Critic Score
The Best Symphony Albums of 2021
2. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
February 12, 2021
Critic Score
100
1 review
3. Freiburger Barockorchester & Gottfried Von Der Goltz - Beethoven: Symphony no.7; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (Complete Ballet)
February 19, 2021
Critic Score
90
1 review
4. Boston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons - Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1, 14 & 15; Chamber Symphony in C minor
June 25, 2021
Critic Score
90
1 review
5. Herbert Blomstedt & Gewandhausorchester - Brahms: Symphony No. 2
April 23, 2021
Critic Score
90
1 review
6. London Symphony Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda - Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10
February 5, 2021
Critic Score
90
1 review
7. Christian Thielemann & Wiener Philharmoniker - Bruckner: 3
April 21, 2021
Critic Score
90
1 review
8. Andris Nelsons & Gewandhausorchester - Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8 / Wagner: Meistersinger Prelude
February 5, 2021
Critic Score
90
1 review
9. Philadelphia Orchestra & Cristian Măcelaru - Blues Symphony: Wynton Marsalis Symphony No. 2
May 7, 2021
Critic Score
90
1 review
10. Il Giardino Armonico & Giovanni Antonini - Haydn 2032 No. 9: L'Addio
January 22, 2021
Critic Score
90
1 review
11. Iván Fischer & Budapest Festival Orchestra - Brahms: Symphony No. 3; Serenade No. 2
June 11, 2021
Critic Score
80
1 review
12. BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra & Bryden Thomson - Daniel Jones: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5
March 5, 2021
Critic Score
80
1 review
13. Robin Ticciati & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2
September 10, 2021
Critic Score
80
1 review
14. Michelle DeYoung, Brian Jagde, Liping Zhang, 沈洋 [Shenyang], Shanghai Symphony Orchestra & Long Yu - Gustav Mahler; Xiaogang Ye: The Song of the Earth
![Michelle DeYoung, Brian Jagde, Liping Zhang, 沈洋 [Shenyang], Shanghai Symphony Orchestra & Long Yu - Gustav Mahler; Xiaogang Ye: The Song of the Earth](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/200x0/album/555466-gustav-mahler-xiaogang-ye-the-song-of-the-earth.jpg)
July 9, 2021
Critic Score
75
2 reviews
15. Insula Orchestra & Laurence Equilbey - Louise Farrenc: Symphonies 1 & 3
July 9, 2021
Critic Score
70
1 review
16. Wiener Philharmoniker & Christian Thielemann - Bruckner: 4
October 8, 2021
Critic Score
70
1 review
17. Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Philadelphia Orchestra - Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
September 24, 2021
Critic Score
70
1 review
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