Specialist Classical Chart: week ending May 1 2010

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

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

3. Tchaikovsky - Works for piano and orchestra; Stephen Hough, Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä; Hyperion CDA677112; label not @ Spotify

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

5. Chopin - Late Masterpieces; Stephen Hough; Hyperion CDA67764; label not @ Spotify

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

7. Live from the Lugano Festival 2009; Martha Argerich and Friends; EMI Classics 6073672; Spotify link

8. Jon Lord - To Notice Such Things; Jon Lord, Cormac Henry, RLPO / Clark Rundell; Avie AV2190; Spotify link

9. Dvorák - Symphonies - Nos 7 & 8; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop; Naxos 8572112; Spotify link not found

10. Bliss - Meditations on a Theme by John Blow; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones; Naxos 8572316; Spotify link not found

11. Rachmaninov - Symphony No 2; London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev; LSO Live LSO0677; Spotify link not found

12. Wagner – Excerpts; Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi; Chandos CHSA5077; Spotify link nor found

13. Night and Dreams; Measha Brueggergosman; Justus Zeyen; DG 4778101; Spotify link

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

15.  Gershwin - By Grofé; Mayorga, Gallodoro, Steven Richman; Harmonia Mundi HMU907492; Spotify link not found

16. Howells - St John's Magnificat; Choir of St John's College Cambridge / Nethsingha; Chandos CHAN10587; Spotify link

17. Rimsky-Korsakov - In the Still of Night; Anna Netrebko, Daniel Barenboim; DG 4778589; Spotify link

18. Chopin; Martha Argerich; DG 4777557; Spotify link

19. Mendelssohn - Piano Trios Nos 1 and 2; Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Itzhak Perlman; Sony 88697521922; Spotify link

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

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