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The Classical Chartz High 20 of 2024 is a cross part of the colourful world of latest Western artwork music in its various kinds, from the standard to neoclassical, modern music and extra. All the albums hit No. 1 on the Chartz this previous yr.
On the prime of the checklist is Yunchan Lim’s Chopin: Études. Yunchan Lim has all of it: superhuman method, finesse in interpretation, and a global fan base that may’t look ahead to information concerning the photogenic pianist. The South Korean pianist shot to fame when he turned the youngest ever to win the Van Cliburn Worldwide Piano Competitors at age 18.
The discharge comes on the heels of his nicely reviewed Dwell from the Cliburn recording of Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (2023) that captured his gold medal profitable efficiency, and is his first recording on the Decca label after signing an unique contract. It went on to win the Piano Award on the 2024 Gramophone Classical Music Awards.
Lim started his piano research on the tender age of seven in Seoul, and after two years on the Korea Nationwide College of the Arts, is continuous his research on the New England Conservatory in Boston.
Canadians are nicely represented on the checklist, starting with No. 2: the Nationwide Arts Centre Orchestra and conductor Alexander Shelley and their Reality in Our Time. It’s a poignant subject for our present political turmoil, and showcases Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 13, commissioned for the album by the NAC Orchestra in honour of the late Canadian journalist Peter Jennings. Additionally on the album is Canadian treasure James Ehnes performing Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Violin Concerto, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9, and Unusual Absurdity / Étrange absurdité by Yao.
Ottawa native François Dompierre is available in at No. 3 together with his uber-popular Requiem, an tour into the musical creativeness of the film music specialist. At No. 4 on the yr finish checklist, Canadian modern composer Stephen Moccio’s solo piano album Legends, Myths And Lavender held sway within the High Ten for months.
Soprano Karina Gauvin’s Marie Hubert – Fille du Roy explores the wealthy territory of Québecois and French folklore within the story of one of many younger ladies who left France for New France with music from the twentieth century. It finishes the yr at No. 9 on the 2024 Chartz.
Tafelmusik & Rachel Podger’s merely titled Haydn Symphonies 43 & 49 sits at No. 11. It’s the primary recording for the baroque and classical specialists and the newly put in Principal Visitor Director. The recording has historic significance for Tafelmusik, in that the Haydn symphonies have been a part of its a lot lauded recording sequence with conductor Bruno Weill within the Eighties. You possibly can try LvT’s interview with Rachel concerning the recording right here.
Podger turned Haydn into one thing sensational throughout her September live performance in Toronto, and he or she’ll be again in early 2025 to carry out with Tafelmusik.
It’s no shock to search out Canada’s worldwide superstars like Emily D’Angelo (Freezing, No. 12) and Bruce Liu (The Seasons, No. 15) included within the yr’s prime 20.
Jon Batiste is at present taking the Classical Chartz by storm with Beethoven Blues (No. 10), and the remainder of the High 20 for 2024 faucet right into a stellar yr of recordings, together with Daniel Hope’s Dance at No. 13, Hauser’s Basic II, the place he explores attractive classical melodies in new preparations, and Jonas Kaufmann’s Puccini Love Affairs, the one operatic album on the checklist, touchdown at No. 6.
It was additionally a yr for anniversaries, like Andrea Bocelli’s vastly widespread Duets (thirtieth Anniversary), which had a stranglehold on the No. 1 place for weeks. Alongside together with his autobiographical documentary, it seems again on a rare profession. He’s at No. 4 to finish the yr.
Il Divo celebrated 20 years on the charts with XX. The album consists of all new materials, together with a brand new authentic track of their signature crossover classical type. It’s romantic and emotional, and sung in a number of languages. It’s their tenth studio album, and the primary with a brand new member after the demise of Spanish baritone Carlos Marín Menchero about three years in the past.
Different veterans of the live performance circuit make a powerful exhibiting within the yr finish Chartz, together with Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott with Merci. The discharge marks one other kind of milestone: the final time the 2 longtime colleagues can be collaborating on an album. Stott can be retiring from the performing stage to focus on instructing and household. Merci — thanks — is Ma’s message to a favorite fellow musician.
Early Music remains to be an necessary a part of the classical music repertoire. The Poor Clares of Arundel discover music from the thirteenth century, recorded on the convent chapel in Arundel, West Sussex and combined at Abbey Street Studios, on the album My Peace I Give You.
The discharge of Béla Fleck’s Rhapsody in Blue, recorded with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, (No. 7) was timed to coincide with the premiere of Gershwin’s authentic work a century earlier in New York on Feb. 12, 1924. The banjo virtuoso makes use of the piece as a place to begin for exploration, and consists of his personal variations on the theme.
Violinist Mari Samuelsen’s imaginative Life (No. 16) takes a inventive method to programming. Primarily based on her experiences changing into a mom, the music consists of works by modern composers from Bryce Dessner to Steve Reich, with a touch of Schubert.
Conventional music from Northern Europe, from Denmark by Norway to Eire and England is the fertile territory for The Danish String Quartet on Keel Street, which lands at No. 18 on the yr finish Chartz.
Andre Rieu’s Love Is All Round hit all the best notes with listeners in 2024, and sits on the No. 20 spot on the finish of the yr.
What number of did you pattern from this yr…?
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