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Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra / Zoltán Kocsis - Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta; Divertimento; Hungarian Sketches
May 10, 2010
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
2
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Eric Whitacre - Light & Gold
October 18, 2010
Choral
,
Modern Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
3
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Arvo Pärt - Arvo Pärt: Portrait
March 2, 2010
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
4
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Anna Netrebko - In the Still of Night
April 27, 2010
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
5
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New York Polyphony - Tudor City
April 13, 2010
Choral
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
6
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Jessye Norman - Roots: My Life, My Song
June 15, 2010
Opera
,
Gospel
,
Vocal Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
7
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Paul Watkins / Huw Watkins - Martinů: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-3; Variations on a Theme of Rossini; Variations on a Slovak Theme
July 27, 2010
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
8
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard - Ravel: The Piano Concertos; Miroirs
October 5, 2010
Orchestral
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
9
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Stile Antico - John Sheppard: Media vita
February 9, 2010
Renaissance Music
,
Choral
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
10
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Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / David Zinman - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6
September 7, 2010
Symphony
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
11
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Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / David Zinman - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9
August 30, 2010
Symphony
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
12
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Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / David Zinman - Symphony No. 8
February 22, 2010
Symphony
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
13
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Stephen Hough / Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä - Tchaikovsky: The Three Piano Concertos; Concert Fantasia
April 13, 2010
Orchestral
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
14
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Stephen Hough / Sakari Oramo / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 2, 4 & 5
October 12, 2010
Orchestral
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
15
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MusikFabrik - Vom Himmel zur Hölle
July 13, 2010
Modern Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
16
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Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin / Bernhard Forck / Anna Prohaska / Bernarda Fink - Stabat Mater
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
17
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Angèle Dubeau / La Pietà - Arvo Pärt: Portrait
March 2, 2010
Modern Classical
,
Orchestral
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
18
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Julia Fischer - Paganini: 24 Caprices
August 2, 2010
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
19
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Antoine Tamestit / Trio Wanderer - Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartets
January 11, 2010
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
20
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Valery Gergiev / Evgeny Akimov / Kristina Kapustinskaya / Mariinsky Theater Orchestra - Rodion Shchedrin: The Enchanted Wanderer
April 5, 2010
Modern Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
21
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Jonathan Nott / Bamberger Symphoniker - Mahler: Symphony No. 2
May 25, 2010
Symphony
,
Romanticism
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
22
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Isabelle Faust - J. S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas: BWV 1004-1006
May 11, 2010
Baroque Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
23
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Choeur de Chambre de Namur / Les Agrémens / Leonardo Garcia Alarcón - Judas Maccabaeus
March 25, 2010
Baroque Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
24
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Osvaldo Golijov - La Pasión Según San Marcos
Choral
,
Modern Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
25
.
Karina Gauvin / Jean-Marie Zeitouni / Les Violons du Roy - Britten: Les Illuminations
August 0, 2010
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout 2010.
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