Wikipedia
List of Specialist Classical Albums Chart number ones of the 2010s
This is a list of the number-one albums of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart during the 2010s.
Number ones edit
| Artist[a] | Album[a] | Record label[b] | Reached number one[a] | Weeks at number one[a] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | |||||
| André Rieu | Forever Vienna | Decca | 3 January 2010 | 42 | |
| Eric Whitacre | Light & Gold | Decca | 24 October 2010 | 2 | |
| André Rieu | Forever Vienna | Decca | 7 November 2010 | 1 | |
| Benedictine Nuns of Notre-Dame | Voices – Chant From Avignon | Decca | 14 November 2010 | 3 | |
| André Rieu | Forever Vienna | Decca | 5 December 2010 | 14 | |
| 2011 | |||||
| I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth | Striggio Mass in 40 Parts | Decca | 13 March 2011 | 3 | |
| André Rieu | Forever Vienna | Decca | 3 April 2011 | 2 | |
| Miloš Karadaglić | The Guitar | Deutsche Grammophon | 17 April 2011 | 15 | |
| Joseph Calleja | The Maltese Tenor | Decca | 31 July 2011 | 1 | |
| Miloš Karadaglić | The Guitar | Deutsche Grammophon | 7 August 2011 | 5 | |
| Lang Lang | Liszt – My Piano Hero | Sony Classical | 11 September 2011 | 4 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | Italia | Decca | 9 October 2011 | 3 | |
| Lang Lang | Liszt – My Piano Hero | Sony Classical | 30 October 2011 | 1 | |
| Riccardo Chailly/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Beethoven: The Symphonies | Decca | 6 November 2011 | 1 | |
| Angela Gheorghiu | Homage to Maria Callas | EMI Classics | 13 November 2011 | 1 | |
| Paul Mealor | A Tender Light | Decca | 20 November 2011 | 5 | |
| Miloš Karadaglić | The Guitar | Deutsche Grammophon | 25 December 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | |||||
| Alison Balsom | Seraph | EMI Classics | 15 January 2012 | 1 | |
| City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Mike Seal | Anthony Hopkins: Composer | Classic FM | 22 January 2012 | 1 | |
| Paul Mealor | A Tender Light | Decca | 29 January 2012 | 1 | |
| City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Mike Seal | Anthony Hopkins: Composer | Classic FM | 5 February 2012 | 4 | |
| Isabelle Faust/Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado | Berg / Beethoven: Violin Concertos | Harmonia Mundi | 4 March 2012 | 2 | |
| David Garrett | Legacy | Decca | 18 March 2012 | 2 | |
| Karl Jenkins/Lucy Crowe/Chloë Hanslip/London Symphony Orchestra | The Peacemakers | EMI Classics | 1 April 2012 | 5 | |
| Charlie Siem/City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra/Paul Englishby | Banks: Six Pieces for Orchestra | Naxos | 6 May 2012 | 2 | |
| Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner | Bach: Motets | Soli Deo Gloria | 20 May 2012 | 1 | |
| Berliner Philharmoniker/Simon Rattle | Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 | EMI Classics | 27 May 2012 | 1 | |
| Karl Jenkins/Lucy Crowe/Chloë Hanslip/London Symphony Orchestra | The Peacemakers | EMI Classics | 3 June 2012 | 1 | |
| I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth | 1612 Italian Vespers | Decca | 10 June 2012 | 1 | |
| Miloš Karadaglić | Latino | Deutsche Grammophon | 17 June 2012 | 6 | |
| West-Eastern Divan/Daniel Barenboim | Beethoven for All – Music of Power, Passion & Beauty | Decca | 29 July 2012 | 3 | |
| Benjamin Grosvenor | Rhapsody in Blue | Decca | 19 August 2012 | 1 | |
| Miloš Karadaglić | Latino | Deutsche Grammophon | 26 August 2012 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | The Silver Violin | Decca | 2 September 2012 | 7 | |
| Friar Allesandro | Voice From Assisi | Decca | 21 October 2012 | 4 | |
| Lang Lang | The Chopin Album | Sony Classical | 18 November 2012 | 1 | |
| Friar Allesandro | Voice From Assisi | Decca | 25 November 2012 | 1 | |
| John Rutter/Catrin Finch | Blessing | Deutsche Grammophon | 2 December 2012 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | The Silver Violin | Decca | 9 December 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | |||||
| Vienna Philharmonic/Franz Welser-Möst | New Year's Concert 2013 | Sony Classical | 20 January 2013 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | The Silver Violin | Decca | 27 January 2013 | 2 | |
| The King's Consort | I Was Glad – Music of Stanford & Parry | Vivat | 10 February 2013 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann/Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin | Wagner | Decca | 17 February 2013 | 1 | |
| Alisa Weilerstein/Daniel Barenboim | Elgar/Carter: Cello Concertos | Decca | 24 February 2013 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann/Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin | Wagner | Decca | 3 March 2013 | 3 | |
| Dunedin Consort/John Butt | J.S. Bach: John Passion | Linn | 24 March 2013 | 2 | |
| Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner | Bach: Cantatas Ascension Day | Soli Deo Gloria | 7 April 2013 | 1 | |
| Berliner Philharmoniker/Simon Rattle | Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps | EMI Classics | 14 April 2013 | 1 | |
| Julia Lezhneva/Il Giardino Armonico | Alleluia | Decca | 21 April 2013 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann/Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin | Wagner | Decca | 28 April 2013 | 1 | |
| Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Vasily Petrenko | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 | Naxos | 5 May 2013 | 5 | |
| Steven Osborne/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov | Stravinsky: Complete Music for Piano and Orchestra | Hyperion | 9 June 2013 | 1 | |
| Cecilia Bartoli/Orchestra La Scintilla/Giovanni Antonini | Bellini: Norma | Decca | 16 June 2013 | 1 | |
| Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado | Schumann Symphony No. 2 | Deutsche Grammophon | 23 June 2013 | 1 | |
| Budapest Festival Orchestra | Wagner: Opera Excerpts | Channel Classics | 30 June 2013 | 1 | |
| Cédric Tiberghien/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Manze | The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 60: Dubois | Hyperion | 7 July 2013 | 1 | |
| The Sixteen/Harry Christophers | The Queen of Heaven | CORO | 14 July 2013 | 1 | |
| Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Mariss Jansons | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 | RCO Live | 21 July 2013 | 1 | |
| Alison Balsom | Sound the Trumpet – Royal Music of Purcell and Handel | Warner Classics | 28 July 2013 | 1 | |
| Daniel Hope | Spheres | Deutsche Grammophon | 4 August 2013 | 2 | |
| Anna Netrebko | Verdi | Deutsche Grammophon | 18 August 2013 | 1 | |
| Plácido Domingo | Verdi | Sony Classical | 25 August 2013 | 1 | |
| Berliner Philharmoniker/Simon Rattle | Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances; The Bells | Warner Classics | 1 September 2013 | 1 | |
| The Sixteen/Harry Christophers | The Queen of Heaven | CORO | 8 September 2013 | 1 | |
| Cecilia Bartoli/I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis | Steffani: Stabat Mater | Decca | 15 September 2013 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann | The Verdi Album | Sony Classical | 22 September 2013 | 4 | |
| Riccardo Chailly/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Brahms: The Symphonies | Decca | 20 October 2013 | 1 | |
| The Sixteen/Harry Christophers | The Queen of Heaven | CORO | 27 October 2013 | 1 | |
| Friar Alessandro | Voice of Joy | Decca | 3 November 2013 | 1 | |
| Tallis Scholars | John Tavener/Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas | Gimel | 10 November 2013 | 5 | |
| Commotio/Matthew Berry | Chilcott/Rose In Winter | Naxos | 15 December 2013 | 1 | |
| Julian Lloyd Webber and Jiaxin Cheng | A Tale of Two Cellos | Naxos | 22 December 2013 | 1 | |
| Commotio/Matthew Berry | Chilcott/Rose In Winter | Naxos | 29 December 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | |||||
| Tallis Scholars | John Tavener/Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas | Gimel | 5 January 2014 | 1 | |
| Frith/Ulster Orchestra/Falletta | Moeran/In The Mountain Country | Naxos | 12 January 2014 | 1 | |
| Vienna Philharmonic/Daniel Barenboim | New Years Concert 2014 | Sony Classical | 19 January 2014 | 1 | |
| Tenebrae/Nigel Short | Russian Treasures | Signum Classics | 26 January 2014 | 1 | |
| Ji Liu | Piano Reflections | Classic FM | 2 February 2014 | 3 | |
| Karadaglic/LPO/Nezet-Sequin | Aranjuez | Mercury Classics | 23 February 2014 | 5 | |
| Patrick Hawes | Angel | Decca | 30 March 2014 | 1 | |
| Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Vasily Petrenko | Shostakovich/Symphony No. 14 | Naxos | 6 April 2014 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann | Schubert/Winterreise | Sony Classical | 13 April 2013 | 1 | |
| Karadaglic/LPO/Nezet-Sequin | Aranjuez | Mercury Classics | 20 April 2014 | 3 | |
| Polyphony/Stephen Layton | Jenkins/Motets | Deutsche Grammophon | 11 May 2014 | 3 | |
| Staatskapelle Berlin/Barenboim | Elgar/Symphony No.2 | Decca | 1 June 2014 | 1 | |
| Polyphony/Stephen Layton | Jenkins/Motets | Deutsche Grammophon | 8 June 2014 | 1 | |
| The Sixteen/Harry Christophers | The Voice of The Turtle Dove | CORO | 15 June 2014 | 1 | |
| Tasmin Little/BBC Symphony OrchestraEdward Gardiner | Walton Symphony No.1 - Violin Concerto | Chandos | 22 June 2014 | 1 | |
| Polyphony/Stephen Layton | Jenkins/Motets | Deutsche Grammophon | 29 June 2014 | 1 | |
| Alina Ibragimova/Steven Osborne | Prokofiev/Violin Sonatas | Hyperion | 6 July 2014 | 1 | |
| Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Claudio Abbado | Bruckner/Symphony No. 9 In D Minor | Deutsche Grammophon | 13 July 2014 | 1 | |
| Vivica Genaux/Simone Kermes | Rival Queens | Sony Classical | 20 July 2014 | 1 | |
| Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Claudio Abbado | Bruckner/Symphony No. 9 In D Minor | Deutsche Grammophon | 27 July 2014 | 1 | |
| Ji Liu | Piano Reflections | Classic FM | 3 August 2014 | 2 | |
| Benjamin Grosvenor | Dances | Decca | 17 August 2014 | 1 | |
| Ji Liu | Piano Reflections | Classic FM | 24 August 2014 | 2 | |
| Joyce Didonato | Stella Di Napoli | Erato | 7 September 2014 | 1 | |
| Alison Balsom | Paris | Warner Classics | 14 September 2014 | 3 | |
| Angela Hewitt | Bach/Art of Fudge | Hyperion | 5 October 2014 | 3 | |
| Joyce Didonato | Stella Di Napoli | Erato | 26 October 2014 | 1 | |
| Angela Hewitt | Bach/Art of Fudge | Hyperion | 2 November 2014 | 2 | |
| Jeremy Irons/Roderick Williams/Davan Wetton | Williams/Flowers of the Field | Naxos | 16 November 2014 | 1 | |
| Angela Hewitt | Bach/Art of Fudge | Hyperion | 23 November 2014 | 1 | |
| Maki Namekawa | Glass/The Complete Piano Etudes | Orange Mountain | 30 November 2014 | 1 | |
| King's College Choir | Favourite Carols from King's | King's College, Cambridge | 7 December 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | |||||
| Pip Eastop/Hanover Band/Anthony Halsted | Mozart/Horn Concertos | Hyperion | 11 January 2015 | 1 | |
| Vienna Philharmonic/Zubin Mehta | New Years Concert 2015 | Sony Classical | 18 January 2015 | 1 | |
| Grigory Sokolov | The Salburg Recital | Deutsche Grammophon | 25 January 2015 | 2 | |
| Trinity College Choir/Stephen Layton | Esenvalds/Northern Lights | Hyperion | 8 February 2015 | 1 | |
| Jesus College Cambridge Choir | Out of Darkness | Signum Classics | 15 February 2015 | 1 | |
| Nemanja Radulović | Journey East | Deutsche Grammophon | 22 February 2015 | 1 | |
| Vilde Frang | Mozart/Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 5 | Warner Classics | 1 March 2015 | 1 | |
| Tallis Scholars | Part/Tintinnabuli | Gimel | 8 March 2015 | 2 | |
| Taizé | Music of Unity and Peace | Deutsche Grammophon | 22 March 2015 | 1 | |
| Rachel Podger | Vivaldi/Lestro Armonico | Channel Classics | 29 March 2015 | 2 | |
| The Sixteen/Harry Christophers | Monteverdi/Vespers of 1610 | CORO | 12 April 2015 | 2 | |
| Pavel Haas Quartet | Smetana/String Quartets 1&2 | Supraphon | 26 April 2015 | 2 | |
| Stephen Hough | Grieg/Lyric Pieces | Hyperion | 10 May 2015 | 1 | |
| Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Vasily Petrenko | The Tchaikovsky Album | Classic FM | 17 May 2015 | 6 | |
| Emmanuel Vass | Sonic Waves | E Vass | 28 June 2015 | 1 | |
| Opera Holland Park | Todd/Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Signum Classics | 3 July 2015 | 1 | |
| Polyphony/Stephen Layton | Polyphony | Hyperion | 10 July 2015 | 2 | |
| Pia Pajala/Turku Philharmonic Orchestra/Leif Segerstam | Sibelius:Belshazzar's Feast | Naxos | 24 July 2015 | 1 | |
| Leif Ove Andsnes/Mahler Chamber Orchestra | The Beethoven Journey - Piano Concertos No.1-5 | Sony Classical | 31 July 2015 | 1 | |
| Andris Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra | Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10 | Deutsche Grammophon | 7 August 2015 | 1 | |
| Leif Ove Andsnes/Mahler Chamber Orchestra | The Beethoven Journey - Piano Concertos No.1-5 | Sony Classical | 14 August 2015 | 1 | |
| Krystian Zimerman/Simon Rattle/Berliner Philharmoniker | Lutoslawski/Piano Concerto/Symphony No 2 | Deutsche Grammophon | 21 August 2015 | 1 | |
| Andris Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra | Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10 | Deutsche Grammophon | 28 August 2015 | 1 | |
| James O'Donnell/Westminster Abbey Choir | Parry/I Was Glad/Coronation Te Duem | Hyperion | 4 September 2015 | 1 | |
| The Hallé/Mark Elder | Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony | The Hallé Concerts Society | 11 September 2015 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann | Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album | Sony Classical | 18 September 2015 | 3 | |
| Antonio Pappano/Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Verdi: Aida | Warner Classics | 9 October 2015 | 1 | |
| Massimo Palombella/Sistine Chapel Choir | Cantate Domino - La Cappella Sistina e la musica del Papa | Deutsche Grammophon | 16 October 2015 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann | Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album | Sony Classical | 23 October 2015 | 1 | |
| Leif Ove Andsnes/Mahler Chamber Orchestra | The Beethoven Journey - Piano Concertos No.1-5 | Sony Classical | 30 October 2015 | 1 | |
| Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips | Taverner: Missa Corona Spinea | Gimel | 6 November 2015 | 1 | |
| Alina Ibragimova/Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen | JS Bach: Violin Concertos | Hyperion | 13 November 2015 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann | Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album | Sony Classical | 20 November 2015 | 1 | |
| St. Paul's Cathedral Choir/Andrew Carwood | Carols With St. Paul's Cathedral Choir | Classic FM/Decca | 27 November 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | |||||
| Jonas Kaufmann | Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album | Sony Classical | 8 January 2016 | 1 | |
| Mariss Jansons/Vienna Philharmonic | New Year's Concert 2016 | Sony Classical | 15 January 2016 | 2 | |
| Harry Christophers/The Sixteen | The Deers Cry | Coro | 29 January 2016 | 1 | |
| Ji Liu | Pure Chopin | Classic FM | 5 February 2016 | 4 | |
| Elgar & Walton | Cello Concertos | Hyperion | 4 March 2016 | 1 | |
| Aurora Orchestra & Nicholas Collon | Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi | Decca | 11 March 2016 | 1 | |
| Elgar & Walton | Cello Concertos | Hyperion | 18 March 2016 | 1 | |
| Cecilia Bernardini/Dunedin Consort/John Butt | J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos | Linn | 25 March 2016 | 1 | |
| Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim | Elgar/Symphony No.1 | Decca | 1 April 2016 | 1 | |
| Stephen Hough/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons | Dvorak & Schumann: Piano Concertos | Hyperion | 8 April 2016 | 1 | |
| Yevgeny Sudbin | Scarlatti:18 Sonatas | BIS | 15 April 2016 | 1 | |
| Paul Lewis/Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding | Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 op. 15 | Harmonia Mundi | 22 April 2016 | 1 | |
| Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim | Elgar/Symphony No.1 | Decca | 29 April 2016 | 1 | |
| Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien | Mozart:Violin Sonatas | Hyperion | 6 May 2016 | 1 | |
| Pumeza Matshikiza | Arias | Decca | 13 May 2016 | 1 | |
| Harry Christophers/The Sixteen | The Deers Cry | Coro | 20 May 2016 | 2 | |
| Andris Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra | Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9; Suite From "Hamlet" (Live) | Deutsche Grammophon | 3 June 2016 | 1 | |
| Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Beethoven: Missa Solemnis In D Major, Op. 123 | Sony Classical | 10 June 2016 | 1 | |
| Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall | Granada 1013-1526 by Hesperion XXI | Alia Vox | 17 June 2016 | 1 | |
| Damian Montagu/Stewart Prosser | In A South Downs Way | Decca | 24 June 2016 | 1 | |
| Hebrides Ensemble | MacMillan: Since It Was the Day of Preparation | Delphian | 1 July 2016 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1; Glazunov: Violin Concerto | Decca | 8 July 2016 | 4 | |
| Vänskä Osmo/Minnesota Orchestra | Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3, 6 & 7 | BIS | 5 August 2016 | 1 | |
| James Rutherford/Kriss Russman/BBC National Orchestra of Wales | Butterworth:Orchestral Works | BIS | 12 August 2016 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1; Glazunov: Violin Concerto | Decca | 19 August 2016 | 2 | |
| Mahan Esfahani | Bach: Goldberg Variations | Deutsche Grammophon | 2 September 2016 | 1 | |
| Anna Netrebko/Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Verismo | Deutsche Grammophon | 9 September 2016 | 1 | |
| Trevor Morrison/Scottish Festival Orchestra/James MacMillan | The Lost Songs of St Kilda | Decca | 16 September 2016 | 4 | |
| Daniil Trifonov | Transcendental | Deutsche Grammophon | 14 October 2016 | 1 | |
| Trevor Morrison/Scottish Festival Orchestra/James MacMillan | The Lost Songs of St Kilda | Decca | 21 October 2016 | 5 | |
| Joyce Didonato | In War & Peace | Erato | 25 November 2016 | 1 | |
| Trevor Morrison/Scottish Festival Orchestra/James MacMillan | The Lost Songs of St Kilda | Decca | 2 December 2016 | 4 | |
| Nigel Kennedy | My World | Neue Meister | 30 December 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | |||||
| Trevor Morrison/Scottish Festival Orchestra/James MacMillan | The Lost Songs of St Kilda | Decca | 6 January 2017 | 1 | |
| Iestyn Davies/Arcangelo Corelli/Jonathan Cohen | J.S. Bach:Cantatas 54, 82 & 170 | Hyperion | 13 January 2017 | 1 | |
| Gustavo Dudamel/Vienna Philharmonic | New Year's Concert 2017 | Sony Classical | 20 January 2017 | 1 | |
| Joyce Didonato | In War & Peace | Erato | 27 January 2017 | 1 | |
| Amy Dickson | Glass | Sony Classical | 3 February 2017 | 1 | |
| Iestyn Davies/Arcangelo Corelli/Jonathan Cohen | J.S. Bach:Cantatas 54, 82 & 170 | Hyperion | 10 February 2017 | 1 | |
| Trevor Morrison/Scottish Festival Orchestra/James MacMillan | The Lost Songs of St Kilda | Decca | 17 February 2017 | 1 | |
| Mark Elder/The Hallé | For the Fallen | Halle Concerts Society | 24 February 2017 | 1 | |
| Beatrice Rana | Bach - Goldberg Variations | Warner Classics | 3 March 2017 | 1 | |
| Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford | A New Heaven | Signum Classics | 10 March 2017 | 1 | |
| The Sixteen & Harry Christophers/Britten Sinfonia | James Macmillan/Stabat Mater | Coro | 17 March 2017 | 1 | |
| Aled Jones/St Pauls Choir/Andrew Carwood | Classic FM's Pts Jubilate - 500 Years of Cathedral Music | Decca | 24 March 2017 | 6 | |
| Robert Hollingworth/The 24/I Fagiolini | Monteverdi/The Other Vespers | Decca | 11 May 2017 | 1 | |
| Aled Jones/St Pauls Choir/Andrew Carwood | Classic FM's Pts Jubilate - 500 Years of Cathedral Music | Decca | 18 May 2017 | 1 | |
| Robert Hollingworth/The 24/I Fagiolini | Monteverdi/The Other Vespers | Decca | 25 May 2017 | 1 | |
| Aled Jones/St Pauls Choir/Andrew Carwood | Classic FM's Pts Jubilate - 500 Years of Cathedral Music | Decca | 1 June 2017 | 2 | |
| Steven Osbourne/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Ravel-Piano Concertos-Falla Nights In the Gardens of Spain | Hyperion | 15 June 2017 | 2 | |
| Stephen Cleobury | A King of Instruments - A Voice Reborn | King's College, Cambridge | 29 June 2017 | 1 | |
| Véronique Gens | Visions | Alpha | 6 July 2017 | 1 | |
| Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Stephen Layton | Stanford/Choral Music | Hyperion | 13 July 2017 | 1 | |
| The Sixteen & Harry Christophers | Poulenc/Mass In G/Un Soir De Neige | Coro | 20 July 2017 | 1 | |
| Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim | Elgar/The Dream of Gerontis | Decca | 27 July 2017 | 2 | |
| Cipriani Potter/Howard Shelley/Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 | Hyperion | 4 August 2017 | 2 | |
| Robert Hollingworth/The 24/I Fagiolini | Monteverdi/The Other Vespers | Decca | 18 August 2017 | 2 | |
| Isabelle Faust/Freiburger Barockorchester/Pablo Heras-Casado | Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto - Symphony No. 5 & The Hebrides | Harmonia Mundi | 1 September 2017 | 1 | |
| Steven Isserlis/Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen | Joseph Haydn/Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach/Cello Concertos | Hyperion | 8 September 2017 | 1 | |
| Krystian Zimerman | Schubert: Piano Sonatas D 959 & 960 | Deutsche Grammophon | 15 September 2017 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann | L'Opera | Sony Classical | 22 September 2017 | 1 | |
| Red Priest | The Baroque Bohemians Gypsy Fever From | Red Priest | 29 September 2017 | 1 | |
| Alistair McGowan | The Piano Album | Sony Classical | 6 October 2017 | 1 | |
| Red Priest | The Baroque Bohemians Gypsy Fever From | Red Priest | 13 October 2017 | 1 | |
| Vasily Petrenko/Alexander Armstrong/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | Peter and the Wolf | Warner Classics | 20 October 2017 | 1 | |
| Boris Giltburg/Pavel Nikl/Pavel Haas Quartet | Dvorak/Quintets | Supraphon | 27 October 2017 | 1 | |
| Krystian Zimerman | Schubert: Piano Sonatas D 959 & 960 | Deutsche Grammophon | 3 November 2017 | 1 | |
| Vasily Petrenko/Alexander Armstrong/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | Peter and the Wolf | Warner Classics | 10 November 2017 | 1 | |
| Cecilia Bartoli/Sol Gabetta | Dolce Duello | Decca | 17 November 2017 | 1 | |
| Ola Gjeilo/Royal Holloway Choir | Winter Songs | Decca | 24 November 2017 | 2 | |
| Davan Wetton/City of London Choir/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | The Nation's Favourite Carols | Classic FM/Decca | 8 December 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | |||||
| Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Tippett: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 | Hyperion | 5 January 2018 | 1 | |
| Edward Gardner/Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra | Greig/Piano Concerto | Chandos | 12 January 2018 | 1 | |
| James Rhodes | Fire on All Sides | Signum | 19 January 2018 | 1 | |
| Voces8 | Equinox | VCM | 26 January 2018 | 1 | |
| Ji Liu | Fire & Water | Classic FM | 2 February 2018 | 1 | |
| Joseph Calleja Valencian Community Choir | Verdi | Decca | 9 February 2018 | 1 | |
| Murray Perahia | Beethoven/Piano Sonatas | Deutsche Grammophon | 16 February 2018 | 1 | |
| Patrica Kopatchinskaja/Polina Leschenko | Bartok/Poulenc/Ravel/Deux | Alpha | 23 February 2018 | 1 | |
| Murray Perahia | Beethoven/Piano Sonatas | Deutsche Grammophon | 2 March 2018 | 1 | |
| Alan Titchmarsh, Debbie Wiseman and National Symphony Orchestra | The Glorious Garden | Classic FM | 9 March 2018 | 7 | |
| Rachel Podger | Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons) | Channel Classics | 27 April 2018 | 3 | |
| Alan Titchmarsh, Debbie Wiseman and National Symphony Orchestra | The Glorious Garden | Classic FM | 18 May 2018 | 1 | |
| Petra Mullejan, Gottfried Von Der Goltz | George Frideric Handel: Concerti A Due Cori | Harmonia Mundi | 25 May 2018 | 1 | |
| Boris Giltburg, Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto | Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 | Naxos | 1 June 2018 | 1 | |
| Stephen Hough | Stephen Hough's Dream Album | Hyperion | 8 June 2018 | 1 | |
| Choir of Queens College Oxford | The House of the Mind | Signum Classics | 15 June 2018 | 1 | |
| Stephen Hough | Stephen Hough's Dream Album | Hyperion | 22 June 2018 | 1 | |
| Alexander Chapman Campbell | Journey to Nidaros | Alexander Chapman Campbell | 29 June 2018 | 1 | |
| BBC Singers/BBC Symphony Orchestra/John Adams | John Adams:Doctor Atomic | NoneSuch | 6 July 2018 | 1 | |
| Andris Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra | Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 "The Year 1905 | Deutsche Grammophon | 13 July 2018 | 1 | |
| Dudok Quartet Amsterdam | Solitude: Works for String Quartet | Resonus Classics | 20 July 2018 | 1 | |
| Adrian Chandler&La Serenissima | vivaldi x2 double concertos for oboes | Avie | 27 July 2018 | 1 | |
| Stephen Osbourne | Rachmaninov/Etudes-Tableaux | Hyperion | 3 August 2018 | 1 | |
| Adrian Chandler&La Serenissima | vivaldi x2 double concertos for oboes | Avie | 10 August 2018 | 1 | |
| Antonio Pappano&Saint Cecilia Orchestra | Bernstein/The 3 Symphonies | Warner Classics | 17 August 2018 | 1 | |
| Yo-Yo Ma | Bach/Six Evolutions - Cello Suites | Sony Classical | 24 August 2018 | 2 | |
| Kantos Chamber Choir/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/The Cantus Ensemble & The Studio Orchestra | Dale:Requiem for My Mother | Decca | 7 September 2018 | 1 | |
| Yo-Yo Ma | Bach/Six Evolutions - Cello Suites | Sony Classical | 14 September 2018 | 2 | |
| Patrick Hawes, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & National Youth Choir of Great Britain | The Great War Symphony | Classic FM | 28 September 2018 | 3 | |
| Igor Levit | Life | Sony Classical | 25 October 2018 | 1 | |
| Patrick Hawes, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & National Youth Choir of Great Britain | The Great War Symphony | Classic FM | 1 November 2018 | 1 | |
| Roger Waters | The Soldiers Tale | Sony Classical | 8 November 2018 | 1 | |
| Patrick Hawes, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & National Youth Choir of Great Britain | The Great War Symphony | Classic FM | 15 November 2018 | 1 | |
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Willcocks, Philip Ledger | 100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols | King's College, Cambridge | 22 November 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | |||||
| Christian Thielemann/Vienna Philharmonic | New Year's Concert 2019 | Sony Classical | 24 January 2019 | 1 | |
| Stile Antico | In a Strange Land | Harmonia Mundi | 31 January 2019 | 1 | |
| Maurizio Pollini | Chopin/Nocturnes/Mazurkas/Berceuse | Deutsche Grammophon | 7 February 2019 | 1 | |
| Steven Isserlis Olli Mustonen | Shostakovich/Kabalevsky/Prokofiev/Cello | Hyperion | 14 February 2019 | 1 | |
| Staatskapelle Weimar Kirill Karabit | Liszt/Sardanapalo/Mazeppa | Audite | 21 February 2019 | 1 | |
| Vikingur Olafsson | Johann Sebastian Bach | Deutsche Grammophon | 28 February 2019 | 1 | |
| Lucie Horsch and the Academy of ancient Music | Baroque Journey | Decca | 7 March 2019 | 1 | |
| Alina Ibragimova & Cédric Tiberghien | Vierne/Franck/Violin Sonatas | Hyperion | 14 March 2019 | 1 | |
| Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Chamber Choir of London & Robert Ziegler | Fuller/Animal Requiem | Wistle | 21 March 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 28 March 2019 | 2 | |
| Beth Gibbons/The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra&Krystof Penderecki | Gorecki/Symphony No 3 | Domino | 11 April 2019 | 1 | |
| Lang Lang | Piano Book | Deutsche Grammophon | 18 April 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 25 April 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day Two | Decca | 2 May 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 9 May 2019 | 3 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day Three | Decca | 30 May 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 6 June 2019 | 1 | |
| Lise Davidsen | Lise Davidsen | Decca | 13 June 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 20 June 2019 | 2 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day Four | Decca | 4 July 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 11 July 2019 | 1 | |
| Isata Kanneh-Mason | Romance - The Piano Music of Clara | Decca | 18 July 2019 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti/Philadelphia Orchestra/Christian Mcelaru | Marsalis/Violin Concerto/Fiddle Dance | Decca | 25 July 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day Five | Decca | 1 August 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 8 August 2019 | 3 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day Six | Decca | 29 August 2019 | 2 | |
| Anne-Sophie Mutter& The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles & John Williams | Across the Stars | Deutsche Grammophon | 12 September 2019 | 1 | |
| Vikingur Olafsson | Johann Sebastian Bach | Deutsche Grammophon | 19 September 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 26 September 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day Seven | Decca | 3 October 2019 | 1 | |
| Anne-Sophie Mutter& The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles & John Williams | Across the Stars | Deutsche Grammophon | 10 October 2019 | 1 | |
| Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra, Choir of AAM and Richard Egarr | Handel: Brockes-Passion | Academy of Ancient Music | 17 October 2019 | 1 | |
| Karl Jenkins | Miserere - Songs of Mercy & Redemption | Decca | 24 October 2019 | 2 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 7 November 2019 | 2 | |
| Gareth Malone | Music for Healing | Decca | 21 November 2019 | 8 | |
By artist edit
As of 20 December 2019[update], Twenty five artists have spent six or more weeks at the top of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart so far during the 2010s. The totals below include only credited performances.
| Artist | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|
| André Rieu | 1 | 59 |
| Miloš Karadaglić | 2 | 32 |
| Nicola Benedetti | 3 | 25 |
| Ludovico Einaudi | 7 | 23 |
| Jonas Kaufmann | 5 | 16 |
| Trevor Morrison | 1 | 15 |
| James MacMillan | 1 | 15 |
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge | 2 | 14 |
| Ji Liu | 3 | 12 |
| Tallis Scholars | 3 | 9 |
| Karadaglic | 1 | 8 |
| Nezet-Sequin | 1 | 8 |
| Stephen Layton | 4 | 9 |
| Harry Christophers | 6 | 10 |
| Andrew Carwood | 1 | 9 |
| Aled Jones | 1 | 9 |
| Paul Mealor | 1 | 8 |
| Vasily Petrenko | 2 | 7 |
| Friar Allesandro | 2 | 6 |
| Karl Jenkins | 2 | 8 |
| Alan Titchmarsh | 1 | 8 |
| Debbie Wiseman | 1 | 8 |
| Gareth Malone | 1 | 8 |
| Lang Lang | 3 | 7 |
| Angela Hewitt | 1 | 6 |
By record label edit
As of 5 April 2019[update], 35 record labels have released chart-topping albums so far during the 2010s.
| Record label | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|
| Decca | 51 | 209 |
| Deutsche Grammophon | 27 | 65 |
| Sony Classical | 20 | 39 |
| Naxos | 9 | 15 |
| EMI Classics | 5 | 10 |
| Mercury Classics | 1 | 8 |
| Classic FM | 10 | 45 |
| Gimel | 3 | 8 |
| CORO | 6 | 11 |
| Harmonia Mundi | 5 | 6 |
| Hyperion | 22 | 31 |
| Linn Records | 2 | 3 |
| Orange Mountain | 1 | 1 |
| Supraphon | 2 | 3 |
| Warner Classics | 9 | 12 |
| Chandos | 2 | 2 |
| E Vass | 1 | 1 |
| RCO Live | 1 | 1 |
| Soli Deo Gloria | 1 | 1 |
| Signum Classics | 6 | 6 |
| Erato | 2 | 4 |
| Channel Classics | 2 | 5 |
| Halle Concerts Society | 2 | 2 |
| BIS | 3 | 3 |
| Alia Vox | 1 | 1 |
| Delphian | 1 | 1 |
| Neue Meister | 1 | 1 |
| King's College, Cambridge | 3 | 15 |
| Alpha | 2 | 2 |
| Red Priest | 1 | 2 |
| VCM | 1 | 1 |
| NoneSuch | 1 | 1 |
| Resonus Classics | 1 | 1 |
| Avie | 1 | 1 |
| Audite | 1 | 1 |
| Wistle | 1 | 1 |
| Domino | 1 | 1 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
External links edit
- Specialist Classical Albums Top 20 at the Official Charts Company