EOY [Mid-Year] List Aggregate: 2018 New Music: Classical/New Age

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Laurie Anderson/Kronos Quartet: Landfall (Nonesuch) {18}: Btz:9, G:+, Mup:42, PM:56, Qt:82, Rdx:22, Ro:17, V:+(2) -- RC:***, TH:A-
  2. Park Jiha: Communion (Tak:til) {16}: 405:12, G:+, JC:+, V:+(1), VF:9, W:48; pm_v:19, xbl:3, xrt:+ -- RM:115, TH:**
  3. Olafur Arnalds: Re:member (Mercury) {13}: Am_s:49, DT:36, LBF:36, MO:40, NBH:17, NPR:32, RT:45, V:+(4); mmg:+, np_b:3, vhh:7 -- RM:127
  4. Jonny Greenwood: Phantom Thread () {5}: Od:7, Sg:+, V:+(2)
  5. Nora Fischer & Marnix Dorrestein: Hush (Universal Music) {3}: V:+(1); vbo:5
  6. Chilly Gonzales: Solo Piano III (Gentle Threat/Fontana/North) {3}: Dr:58, E_UK:+, RT:88
  7. Yo-Yo Ma: Six Evolutions: Bach Cello Suites (Sony Classical) {3}: V:+(1); vjc:4
  8. Brooklyn Youth Chorus: Silent Voices (New Amsterdam) {2}: Cpu:11
  9. Ruth Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4/Song for Orcheatra/Knight in Armour (Chandos) {2}: nat:5
  10. Ipek Gorgun: Ecce Homo (Touch) {2}: V:+(1), W:47
  11. Lubomyr Melnyk: Fallen Trees (Erased Tapes) {2}: pm_b:4
  12. Niklas Paschburg: Oceanic (7K!) {2}: V:+(1); am_e:+, np_b:7
  13. Marina Rebeka: Verdi: Luisa Miller (BR-Klassik) {2}: YW:19
  14. Astrid Sonne: Human Lines (Escho) {2}: F:27, V:+(1)
  15. Grazyna Bacewicz: Chamber Works (Chandros) {1}: NPR:+
  16. Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 4 & 11: The Year 1905 (Deutsche Grammophon) {1}: NPR:37
  17. Stefan Chaplikov: Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas Opp 25 33 & 46 (Naxos) {1}: YW:54
  18. Gustavo Gimeno: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring/Funeral Song/Game of Cards/Concerto in D "Basel"/Agon (PentaTone Classics) {1}: am:+
  19. Goldmund: Occasus (Western Vinyl) {1}: YW:108
  20. Marc-Andre Hamelin: Schubert: Piano Sonata and Impromptus (Hyperion) {1}: YW:84
  21. Nigel Kennedy: Kennedy Meets Gershwin (Warner Classics) {1}: JC:+
  22. Magdalena Kozena/Robin Ticciati: Ravel/Duparc: Aimer Et Mourir/Danses Et Melodies (Linn) {1}: am:+
  23. Kuniko: Steve Reich: Drumming () {1}: jcmb:+
  24. Augusta McKay Lodge: Beyond Bach & Vivaldi: Rare Unaccompanied Works for the Baroque Violin (Naxos) {1}: YW:72
  25. Anna Mullova/Paavo Jarvi: Arvo Part (Onyx Classics) {1}: am:+
  26. Vikingur Olafsson: Johann Sebastian Bach (Deutsche Grammophon) {1}: NPR:45
  27. The Pocket Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Stangel: Beethoven Revisited Symphonies 1-9 () {1}: jcmb:+
  28. Resina: Traces (Fat Cat) {1}: RM:67
  29. Simple Affections: Simple Affections (Recital) {1}: TMT:27
  30. Alexandra Streliski: Inscape (Secret City) {1}: ex_x:9
  31. Christian Tetzlaff: Bartok: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (Sony Classical/Legacy) {1}: NPR:27
  32. Lauren Tosswill: My Home in the Year (Enmossed) {1}: V:+(1)
  33. Alisa Weilerstein and the Trondheim Soloists: Transfigured Night (Pentatone) {1}: YW:48

Notes

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