The chart has been designed to highlight repertoire that is 100% classical and has been released within the last two years.

This distinguishes it from the OCC's Combined Classical Albums Chart, which only requires 60% of an album's repertoire to be classical.

The new chart was developed by the OCC in collaboration with the BPI.

Ginny Cooper, who is managing director of Coda Distribution, and co-chair of The BPI's Classical Committee, explains, "Within the classical sector, there are many first-class ...