Other highlights include his pungent, earthy Shostakovich (try his terrifying version 11 th Symphony) and cogent performances of music by Bliss ... and anniversary crossover was Lucas Debargue’s 4 CD ...

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR CLASSICAL ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

That compares favourably to the 5.7% rise in music consumption across all genres. In fact, sales of classical CDs actually increased by 6.9% - bucking the downward trend in pop and rock.

Classical music has always played a key role in the life of 86-year-old German entrepreneur Klaus Heymann. At the age of nine, his mother took him to a live orchestra performance, which left a ...

The Victorian era saw a proliferation of classical music organisations, beginning with the Philharmonic Society, 1813, and the Royal Academy of Music, 1822, both keenly promoting Beethoven's music.

Social Music, in 2014. Beethoven Blues is his first title to chart on any of Billboard's classical albums charts. On the all-genre Billboard 200, Beethoven Blues enters at No. 64, landing Batiste ...