What the Polk! New York professor is US classical top-seller

What the Polk! New York professor is US classical top-seller

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norman lebrecht

September 17, 2014

Nielsen Soundscan doesn’t lie, but it can often surprise. The data centre has just tols us that the top-selling classical record in the US over the past seven days is played by a teacher at the Manhattan School of Music.

chaminade

The album, on the Steinway label, consists of music by a peripheral French composer. It has been promoted on WQXR and on Archiv Music.

The Flatterer sold 278 copies, beating Joyce DiDonato into second place.

Go, Jo!

 

joanne polk

Comments

  • william osborne says:

    Meanwhile, country starlet Taylor Swift’s “Red” piled up 3.1 million album sales in only 10 weeks in 2012.

  • Emily G. says:

    I wouldn’t mind getting that album. I love the music of Chaminade.

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