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Mark Elder & Hallé Orchestra - Colin Matthews: The Debussy Preludes
January 11, 2011
Score
100
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Amazon
2
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Joseph Calleja - The Maltese Tenor
January 1, 2011
Opera
Score
100
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Amazon
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3
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Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 3
August 29, 2011
Symphony
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
4
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Emerson String Quartet - Mozart: The Prussian Quartets
October 18, 2011
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
5
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Die Singphoniker - ...Just Songs!
October 25, 2011
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
6
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Stephen Hough - Chopin: The Complete Waltzes
August 9, 2011
Romanticism
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
7
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Quatuor Diotima / Marie-Nicole Lemieux / Sandrine Piau - Berg; Webern; Schoenberg
February 22, 2011
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
8
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Paul Hillier - The Natural World of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
January 17, 2011
Modern Classical
,
Choral
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
9
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Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe - Motetten
May 0, 2011
Baroque Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
10
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Trio Wanderer - Smetana: Piano Trio; Liszt: Elegies
January 11, 2011
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
11
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David Binney - Graylen Epicenter
January 18, 2011
Jazz
,
Hard Bop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Symphony X - Iconoclast
June 17, 2011
Progressive Metal
,
Power Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Adrian Younge - Something About April
December 6, 2011
Psychedelic Soul
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Sólstafir - Svartir Sandar
October 14, 2011
Sludge Metal
,
Post-Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Pistol Annies - Hell on Heels
September 6, 2011
Contemporary Country
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Liturgy - Aesthethica
May 10, 2011
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Black Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
The Caretaker - An empty bliss beyond this World
June 1, 2011
Turntable Music
,
Ambient
,
Hauntology
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Eric Church - Chief
July 26, 2011
Contemporary Country
,
Country Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Meshell Ndegeocello - Weather
November 8, 2011
Soul
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
November 8, 2011
Ambient
,
Plunderphonics
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
October 28, 2011
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
M83. - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.
October 18, 2011
Synthpop
,
Dream Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls
September 20, 2011
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Krallice - Diotima
April 26, 2011
Black Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest
June 28, 2011
Folk
,
Americana
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout 2011.
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