EOY List Aggregate: 2016 New Music: Classical/New Age

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Hannah Epperson: Upsweep () {4}: TG:3
  2. Kepler Quartet: Ben Johnston: String Quartets Nos 6 7 & 8 () {4}: W:46; d_jb:+, tw:3
  3. Scott Walker: The Childhood of a Leader [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]4AD (08-19) {4}: Bk:46, Bw:25, W:31 -- V:678-10-1
  4. Daniel Wohl: Holographic () {4}: FF:11, TG:87; av:+
  5. Lucas Debargue: Scarlatti Chopin Liszt Ravel () {3}: TG:10
  6. Barbara Hannigan/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons: Let Me Tell You (Winter & Winter) {3}: NPR:6
  7. Gavin Bryars: The Fifth Century () {2}: TG:14
  8. Glenn Kotche & So Percussion: Drumkit Quartets () {2}: TG:+, TG:49
  9. Meredith Monk: On Behalf of Nature (ECM) {2}: pf_x:+ -- V:499-16-1
  10. Roomful of Teeth: The Colorado () {2}: TG:12
  11. Nicolas Altstaedt: CPE Bach: Cello Concertos (Hyperion) {1}: YW:56
  12. Zsofia Boros: Local Objects () {1}: TG:42
  13. Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons: Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphonies Nos 5 8 & 9 () {1}: TG:34
  14. Huelgas Ensemble/Paul Van Nevel: Firminus Caron: Twilight of the Middle Ages () {1}: TG:96
  15. Pavel Kolesnikov: Chopin: Mazurkas () {1}: NPR:35
  16. Mica Levi: Jackie [Original Soundtrack] (Milan) {1}: v:9
  17. Rolf Lislevand: La Mascarade () {1}: TG:45
  18. Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble: Sing Me Home (Sony Masterworks) {1}: jrs:+
  19. Paul Moravec: Amorisms: Music of Paul Moravec () {1}: TG:56
  20. New York Philharmonic/Alan Gilbert/Christopher Rouse: Odna Zhizn/Symphonies Nos 3 & 4/Prospero's Rooms (DaCapo Classical) {1}: NPR:44
  21. Zak Ozmo: Vincenzo Galilei: The Well-Tempered Lute () {1}: TG:29
  22. Christina Pluhar/L'Arpeggiata: Orfeo Chaman () {1}: TG:79
  23. PRISM Quartet: The Curtis Project: Music for Saxophones From the Curtis Institute () {1}: TG:95
  24. Steve Reich: Radio Rewrite (Nonesuch -14) {1}: jy:81 -- [RC:A-, TH:***]
  25. Third Coast Percussion/Steve Reich: Third Coast Percussion/Steve Reich () {1}: TG:100
  26. Daniil Trifonov: Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov plays Franz Liszt () {1}: TG:91

Notes

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