New releases broke into Apple Music Classical’s Top 10 this week at #1 and #2, with young phenom Chloe Chua’s “Butterfly Lovers & Paganini” taking the top spot followed by Aigul Akhmetshina’s debut solo album. This pushed Tianqi Du’s Bach keyboard concertos into third place for the first time since Apple began publishing the list. Gautier Capuçon and friends also cracked the Top 10 at #8 with their new album “Capucelli.”
Top 10 for August 5, 2024:
- “Butterfly Lovers & Paganini” (Chua / Barráez / Singapore Symphony / Pentatone)
- “Aigul” (Akhmetshina / Rustioni / Royal Philharmonic / Decca)
- Bach: Keyboard Concertos (Du / Bloxham / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / YH Artists)
- “Sleep” (Richter / DG)
- Chopin: Études, Op. 10 & 25 (Lim / Decca)
- “Mozart / Hindemith / Mendelssohn” (Muti / Vienna Philharmonic / Platoon)
- “Legends, Myths and Lavender” (Moccio / Decca)
- “Capucelli” (Capuçon / Capucelli / Erato)
- Brahms: Symphonies (Nézet-Séguin / Chamber Orchestra of Europe / DG)
- “Waves (Music by Satie)” (Liu / DG)
