In this week's Classicalite Chart Report, Sarah Brightman's first record in six years, Dreamchaser, debuts on the top spot on Billboard. She's got a long way to go, though, until that Russian Soyuz reaches space.
Meanwhile, Sir Antonio Pappano shows up twice on the BBC. Either/or, pick 'em.
Here in the office, Classicalite gives many listens to old Robert Wyatt, new Iggy Pop, that mixtape from E.L. James and EMI, Esa-Pekka Salonen's Magnus Lindberg and Bill Wascovich's Scarcity of Tanks.
BILLBOARD TOP 5 (ending May 4)
Sarah Brightman
Dreamchaser (Simha)
Peak: 1; Previous: N/A; Weeks: 1
Andrea Bocelli
Passione (Verve)
Peak: 1; Previous: 1; Weeks: 12
Lindsey Stirling
Lindsey Stirling (BridgeTone)
Peak: 1; Previous: 2; Weeks: 31
Il Volo
Mos Que Amor (Universal Latino)
Peak: 3; Previous: 3; Weeks: 2
The Piano Guys
The Piano Guys (Sony Masterworks)
Peak: 1; Previous: 4; Weeks: 29
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE TOP 5 (through April 27)
Jonas Kaufmann (ten); Orchestra of the Deutschen Oper Berlin/Donald Runnicles
Wagner (Decca)
Ian Bostridge (ten); Antonio Pappano (pno), Xuefei Yang (pno)
Britten Songs (EMI Classics)
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis
Berlioz: Grande messe des morts (LSO Live)
Guy Johnston, cello; Ulster Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta
Moeran: Cello Concerto (Naxos)
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Sir Antonio Pappano
Rossini: Petite messe solennelle (EMI Classics)
CLASSICALITE TOP 15 (for May 1)
Robert Wyatt
Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard (Virgin)
Iggy & The Stooges
Ready to Die (Fat Possom)
Various Artists
Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album (EMI Classics)
Magnus Lindberg (pno); Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen
Magnus Lindberg: Piano Concerto and KRAFT (Ondine)
Scarcity of Tanks
Bleed Now (Total Life Society)
University of South Carolina Wind Ensemble/Scott Weiss
Bernstein: Transcriptions for Wind Band (Naxos)
Cyclo
ID (Raster-Noton)
Diane Izzo
One (Sugar Free)
Bruno Maderna
Complete Works For Orchestra, Vol. III (NEOS)
Protect-U
World Music (Future Times)
ANTiSEEN
Noise For The Sake Of Noise (Dog Meat)
SebastiAn
Total (Ed Banger)
Siobhan MacGowan
Chariot (Murgatroid)
Gyan Riley
Stream Of Gratitude (Tzadik)
Banjo Or Freakout
Banjo Or Freakout (Rare Book Room)
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