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This is an ordered list of AllMusic's highest rated albums of 2021. Check out
AllMusic's Year End List
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Sabine Devieilhe / Cyrille Dubois / David Witczak / Judith Van Wanroij / Les Chantres Du Centre De Musique Baroque De Versailles / Les Ambassadeurs / Alexis Kossenko - Rameau: Achante et Céphise
November 5, 2021
Opera
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
2
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason - Muse
November 5, 2021
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
3
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Helsinki Chamber Choir / Nils Schweckendiek - Pärt: Passio
September 3, 2021
Choral
,
Modern Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
4
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Jakub Józef Orliński - Anima Æterna
October 8, 2021
Baroque Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
5
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John Wilson / Sinfonia Of London - English Music for Strings: Britten; Bliss; Bridge; Berkeley
February 5, 2021
Orchestral
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
6
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Kate Lindsey - Tiranno
May 28, 2021
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Marcantonio Barone - George Crumb: Metamorphoses, Books I & II
November 5, 2021
Modern Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Klenke Quartett, Nicola Jürgensen & Stephan Katte - Mozart: Clarinet Quintet; Horn Quintet
July 23, 2021
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
9
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Pascal Amoyel / Emmanuelle Bertrand - Johannes Brahms: Sonatas & Liebeslieder for Cello and Piano
July 23, 2021
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
10
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Igor Levit - On DSCH
September 10, 2021
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
11
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Víkingur Ólafsson - Mozart & Contemporaries
September 3, 2021
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
12
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Lise Davidsen / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner - Sibelius: Luonnotar; Tapiola; Spring Song
July 2, 2021
Classical
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Orchestral
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
13
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Vadim Repin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Andris Nelsons - Sofia Gubaidulina: Dialog: Ich und Du; The Wrath of God; The Light of the End
October 22, 2021
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
14
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Parker Quartet / Kim Kashkashian - György Kurtág: Six moments musicaux; Officium breve; Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet Op. 97
October 22, 2021
Romanticism
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
15
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James Ehnes - Ysaÿe: Sonatas for Solo Violin
April 30, 2021
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
16
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Matthias Goerne / Seong-Jin Cho - Im Abendrot: Wagner, Pfitzner, Strauss
April 16, 2021
Romanticism
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Isabelle Faust / Jean-Guihen Queyras / Alexander Melnikov / Pablo Heras-Casado / Freiburger Barockorchester - Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Piano Trio Op. 36 (Symphony No. 2)
February 19, 2021
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
18
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Jean Rondeau - Melancholy Grace
May 7, 2021
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
19
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9
March 5, 2021
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
20
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Olivier Latry - Liszt: Inspirations
June 25, 2021
Romanticism
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
21
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Indrė Petrauskaitė - Mozart: Solo Piano Works
June 4, 2021
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
22
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Yo-Yo Ma / Emanuel Ax - Hope Amid Tears: Beethoven Cello Sonatas
June 2, 2021
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
23
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Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
February 12, 2021
Symphony
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
24
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Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin / RIAS-Kammerchor / René Jacobs / Pastirchak / Harmsen / Davislim / Weisser - Missa solemnis
January 29, 2021
Romanticism
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Théotime Langlois De Swarte / William Christie - Générations : Sonates pour violon et clavecin
July 16, 2021
Chamber Music
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Classical
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Baroque Music
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 2021.
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