The latest installment in the Beethoven symphony cycle on Bis by Osmo V‹nsk‹ and the Minnesota Orchestra, of the Ninth Symphony, has hit the chart at no. 12. The new Nonesuch disc of John Adams conducting My Father Knew Charles Ives and The Dharma at Big Sur, his concerto for electric violin and orchestra, landed at no. 15. Telarc's recording of Paavo J‹rvi and the Cincinnati Symphony performing Elgar's "Enigma" Variations and Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes arrived at no. 19.
Cloudburst, a disc of striking, inventive choral works by Eric Whitacre on the Hyperion label, has re-entered the classical chart at no. 9 following a profile on NPR.
Bedtime Beats: The Secret to Sleep, the (reportedly effective) insomnia remedy on Rhino Records, has slipped to sixth place; No Boundaries by The 5 Browns has fallen to seventh.
On the Billboard classical crossover chart, the debut CD by tenor Vittorio Grigolo remains in the no. 2 position where it debuted three weeks ago; tenor Andrea Bocelli and the "popera" group Il Divo share the other spots in the top six. Entering the chart are The Dawning of the Day (no. 9), the latest disc by Ronan Tynan (formerly of The Three Irish Tenors), and The Wonder of Christmas (no. 8) by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, which also has discs at no. 7 and no. 12 on the crossover chart.
Chloe Hanslip's recording of John Adams's Violin Concerto on Naxos (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin) made Billboard's classical midline chart at no. 11. Anne-Sophie Mutter's set of the complete Mozart Violin Sonatas on DG, which entered the chart last week at no. 9, fell to no. 15, the bottom spot on the chart.
