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1
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Clare Lesser / David Lesser - Wolfgang Rihm: Lieder
June 1, 2003
Modern Classical
Score
100
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2
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Alicia De Larrocha - Granados: Escenas románticas; Bocetos; Cuentos de la juventud
August 5, 2003
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
3
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Dorothea Röschmann / Lawrence Zazzo / Veronica Cangemi / Bernarda Fink / Silvia Tro Santafé / Kobie Van Rensburg / Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin / René Jacobs - A. Scarlatti: Griselda
September 8, 2003
Opera
,
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
4
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Angela Hewitt - Bach: The English Suites
September 0, 2003
Baroque Music
Score
100
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Amazon
5
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Paul Hillier, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir - The Powers of Heaven
September 8, 2003
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
6
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Yuki Mack / Tomoko Mack - Fantasy
Romanticism
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
7
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Stylus Phantasticus - Dietrich Buxtehude: Ciaccona: Il Mondo Che Gira
Baroque Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
8
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Richard Hickox / London Symphony Orchestra - Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6; Symphony No. 8; Nocturne
August 18, 2003
Symphony
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
9
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Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi - Italian Violin Sonatas
May 5, 2003
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
10
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Aron Quartett - Streichquartette
November 12, 2003
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
11
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Renaud Capuçon / Alexandre Gurning / Gautier Capuçon / Lilya Zilberstein - Franck: Violin Sonata; Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata
June 2, 2003
Chamber Music
,
Romanticism
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
12
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Anneke Boeke / Miklós Spányi - Telemann: Concertos for Recorder & Harpsichord
January 21, 2003
Baroque Music
,
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
13
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Renaud Capuçon / Gautier Capuçon - Face à face: Duos for Violin & Cello
May 5, 2003
Romanticism
,
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
14
.
Anne Akiko Meyers / Li Jian - Satoh; Debussy; Messiaen; Takemitsu; Ravel
September 23, 2003
Impressionism
,
Modern Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
15
.
Southwest Chamber Music - Chávez: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 1
September 30, 2003
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
16
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Aquiles Machado / Alessandra Marc / Carlos Alvarez / Jane Henschel / Ana María Martínez / José De Eusebio / Coro Y Orquesta Sinfónica De Madrid - Albéniz: Henry Clifford
June 9, 2003
Opera
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
17
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Gustav Leonhardt - Bach, Bull, Byrd, Gibbons, Hassler, Pachelbel, Ritter & Strogers
Baroque Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
18
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Leopold String Trio / Paul Lewis - Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor K478; Piano Quartet in E flat K493
May 5, 2003
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
19
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Valery Gergiev / Kirov Orchestra / Olga Borodina - Prokofiev: Scythian Suite; Alexander Nevsky
February 27, 2003
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
20
.
Les Arts Florissants / William Christie - Rameau: Zoroastre
April 15, 2003
Opera
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
21
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Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon
September 9, 2003
Symphonic Black Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place
June 2, 2003
Downtempo
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Café Tacvba - Cuatro Caminos
July 1, 2003
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
October 7, 2003
Indie Rock
,
Midwest Emo
,
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
April 1, 2003
Pop Punk
,
Punk Rock
,
Power Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout 2003.
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