THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR CLASSICAL ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

That compares favourably to the 5.7% rise in music consumption across all genres. In fact, sales of classical CDs actually increased by 6.9% - bucking the downward trend in pop and rock.

To boost sales and cultivate music appreciation, he also began organising classical music concerts in Hong Kong City Hall. In 1986, as the manufacturing costs of CDs declined, Heymann saw an ...