In this week's Classicalite Chart Report, Il Volo's Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble creep onto Billboard's Top 5, while Elgar does the same for the BBC.
Meanwhile, Classicalite gives many listens to E.L. James' mixtape, Bang on a Can's Shelter, some Simon Rattle jazz and outré guitarist Loren Connors.
BILLBOARD TOP 5 (ending April 27)
Andrea Bocelli
Passione (Verve)
Peak: 1; Previous: 1; Weeks: 11
Lindsey Stirling
Lindsey Stirling (BridgeTone)
Peak: 1; Previous: 2; Weeks: 30
Il Volo
Mos Que Amor (Universal Latino)
Peak: 3; Previous: N/A; Weeks: 1
The Piano Guys
The Piano Guys (Sony Masterworks)
Peak: 1; Previous: 3; Weeks: 28
Andrea Bocelli
Pasion (Universal Latino)
Peak: 2; Previous: 4; Weeks: 11
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE TOP 5 (through April 20)
Julia Lezhneva (soprano); Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
Alleluia (Decca)
Berlin Philharmonic/Sir Simon Rattle
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (EMI Classics)
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers
The Queen of Heavens (Coro)
Rebecca Evans (sop), Alice Coote (mz), Paul Groves (ten), Jacques Imbrailo (bar), David Kempster (bar), Brindley Sherratt (bass); Hallé Choir; Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder
Elgar: The Apostles (Hallé)
Guy Johnston, cello; Ulster Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta
Moeran: Cello Concerto (Naxos)
CLASSICALITE TOP 15 (for April 24)
Various Artists
Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album (EMI Classics)
Michael Gordon/David Lang/Julia Wolfe
Shelter (Cantaloupe)
LondonSinfonietta/Sir Simon Rattle
The Jazz Album (Capitol)
Loren Connors & Margarida Garcia/Zaimph/Tom Carter/Messages
Clandestine Series Cassette No. 1 (Northern Spy)
Jonas Kaufmann (ten); Orchestra of the Deutschen Oper Berlin/Donald Runnicles
Wagner (Decca)
Rene Hell
The Temporal Symphony (Type)
Maria Minerva
Tallinn at Dawn (Not Not Fun)
Emanuel Ax
Variations (Sony Classical)
Maurizio Bianchi
Technology-X (Mirror Tapes)
Raspberry Bulbs
Nature Tries Again (Hospital Productions)
Guy Johnston, cello; Ulster Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta
Moeran: Cello Concerto (Naxos)
D.D. Denham
Electronic Music In The Classroom (Cafe Caput)
Gary Higgins
A Dream A While Back (Drag City)
Simon Whetham
Prayers Unheard (Dragon's Eye)
Shabazz Palaces
Black Up (Sub Pop)
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