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This is an ordered list of AllMusic's highest rated albums of 2022. Check out
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Mark Elder / Lucy Crowe / London Philharmonic Choir / London Philharmonic Orchestra - James MacMillan: Christmas Oratorio
November 4, 2022
Score
100
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Amazon
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Les Épopées / Stéphane Fuget - Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
June 24, 2022
Opera
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Les Cris de Paris / Geoffroy Jourdain - Schütz: David & Salomon; Psalmi; Canticum Canticorum
March 18, 2022
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet / Gabor Takács-Nagy / Manchester Camerata - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22, KV 482; Piano Concerto No. 23, KV 488; Overture to 'Der Schauspieldirektor', KV 486
April 1, 2022
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Andris Nelsons / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra - Strauss
May 6, 2022
Classical
Score
100
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Amazon
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WDR Sinfonieorchester / Cristian Măcelaru - Dvorák: Legends Op. 59; Czech Suite Op. 39
September 9, 2022
Orchestral
Score
100
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Amazon
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Johan Dalene / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds - Sibelius, Nielsen: Violin Concertos
March 4, 2022
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Gerardo Teissonnière - Beethoven: The Last Sonatas - Piano Sonatas Op. 109, 110, 111
March 4, 2022
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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English Baroque Soloists / Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner - Bach: St. John Passion
March 4, 2022
Baroque Music
Score
100
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Amazon
10
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Gil Shaham / Nicholas McGegan / SWR Symphonieorchester - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violinkonzerte Nr. 1-5; Adagio KV 261; Rondo KV 373
February 4, 2022
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
11
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John Williams, Anne-Sophie Mutter & Boston Symphony Orchestra - Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2
May 6, 2022
Modern Classical
Score
100
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Amazon
12
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Iestyn Davies / Arcangelo / Jonathan Cohen - Bach: Gott soll allein mein Herze haben; Geist und Seele wird verwirret; Buxtehude: Klag-Lied
February 4, 2022
Baroque Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
13
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Cuarteto Latinoamericano - Ruperto Chapí: String Quartets 3 & 4
January 28, 2022
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
14
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Paul Lewis - Brahms: Late Piano Works: Opp. 116-119
January 21, 2022
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
15
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Robert DeMaine / Peter Takács - Beethoven: Complete Music for Cello and Piano
July 8, 2022
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
16
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Gewandhausorchester / Herbert Blomstedt - Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 'Unfinished' & 9 'Great'
July 14, 2022
Symphony
Score
100
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Amazon
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Mary Bevan / Catherine Carby / Mark Wilde / John Savournin / The Brook Street Band / John Andrews - John Frederick Lampe: The Dragon of Wantley
July 15, 2022
Opera
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
18
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Trio Gaspard - Haydn: The Complete Piano Trios Volume 1; Fischer: One Bar Wonder
July 15, 2022
Chamber Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Giulia Nuti - The Fall of the Leaf: English Keyboard Music on the Rucellai Virginal
August 26, 2022
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
20
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Gli Incogniti / Amandine Beyer - Vivaldi: Il Mondo al Rovescio - Concerti con molti instromenti
September 2, 2022
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Samuel Hasselhorn / Joseph Middleton - Schubert: Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe
May 6, 2022
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
22
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Steven Osborne - Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 1; Moments Musicaux
May 6, 2022
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Trevor Pinnock - The Well-Tempered Clavier II
April 8, 2022
Baroque Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Eric Lu - Schubert - Piano Sonatas D784 & D959, Allegretto D915
December 2, 2022
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
25
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Michael Spyres / Timothy Ridout / Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg / John Nelson - Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Été; Harold en Italie
November 18, 2022
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
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