After weeks of volatility at the top of the chart, the latest Apple Music Classical Top 10 remains relatively unchanged. Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “Opus” and Valentin Silvestrov’s “Forgotten Word I Wished to Say” continue in spots one and two, respectively, while Apple Music exclusive “Portraits of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra Vol. 1” debuts in third place. Chloe Chua’s “Butterfly Lovers & Paganini” drops out of the Top 10 to number 12, just below Klaus Mäkelä new album of Shostakovich symphonies.
Top 10 for Aug. 26, 2024:
- “Opus” (Sakamoto / Milan)
- “Forgotten Word I Wished to Say” (Lubimov / Vetrenko / Sony)
- “Portraits of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra Vol. 1” (Argerich / Tacács-Nagy / DG)
- “Sleep” (Richter / DG)
- Chopin: Études, Op. 10 & 25 (Lim / Decca)
- “Scriabin, Rachmaninoff” (Park / Decca)
- Fauré: Requiem (Niquet / Le Concert Spirituel / Alpha)
- “Mendelssohn” (Kanneh-Mason / Decca)
- Bach: Keyboard Concertos (Du / Bloxham / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / YH Artists)
- “Legends, Myths and Lavender” (Moccio / Decca)