Radiohead man scores top selling classical album

With eight Top 10 albums - including five Number 1s - to their name, Radiohead are no strangers to chart success. But now Jonny Greenwood can add another accolade to his musical trophy cabinet – a Top 10 classical album.

The guitarist / keyboardist’s collaboration with Polish composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki, Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima / Popcorn Superhet Receiver / Polymorphia / 48 Responses To Polymorphia, has entered the Official Specialist Classical Chart at Number 7.

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Krzysztof Penderecki, along with the Aukso Chamber Orchestra, will be performing the album live in its entirety at London’s Barbican Hall this Thursday, March 22. For tickets see www.barbican.org.uk.