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    What recording of a 20th century work of classical music climbed into the top 10 of all genres, not just classical, of the British charts in the 1990s?

    Question #112688. Asked by kevinatilusa. (Feb 07 10 1:37 AM)


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    Henryk Gorecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
    A 1991 recording with the London Sinfonietta, conducted by David Zinman and featuring the soloist Dawn Upshaw, was released in 1992 by the Elektra imprint Nonesuch Records. Within two years, the recording had sold more than 700,000 copies worldwide; the recording climbed to number 6 on the mainstream UK album charts, and while it did not appear on the US Billboard 200, it stayed at the top of the US classical charts for 38 weeks and stayed on for 138 weeks. The Zinman/Upshaw recording has sold over a million copies.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_%28G%C3%B3recki%29

    Feb 07 10, 6:51 AM


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