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Modern Classical
Critics' Highest Rated Modern Classical Albums of All Time
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
Promises
88
critic score
(25)
Max Richter
The Blue Notebooks
88
critic score
(9)
SAULT
AIIR
86
critic score
(5)
Ólafur Arnalds
some kind of peace
85
critic score
(7)
Nils Frahm
Spaces
85
critic score
(20)
A Winged Victory for the Sullen
A Winged Victory for the Sullen
84
critic score
(9)
坂本龍一 [Ryuichi Sakamoto]
async
84
critic score
(14)
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Englabörn
83
critic score
(5)
Max Richter
Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works
82
critic score
(8)
Julia Kent
Temporal
82
critic score
(6)
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Users' Highest Rated Modern Classical Albums of 2023
World's End Girlfriend
Resistance & The Blessing
80
user score
(42)
Erik Hall
Canto Ostinato
76
user score
(43)
Sigur Rós
ÁTTA
76
user score
(1,019)
坂本龍一 [Ryuichi Sakamoto]
12
74
user score
(630)
Heinali
Kyiv Eternal
73
user score
(45)
Lucinda Chua
YIAN
71
user score
(119)
Thomas Bangalter
Mythologies
71
user score
(65)
Mette Henriette
Drifting
70
user score
(50)
Hania Rani
On Giacometti
67
user score
(36)
Spektral Quartet, Julia Holter, And Alex Temple
Behind the Wallpaper
63
user score
(44)
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Recent Modern Classical Albums
World's End Girlfriend
Resistance & The Blessing
Abigail Toll
Matrices of Vision
Nicolas Hodges
Rebecca Saunders; André Boucourechliev; James Clarke; Rolf Riehm: Archipels
Robert Plane / BBC Philharmonic / Geoffrey Paterson / Gould Piano Trio
Isotonic: Commissions for Clarinet
Matthew Strauss / Svet Stoyanov / Houston Symphony / Robert Spano
Jennifer Higdon: Duo Duel; Concerto for Orchestra
WDR Sinfonieorchester / Katrien Baerts / Kora Pavelić / Sylvain Cambreling / Emilio Pomàrico
Gérard Grisey: Dérives
80
critic score
(1)
Lotte Betts-Dean / Sequoia
Stuart MacRae: Earth, thy cold is keen
Penelope Thwaites / Benjamin Frith / Tippett Quartet
Penelope Thwaites Chamber Music
Karl Jenkins
One World
80
critic score
(1)
Onyx Brass
The Sun Is Free to Flow with the Sea
80
critic score
(1)
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Critics' Top Modern Classical Artists
A Winged Victory for the Sullen
Nils Frahm
Max Richter
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Ólafur Arnalds
Hauschka
Chilly Gonzales
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