Recordings of the Year 2017 - Our Top 100

Alexandre Kantorow (piano)

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London Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adès

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Beatrice Rana (piano)

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC

Heath Quartet

Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Evgeny Kissin (piano)

Available Formats: MP3, FLAC

Sonya Yoncheva (Norma), Joseph Calleja (Pollione), Sonia Ganassi (Adalgisa), Brindley Sherratt (Oroveso); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Àlex Ollé (dir.)

Available Format: DVD Video

Sonya Yoncheva (Norma), Joseph Calleja (Pollione), Sonia Ganassi (Adalgisa), Brindley Sherratt (Oroveso); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Àlex Ollé (dir.)

Available Format: Blu-ray

Stéphanie d’Oustrac (Béatrice), Paul Appleby (Bénédict), Philippe Sly (Claudio), Sophie Karthäuser (Hero), London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Antonello Manacorda, Laurent Pelly (dir.)

Available Format: DVD Video

Stéphanie d’Oustrac (Béatrice), Paul Appleby (Bénédict), Philippe Sly (Claudio), Sophie Karthäuser (Hero), London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Antonello Manacorda, Laurent Pelly (dir.)

Available Format: Blu-ray

Joyce DiDonato (Didon), Michael Spyres (Énée), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Cassandre), Stéphane Degout (Chorèbe); Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, John Nelson

Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Diana Damrau (Leïla), Matthew Polenzani (Nadir), Mariusz Kwiecien (Zurga), Nicolas Teste (Nourabad); The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Gianandrea Noseda, Penny Woolcock (dir.)

Available Format: Blu-ray

Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

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The Nash Ensemble

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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons

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Bojan Čičić (violin), The Illyria Consort

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Sol Gabetta (cello), Cappella Gabetta, Andres Gabetta

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Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Sol Gabetta (cello), Cappella Gabetta, Andres Gabetta

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Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Sol Gabetta (cello), Cappella Gabetta, Andres Gabetta

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Daniil Trifonov (piano), Sergei Babayan (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev

Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Phantasm

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Barbara Hannigan (soprano/conductor), Ludwig Orchestra

Available Formats: CD + DVD Video, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Christian Gerhaher (Pelléas), Magdalena Kožená (Mélisande), Gerald Finley (Golaud); London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

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Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Gerard Caussé (viola), Edgar Moreau (cello), Marie-Pierre Langlame (harp)

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Renée Fleming (soprano), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo

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Sean Shibe (guitar)

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Boris Giltburg (piano), Pavel Nikl (viola), Pavel Haas Quartet

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC

Eri Nakamura (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (contralto), Michael Spyres (tenor), Jongmin Park (bass); Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Jiří Bělohlávek

Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Lawrence Power (viola), Takács Quartet

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Jean Rondeau (harpsichord), Sophie Gent, Louis Creac'h (violin), Fanny Paccoud (viola), Antoine Touche (cello), Thomas de Pierrefeu (contrabass), Evolène Kiener (bassoon)

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Andrew Staples (Gerontius), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Angel), Thomas Hampson (Priest/Angel of the Agony); Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsopernchor, RIAS Kammerchor, Daniel Barenboim

Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Colin Currie (percussion), Isabelle Faust (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Oliver Knussen

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Michael Spyres (tenor), Joyce El-Khoury (soprano), The Hallé, Carlo Rizzi

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Salagon Quartet

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

George Li (piano)

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Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque

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Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (Ottone), Lauren Snouffer (Teofane), Pavel Kudinov (Emireno), Ann Hallenberg (Gismonda), Xavier Sabata (Adalberto), Anna Starushkevych (Matilda); Il Pomo d’Oro, George Petrou

Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Steven Isserlis (cello/director), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini

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Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini

Available Format: 2 Vinyl Records

Chiaroscuro Quartet

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Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass); Wrocław Baroque Orchestra, Wrocław Philharmonic Choir, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Christopher Yates (viola), Roderick Williams (baritone), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Martyn Brabbins

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Mark Padmore (tenor), Charles Owen (piano), Sacconi Quartet

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Matthias Goerne (baritone), Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Stephan Loges (Jesus), English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Natalia Osipova (Anastasia/Anna Anderson), Marianela Nuñez (Mathilde Kschessinska), Federico Bonelli (Kschessinska’s Partner), Edward Watson (The husband), Thiago Soares (Rasputin), Christina Arestis (Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna), Christopher Saunders (Tsar Nicholas II); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Simon Hewett, Kenneth Macmillan (chor.)

Available Format: DVD Video

Natalia Osipova (Anastasia/Anna Anderson), Marianela Nuñez (Mathilde Kschessinska), Federico Bonelli (Kschessinska’s Partner), Edward Watson (The husband), Thiago Soares (Rasputin), Christina Arestis (Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna), Christopher Saunders (Tsar Nicholas II); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Simon Hewett, Kenneth Macmillan (chor.)

Available Format: Blu-ray

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy

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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy

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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy

Available Format: 2 Vinyl Records

Christian Poltéra (cello), Joonas Ahonen (piano), BIT20 Ensemble, Baldur Brönnimann

Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

The Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia, Harry Christophers

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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Wiener Philharmoniker, Jonathan Nott

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Alice Coote (mezzo), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht

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Gerhild Romberger (alto), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Cantemus Children's Choir, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Iván Fischer

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Gerhild Romberger (alto), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Frauenchor des Bayerischen Rundfunks,Bernard Haitink

Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä

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Karine Deshayes (Malvina), Yann Beuron (Uthal), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Larmor); Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Available Formats: CD + Book, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

London Symphony Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Available Formats: SACD + Blu-ray, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Isabelle Faust (violin), Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth

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Dunedin Consort, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, John Butt

Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Orchestra La Scintilla, Riccardo Minasi

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Grigory Sokolov (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Trevor Pinnock, Yan Pascal Tortelier

Available Format: CD + DVD Video

Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Manze

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Sophie Karthauser (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Johannes Weisser (baritone); Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano)

Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Christiane Karg (soprano), Bamberger Symphoniker, David Afkham

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Siggi String Quartet

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Siggi String Quartet

Available Format: 2 Vinyl Records

Marion Ralincourt (flute), Les Siècles & Ensemble Aedes, François-Xavier Roth

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Steven Osborne (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Rebecca Evans (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano)

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Benjamin Britten (piano), Peter Pears (tenor)

Available Format: 2 CDs

Ilker Arcayürek (tenor), Simon Lepper (piano)

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC

Andreas Staier, Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano Graf)

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Krystian Zimerman (piano)

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Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Roman Patkoló (double bass), Hwayoon Lee (viola), Maximilian Hornung (cello)

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Kirill Gerstein (piano), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko

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Marianne Crebassa (mezzo), Fazil Say (piano)

Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie, Enrique Mazzola

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

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Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu

Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Renée Fleming (Marschallin), Elīna Garanča (Octavian), Günther Groissböck (Baron Ochs), Erin Morley (Sophie), Markus Brück (Herr von Faninal), Matthew Polenzani (An Italian Singer); The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Sebastian Weigle, Robert Carsen (dir.)

Available Format: Blu-ray

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko

Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Musicaeterna, Teodor Currentzis

Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Lauren Cuthbertson (Clara), Federico Bonelli (Prince), Francesca Hayward (Sugar-Plum Fairy), Alexander Campbell (Nutcracker), Gary Avis (Drosselmeyer), The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Boris Gruzin, Peter Wright (chor.)

Available Format: DVD Video

Lauren Cuthbertson (Clara), Federico Bonelli (Prince), Francesca Hayward (Sugar-Plum Fairy), Alexander Campbell (Nutcracker), Gary Avis (Drosselmeyer), The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Boris Gruzin, Peter Wright (chor.)

Available Format: Blu-ray

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor/director), Ensemble Artaserse

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Stephen Cleobury (Harrison & Harrison organ)

Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Danny Driver (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Miller

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Matthias Goerne (baritone), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding

Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Thomas Hampson (baritone), Candida Thompson (violin), Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Netherlands Female Youth Choir

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC

Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pianos), Roderick Williams (baritone), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Hallé, Sir Mark Elder

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Véronique Gens (soprano), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Hervé Niquet

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Arcadi Volodos (piano)

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Olivier Latry (organ)

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC

Simon O’Neill (Siegfried), Matthias Goerne (The Wanderer), David Cangelosi (Mime), Werner Van Mechelen (Alberich), Heidi Melton (Brünnhilde); Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden

Available Formats: 4 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Simon O’Neill (Siegfried), Matthias Goerne (The Wanderer), David Cangelosi (Mime), Werner Van Mechelen (Alberich), Heidi Melton (Brünnhilde); Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden

Available Format: Blu-ray Audio

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC

Awards, Recordings of the Year 2017 - Our Top 100

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