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Classical in 2018

Was going to do a full half-year list but decided against it. He's 50+1 classical recordings for y'all to enjoy. Streaming links included, thank you Spotify.
51Youhwa Lee
Arvo Part: Piano Music

Modern Classical / Minimalism / Solo Instrument

https://open.spotify.com/album/2x4SnHnRcOjNa5SCYc65Ye?si=RYc4Zf79QUG5x--0gYJpMg
50Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain
Ondrej Adamek: Sinuous Voices

Modern Classical / Orchestral

https://open.spotify.com/album/4rWS2fGFMTkHpZ8a0jKYeU?si=tteZvq8QQG6I_0DtUuNdRg
49Jerusalem Quartet
Dvorak: Quartet, Op. 97 / Sextet, Op. 48

Romanticism / Chamber Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/02nUFvsdTaekp2QQalnE3N?si=hjJUz3lkTYWqCeIVbI3-bQ
48Steve Reich
Pulse/Quartet

Modern Classical / Minimalism

https://open.spotify.com/album/3OYBkotNxn2AZEyliWQ1i7?si=Pb6Qng65Rp2f-Wmc0rk8Jg
47Tenebrae / BBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphonic Psalms and Prayers

Modern Classical / Orchestra / Choral

https://open.spotify.com/album/7HVYFoYDNCbdi2EjLZO74d?si=Vun2NP1_SYKsMLT3WTk4-w
46Isabelle Faust
Schubert: Oktett D.803

Romanticism / Chamber Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/2QAA4bkp1UK82ekWQjgWsa?si=88bgdnZnR9CywKsmsHP0Xg
45Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Rigoletto Fantasy / Cello Concerto No. 1

Modern Classical / Concerto

https://open.spotify.com/album/6csjlaYPDrmMQwzlZNgYOp?si=51_t3pgTSqyzn9L_vd3_Sg
44Ensemble Gemma
Maria! Maria! 400 Years of Chant

Medieval Music / Polyphonic Chant

https://open.spotify.com/album/4jz0KiNDp8zUuhj0pfjRfO?si=2FHU8EvDTteCXSpGJD5yIA
43Maurizio Pollini / Daniele Pollini
Debussy: Preludes II

Impressionism / Duo

https://open.spotify.com/album/4gqNIySDZd6oA8Vo4vSZ8S?si=8c7vQAarSi-WBIg3lEfXFQ
42Jerusalem Quartet
Debussy / Ravel: String Quartets

Impressionism / Chamber Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/77Eg2dHidrefgsS3GZ88nK?si=hBMKhGF0Sk2LWfekd1hF1g
41Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bartok: Violin Concertos Nos 1 + 2

Modern Classical / Concerto

https://open.spotify.com/album/5ufYvAaYSa83AF328E2KUO?si=P7r6oFVlQfSSlZR2Qjp8Wg
40Uli Fussenegger
San Teodoro 8

Modern Classical / Tape Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/5k39tmaqVIQushMCwBwNLQ?si=PzJ2wCD5SyC1P0jmUaQ_zw
39Menahem Pressler
Clair de lune: Debussy / Faure / Ravel

Impressionism / Solo Instrument

https://open.spotify.com/album/7Db1bjXMXu6I2m4aKCxYcK?si=b5AhCmv7QQmqYOGK-y8jpA
38London Philharmonic Orchestra
Stravinsky: Petrushka / The Firebird

Modern Classical / Ballet / Orchestral

https://open.spotify.com/album/4mXxSACwgn1UPQgl3vOQxy?si=XIEAmkqTSyatwH03Cfmrdg
37Musica Ficta
Lassus: St Matthew Passion

Renaissance / Choral / Christian Liturgical Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/6A9g3PM7su1M22pTZofB6i?si=0W2KQxaDScCUemJfQy15cw
36Les Siecles
Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye; Le Tombeau de Couperin ...

Impressionism / Orchestral

https://open.spotify.com/album/0j1NPqNxXSczMPryLgbSwe?si=4m3xBzwzQ7eStbANRPvfLA
35C.L.S.I. Ensemble
Stockhausen: Kurzwellen

Modern Classical / Electroacoustic

https://open.spotify.com/album/7x1LOCWCzCQynAR3i1dYwl?si=li-ipawwS8KWIZyr-Sa4jA
34Marc Hantai / Pierre Hantai
Bach: Sonates pour flute et clavecin

Baroque Music / Sonata

https://open.spotify.com/album/21mTFOKiooTC7d9OPwZh0i?si=BFljiSu_QJa2Eih-4kXoZQ
33Athesinus Consort Berlin
Samuel Scheidt: Cantiones Sacrae

Baroque Music / Oratorio

https://open.spotify.com/album/48NggZf4dzMqJaDfoeu8r8?si=mSzG-Zo3RKqn1VXDOh4EWA
32Freiburger Barockorchester
Handel: Concerti a due cori

Baroque Music / Concerto

https://open.spotify.com/album/4w1qrf5Qbvf8iULoMY1R6b?si=I35D2l0aQz6Ex6AmGFAgaA
31Schoenberg Chamber Orchestra
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Romanticism / Orchestral / Lieder

https://open.spotify.com/album/3oLHKho4529heG72eMgQxb?si=M4gCgJejS6q_OK5sJOlcmQ
30FLUX Quartet
Hersch: Images from a Closed Ward

Modern Classical / Chamber Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/1LBBQ4kzxkCQ8OjozdGisK?si=lt_Q8R5wR-C5_NQRuBWgFQ
29Munchner Philharmoniker
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Piano Concerto n.3

Modern Classical / Orchestral

https://open.spotify.com/album/1NT8iTygg51ZQTfiFguUOs?si=pQGsONaKTqK7Dr4kAx5Jkg
28Bach Collegium Japan
J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 9

Baroque / Cantata

https://open.spotify.com/album/43xVjUKioU4AMvHME8j992?si=ih-utf_zTGyJughFw4bqxA
27The Sixteen
Monteverdi: Messa a Quattro Voci et Salmi Vol II

Renaissance Music / Choral

https://open.spotify.com/album/2H1Zp35TxFrko2lNMwBxiz?si=9p5EoH7lSDeTKoPaMupoeA
26Sinfonia Varsovia
Khachaturian / Penderecki: Cello Concertos

Modern Classical / Concerto

https://open.spotify.com/album/3gSigqcdlqxpRYRHa2adza?si=cXKxM0CLSqyAMapA2NIZOA
25Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Polina Leschenko
Deux: Bartok / Poulenc / Ravel

Modern Classical / Impressionism / Chamber Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/2ovUvmoHFaCQd7sWbWT6DD?si=SrursOrFRo69d5JSsCNZ3g
24Dafne Vicente-Sandoval
Jakob Ullmann: Müntzers stern; Solo II

Modern Classical / Lowercase

No links anywhere, rip
23Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 9

Romanticism / Orchestral

https://open.spotify.com/album/2jcHH90VS1gvSaveSt0F6s?si=dNl4O5Q_RMeZlTI7Zv6Otw
22Ensemble Masques / Vox Luminis
Buxtehude: Abendmusiken

Baroque Music / Oratorio

https://open.spotify.com/album/2t2QOBbYvhHGqcK399zUaL?si=qr2sPsvPRgq5EvRivtsyaQ
21Les Ombres
Couperin: Lecons de tenebres + motets

Baroque / Chamber Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/3zPhZU7Jef7ZQIWTNNMWqb?si=s-DjcUt4RFy5iTK5cek68w
20Ensemble Cairn
Gerard Pesson: Blanc merite

Modern Classical / Chamber Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/4p2XsYdQmcUPjKLOOTE3bI?si=SdBA33XXQsymTZum8vC2BA
19Isabelle Faust / Kristian Bezuidenhout
J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord

Baroque Music / Sonata

https://open.spotify.com/album/6i6Z9NBgYFhTKfyekP2Ick?si=fzXoXJMDTzikqqnMieZ8Cg
18Ensemble Resonanz
C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos

Classical Period / Concerto / Symphony

https://open.spotify.com/album/5Jv5AXQ8jriqk4DXqYJ9Cx?si=CMxhNjBESCaV4vnbfrb0zg
17Odhecaton
Monteverdi: In San Marco

Renaissance Music / Choral

https://open.spotify.com/album/3qxqfIvkN6Moc2kLo2gcco?si=-vqJ1BBJTnqx5uRDX7jTrw
16Clara de Asis
Do Nothing

Modern Classical / Electroacoustic / Drone

No Spotify link but here's an excerpt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3JX12r3Puc
15Bach Collegium Japan
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Romanticism / Oratorio

https://open.spotify.com/album/0QeWLfczFcFwoASutBGQlw?si=A0cmGgI3Rp6OST_Wa7LB8A
14Quatuor Hermes
Ravel / Dutilleux / Debussy

Modern Classical / Impressionism / Chamber Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/0WSqDj4ZhqrX5kwoGN9e9j?si=VPYKCiGJRi-sOD596WWYEQ
13Kammerchor Stuttgart / Hofkapelle Stuttgart
Haydn: Stabat Mater

Classical Period / Choral

https://open.spotify.com/album/64684itXVEtMRfQOHBvC6m?si=-jVBqEYdS4eUDHan9DeBBw
12Ensemble Gilles Binchois
Fons Luminis - Codex Las Huelgas

Medieval Music / Polyphonic Chant

https://open.spotify.com/album/4NMU0mKSTv0S8aTzXipKCG?si=26KJRt9fR9qHofVR4955Gg
11Iannis Xenakis
Persepolis (2018 Reissue)

Tape Music / Electroacoustic

Sure it's a re-issue and it stretches the "classical" tag but oh well

https://open.spotify.com/album/0FfR3hn0CCIjZmUvu0YzXI?si=gqpDjWOXRsGKqZPh1SN9mg
10Stile Antico
Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories

Renaissance / Choral / Christian Liturgical Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/0xBIil8Zq6Oo4DrTzOQXLZ?si=0NTpqehQQT6j7OuhZVXWVw
9Collegium Vocale Gent
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine

Renaissance / Oratorio / Christian Liturgical Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/1DGrkNCq2HVsLUCaVtDgP1?si=EEpq4WT4QRidDyoVzjVpsg
8SWR Experimentalstudio / WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
Nono: Como una ola de fuerza y luz ...

Modern Classical / Tape Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/0Fs2mmYtIvEC9l9cTBa3rc?si=v5gHVJKPSnGmPZCPprvQfA
7Norrkopings Symfoniorkester
Pettersson: Symphonies 5 and 7

Modern Classical / Orchestral

https://open.spotify.com/album/79fuo15of2N0RcuYCGVOyK?si=vF4_wxPcSwif_qlNP3V6wg
6Jurg Frey / Magnus Granberg
Early to Late

Modern Classical / Indeterminacy

No Spotify link but here's an excerpt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjb-0Oflg1A
5Suidobashi Chamber Ensemble
Duplant: Chamber and Field Works 2015-2017

Modern Classical / Lowercase

Same deal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG7ZPniJ2E0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzyg9ICHyq8
4Belcea Quartet
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 3 + Piano Quintet

Modern Classical / Chamber Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/1m60kn2mAAAR5Lp214dm8a?si=m5-OrRIiRPyfCcvTjQ6YNw
3Ensemble Desmarest
Charpentier: La Descente d'Orphee aux enfers

Baroque / Chamber Music / Opera

https://open.spotify.com/album/1CUQMxq1DljAiwyYzlzpXi?si=mCGxrSoQSTyCU6fszxcPLQ
2Cantar Lontano
Ghiselin Danckerts: Missa de Beata Virgine

Renaissance / Choral

https://open.spotify.com/album/2JVBHbeEsLfCJfAcOOjMz5?si=Jr_EjjKpRUyNOTBWEZGvIg
1Ricercar Consort
J.S. Bach: Consolatio

Baroque / Christian Liturgical Music

https://open.spotify.com/album/34AqZntyvqCOBTSLsxDXn1?si=PI9XAyeHTfu6KXXiNeBm9Q

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