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Kathryn Stott - Dance
October 28, 2008
Classical
Score
100
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2
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Wu Fei - Yuan
November 25, 2008
Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
3
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Kamer... - Dawn is Breaking: Choral Music from Latvia
January 13, 2008
Choral
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
4
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Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra And Choir / Antoni Wit / Iwona Hossa / Ewa Marciniec / Jarosław Bręk - Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater; Veni Creator; Litany to the Virgin Mary
September 30, 2008
Choral
,
Modern Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
5
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Sequentia - Fragments for the End of Time
December 1, 2008
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
6
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Anna Netrebko - Souvenirs
November 11, 2008
Opera
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
7
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard - Hommage à Messiaen
October 13, 2008
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
8
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Aapo Häkkinen - Goldberg Variations
Baroque Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
9
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Cappella Amsterdam / MusikFabrik / Susanne Van Els / Daniel Reuss - Ligeti: Lux aeterna; Heppener: Im Gestein
December 9, 2008
Modern Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
10
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Isabelle Faust / Teunis Van Der Zwart / Alexander Melnikov - Brahms: Horn Trio; Violin Sonata; Fantasien
October 14, 2008
Chamber Music
,
Romanticism
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
11
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Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Robin Blaze / Paul Hillier - Toivo Tulev: Songs
October 14, 2008
Modern Classical
,
Choral
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
12
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Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta / Lang Lang - Chopin: The Piano Concertos
September 9, 2008
Romanticism
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
13
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Quatuor Ébène - Ravel, Debussy, Fauré: String Quartets
October 6, 2008
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
14
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Susan Bullock / Sally Burgess / John Graham-Hall / John Wegner / Philharmonia Orchestra / Charles Mackerras - Salome
November 0, 2008
Opera
,
Orchestral
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
15
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Gould Piano Trio / Robert Plane - Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du Temps; Thème et variations; Les Offrandes oubliées
June 30, 2008
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
16
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Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe - Cantiones Sacrae sex vocum
October 10, 2008
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
17
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Murray Perahia - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 26, 14 & 28
November 3, 2008
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
18
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Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band - Season of Changes
May 6, 2008
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
19
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Stephen Hough - A Mozart Album
March 1, 2008
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
20
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Howard Shelley - Clementi: The Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 1
February 4, 2008
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
21
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Ex Cathedra & Jeffrey Skidmore - Fire Burning in Snow
February 4, 2008
Choral
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
22
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John Adams - John Adams: A Flowering Tree
September 26, 2008
Opera
,
Modern Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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The Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind
October 7, 2008
Neo-Soul
,
Soul
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Lady Gaga - The Fame
August 19, 2008
Electropop
,
Dance-Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
June 3, 2008
Chamber Folk
,
Indie Folk
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 2008.
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