The First Download To Top The Classical Charts

“For the first time ever, a download-only release has topped the Billboard classical chart. The DG Concerts release of Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic (where he will soon be musical director) features Berlioz’s Symphonie fantatastique. Billboard just changed its rules to allow downloads, so this is not only the first such recording to top the charts — it’s the first to appear at all.”