotify link

7. Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos - Nos 2 & 3; Simon Trpceski; RLPO / Vasily Petrenko; Avie AV2192; Spotify link

8. Strauss, R - Eine Alpensinfonie; London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink; LSO Live LSO0689; Spotify link not found

9. Ceremony and Devotion: Music for the Tudors; The Sixteen / Harry Christophers; Coro COR16077; Spotify link

10. Beethoven - Cello Sonatas; Daniel Müller-Schott, Angela Hewitt; Hyperion CDA67755; label not @ Spotify

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

12. Goodall - Eternal Light – a Requiem; Howard Goodall; EMI Classics 2150472; Spotify link

13. Bach - Brandenburg Concertos; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly; Decca 4782191; Spotify link

14. Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances. The Isle of the Dead; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Vasily Petrenko; Avie AV2188; Spotify link not found

15. Bach, JS - St Matthew Passion; Leipzig Gewandhaus / Riccardo Chailly; Decca 4782194; Spotify link

16. Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet; London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev; LSO Live LSO0682; Spotify link

17.  Elgar - Violin Concerto; Nikolaj Znaider, Dresden Staatskapelle / Davis; RCA Red Seal 88697 60588-2; Spotify link

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

19. Pachelbel – Vespers; Charivari Agréable; The King’s Singers / Ng; Signum SIGCD198; Spotify link not found

20. Schubert - Die schöne Müllerin; Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch; Decca 478 1528; Spotify link

NB. UK/SWE-based usernames resulted again in more hits. Let me know if you can find the missing CDs (i.e., “Spotify link not found”).