THE SPECIALIST CLASSICAL CHART OFFICIAL CHART FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 28, 2012

(1) The Peacemakers 1 Crowe; Hanslip; London Symphony Orchestra / Jenkins EMI Classics 843782 (2) Water Night 2 Julian Lloyd Webber; Eric Whitacre Singers; LSO Decca 2796323 (3) Illumina Music of Light 3 New College Choir, Oxford Decca 2758053 (New) Elgar Concerto 4 Paul Watkins; BBC Philharmonic / Sir Chandos CHAN10709 (5) Tony Banks Six Pieces for Orchestra 5 Charlie Siem; City of PO / Englishby Naxos 8572986 (6) Storyteller 6 Tine Thing Helseth: RLPO / Eivand Aadland EMI Classics 883282 (4) Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique 7 Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Ticciati Linn CKD400 (11) A Song of Farewell Music of Mourning 8 Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh Signum SIG281 (10) Mealor A Tender Light CHART FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 28, 2012 Tenebrae, RPO / Nigel Short Decca 2781149 ▲ 9

(7) Bruckner Symphony No 7 10 Staatskapelle Berlin / DG 4790320 (12) Pärt Creator Spiritus 11 Theatre of Voices; Ars Nova Copenhagen / Paul Hillier HM HMU807553 (Re) Italia 12 Nicola Benedetti Decca 4764342 (9) Legacy Violin Works 13 David Garrett Decca 4764855 (13) Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances 14 London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev LSO Live LSO0688 (16) Howells 15 Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Stephen Layton Hyperion CDA67914 (Re) Gesualdo Quinto Libro di Madrigali 16 Hilliard Ensemble ECM New Series 4764755 (17) Berg. Beethoven Violin Concertos 17 Isabelle Faust; Orchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado HM HMC902105 (Re) Gjeilo Northern Lights 18 Phoenix Chorale / BruffyChandos CHSA5100 (New) Dobrzynski Piano Concertos 19 Howard Shelley; Sinfonia Varsovia Codaex NIFCCD101 (Re) Tune Thy Musicke To Thy Hart CHART FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 28, 2012

▲ 20 Stile Antico; Fretwork Harmonia Mundi HMU807554 ▲ Compiled in association with the BPI, © The Official Charts Company 2012. Previous week in brackets. For weekly charts The World’s best classical music reviews and reviews visit www.gramophone.co.uk