The Appalachian Journey CD of cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor holds the top position for a second week on
Billboard magazine's Top Classical albums chart.
But the big news of the week belongs to singer Sarah Brightman, whose La Luna debuts at #16 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and also captures the #1 position on the Top Classical Crossover chart. The album features a collection of classical and pop songs, including Song of the Moon from Dvorák's opera Rusalka.
Meanwhile, the collection of scenes from operas of Richard Wagner by Deborah Voigt and Plácido Domingo re-entered this week's Top Classical albums chart at #11. The set features the opening duet from the third act of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, "Descend Oh Night" (RealAudio excerpt).
In addition to the ongoing success of Appalachian Journey, Ma's Simply Baroque II follows that album at #2, and his earlier Simply Baroque is at #6. The new CD is a collection of Bach chorale transcriptions performed with Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Ensemble. Selections include the famous Sleepers Awake! (RealAudio excerpt) and a pair of Boccerini cello concerti (RealAudio excerpt).
Andrea Bocelli captures the #3 spot with his Sacred Arias.
Making up the top 10 are: Ma, Meyer and O'Connor, Appalachian Journey, at #1; Ma, Simply Baroque II, at #2; Bocelli, Sacred Arias, at #3; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, "Fantasia 2000" soundtrack, at #4; Harmony at #5; Ma, Simply Baroque, at #6; Chanticleer, Magnificat, at #7; The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World, at #8; Beethoven's Adagios, at #9; and John Williams, Classic Williams, at #10.
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