Argentine pianist Martha Argerich breaks into this week's Billboard Top Classical chart at #14 with her collection of works by J.S. Bach.
The album begins with
the "C Minor Toccata" (BWV 911) moving to the "C Minor Partita" (BWV 826) and the second "English Suite" (BWV 807). The June release is a part of Deutsche Grammaphon's The Originals series, wherein the label reissues recordings from their extensive catalog onto CD. Argerich also has released the Live From the Concergebouw album, with highlights from a quartet of performances at the famed concert hall in Amsterdam.
Beethoven's Adagios — with performances by pianist Maria-João Pires, cellist Janos Starker and violinist Gidon Kremer — debuted this week at #13. The compilation contains excerpts from an array of the composer's works, including piano sonatas, the "Romance for Violin," the "Symphony #9" and the "Mass in C Major."
Tenor sensation Andrea Bocelli holds on to the #1 position with his Sacred Arias. The "Fantasia 2000" soundtrack, by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, follows at #2, with spirited performances of works by Stravinsky, Gershwin and Respighi. The soundtrack also includes the perennial favorite "The Sorcerers' Apprentice" by Paul Dukas. The Appalachian Journey of Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor retains the #3 slot on the chart.
Making up the top 10 are: Bocelli, Sacred Arias, at #1; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, "Fantasia 2000" soundtrack, at #2; Yo-Yo Ma, Meyer and O'Connor, Appalachian Journey, at #3; John Williams, Classic Williams, at #4; Libera, at #5; Harmony, at #6; The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World, at #7; Andrea Rieu, 100 Years of Strauss, at #8; and Caravan, at #9. Luciano Pavarotti rounds things with Italian Wedding Favorites, at #10.
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