AllMusic's Favorite Classical Instrumental Albums of 2013
Dec. 16, 2013
Pierre Amoyal, Camerata de Lausanne - Mozart: Sinfonia concertante; Concertone
Arditti Quartet - Hosokawa: Silent Flowers - String Quartets
Armida Quartet - Bartók, Kurtág, Ligeti: String Quartets
Joshua Bell, Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Joshua Bell Conducts Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
Rafal Blechacz - Chopin: Polonaises
Herbert Blomstedt, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra - Bruckner: Sinfonie Nr. 5 B-Dur
Brentano String Quartet - Beethoven: The Late String Quartets, Opp. 135 & 132
Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel - Schubert: Grosse C-Dur-Sinfonie
Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony - Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3
Andrew Davis, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Berlioz: Overtures
Ekaterina Derzhavina - Haydn: The Piano Sonatas
Gustavo Dudamel, Berliner Philharmoniker - Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Augustin Dumay, Louis Lortie - Franck & Strauss: Violin Sonatas
Dunedin Consort, John Butt - Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
James Ehnes, Kirill Karabits - Britten & Shostakovich
Leonard Elschenbroich, Alexei Grynyuk - Shostakovich & Rachmaninov
Thomas Fey, Heidelberger Sinfoniker - Haydn: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 21 - Nos. 99, 100
Nelson Goerner - Debussy: L'Isle Joyeuse; Images Book 1; Etudes Book 2; Estampes
Hilary Hahn - In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores
Daniel Harding, London Symphony Orchestra, Håkan Hardenberger - Turnage: Speranza; From the Wreckage
Angela Hewitt - Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 17 K 453, No. 27 K595
Marek Janowski, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Janine Jansen - Bach: Concertos
Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
Miloš Karadaglic - Canción
Mari Kodama - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 101 & Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"
Polina Leschenko, Richard Tognetti, Australian Chamber Orchestra - Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Piano; Octet
Valentina Lisitsa - Valentina Lisitsa Plays Liszt
Denis Matsuev, New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Andris Nelsons, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra - Dvorák: Symphony No. 9; Heldenlied
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Stokowski: Bach Transcriptions
Jonathan Nott, Bamberger Symphoniker - Mahler: Symphonie No. 6
Grzegorz Nowak, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Brahms: Symphonies No. 1-4
Garrick Ohlsson, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka - Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Pavel Haas Quartet - Schubert: Death and the Maiden; String Quintet
Javier Perianes - Sons et les Parfums: Debussy Meets Chopin
Christian Poltéra - Barber: Cello Concerto; Sonata; Adagio for Strings
François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles - Debussy: La Mer
Ola Rudner, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen - Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum; Sinfonie Nr. 3 "Schottische"
András Schiff - Beethoven: Diabelli-Variationen
Benjamin Schmid, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu - Ligeti: Violin Concerto; Lontano; Atmosphères
Silk Road Ensemble, Yo-Yo Ma - Playlist Without Borders
Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Tapiola
Takács Quartet - Britten: String Quartets Nos. 1-3
Chris Thile - Bach: Sonatas & Partitas, Vol. 1
Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral" [2012 Recording]
Trio Wanderer - Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio, Op. 50; Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 32
Mitsuko Uchida - Schumann: Piano Works
Jac van Steen, Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra - Berg: Drei Orchesterstücke; Schönberg: Pelleas und Melisande
Benjamin Zander, Philharmonia Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"