2000 / 100
2000 ratings, 100 favorite albums, chronological order; LP's, EP's and classical pieces more than 20 minutes |
1 | | Henry Purcell Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860
1695, baroque |
2 | | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Stabat mater
1736, baroque |
3 | | Johann Sebastian Bach The Musical Offering, BWV 1079
1747, baroque |
4 | | Johann Sebastian Bach The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
1751, baroque |
5 | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem in D minor, K. 626
1791, classical period |
6 | | Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
1824, classical period/ romanticism |
7 | | Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 (Death and the Maiden)
1824, classical period/ romanticism |
8 | | Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 131
1825, classical period/ romanticism |
9 | | Frederic Chopin Preludes, Op. 28
1839, romanticism |
10 | | Johannes Brahms Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8
1854, romanticism |
11 | | Richard Wagner Wesendonck Lieder
1858, romanticism |
12 | | Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major
1874, romanticism |
13 | | Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major
1876, romanticism |
14 | | Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
1881, romanticism |
15 | | Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major
1883, romanticism |
16 | | Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor
1887, romanticism |
17 | | Gabriel Faure Requiem, Op. 48
1888, romanticism |
18 | | Pyotr Tchaikovsky "Pathétique" Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74
1893, romanticism |
19 | | Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection"
1895, romanticism/ modern classical |
20 | | Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D minor
1896, romanticism |
21 | | Erik Satie Gnossiennes
1897, modern classical |
22 | | Edward Elgar Enigma Variations, Op. 36
1899, romanticism |
23 | | Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
1901, romanticism |
24 | | Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
1902, romanticism/ modern classical |
25 | | Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor, "Tragic"
1906, romanticism/ modern classical |
26 | | Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major
1906, romanticism/ modern classical |
27 | | Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
1908, romanticism |
28 | | Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
1909, romanticism |
29 | | Maurice Ravel Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55
1909, modern classical |
30 | | Charles Ives Symphony No. 4
1916, modern classical |
31 | | Edward Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
1919, modern classical |
32 | | Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
1937, modern classical |
33 | | Richard Strauss Metamorphosen
1945, modern classical |
34 | | Maurice Duruflé Requiem, Op. 9
1947, modern classical |
35 | | Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110
1960, modern classical |
36 | | Pink Floyd Meddle
1971, progressive rock |
37 | | Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
1975, progressive rock |
38 | | Camel Moonmadness
1976, progressive rock |
39 | | Pink Floyd Animals
1977, progressive rock |
40 | | Luciano Cilio Dialoghi del presente
1977, contemporary classical |
41 | | Pink Floyd The Wall
1979, progressive rock |
42 | | This Heat This Heat
1979, post-punk/ experimental |
43 | | Alexey Rybnikov Juno and Avos
1980, rock opera |
44 | | Philip Glass Glassworks
1982, contemporary classical |
45 | | Arvo Part Tabula Rasa
1984, contemporary classical |
46 | | Ingram Marshall Fog Tropes / Gradual Requiem
1984, contemporary classical/ ambient |
47 | | Lowlife Permanent Sleep
1986, post-punk |
48 | | Talk Talk Spirit of Eden
1988, post-rock |
49 | | Philip Glass Metamorphosis I-V, for piano
1988, contemporary classical |
50 | | Edward Artemiev Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker
1989, electroacoustic; film soundtrack |
51 | | The Cure Disintegration
1989, post-punk |
52 | | Slint Spiderland
1991, post-hardcore/ post-rock |
53 | | Talk Talk Laughing Stock
1991, post-rock |
54 | | Arvo Part Te Deum
1993, contemporary classical |
55 | | Hoedh Hymnvs
1993, ambient |
56 | | Slowdive Souvlaki
1993, shoegaze |
57 | | Global Communication 76:14
1994, ambient |
58 | | Slowdive Pygmalion
1995, ambient pop/ post-rock/ experimental |
59 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯ A♯ ∞
1997, post-rock |
60 | | Ketil Bjornstad and David Darling The River
1997, contemporary classical |
61 | | Radiohead OK Computer
1997, alternative rock |
62 | | Biosphere Substrata
1997, ambient |
63 | | Arvo Part Alina
1999, contemporary classical |
64 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada
1999, post-rock |
65 | | Neurosis/Tribes of Neurot Times of Grace/Grace
1999, post-metal |
66 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
2000, post-rock |
67 | | Hungry Ghosts Alone, Alone
2000, post-rock |
68 | | Radiohead Kid A
2000, art rock/ electronic/ experimental |
69 | | Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our
2000, post-rock |
70 | | Anathema A Fine Day to Exit
2001, alternative rock |
71 | | Unwound Leaves Turn Inside You
2001, post-hardcore/ post-rock |
72 | | Mogwai Rock Action
2001, post-rock |
73 | | Neurosis A Sun That Never Sets
2001, post-metal |
74 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor Yanqui U.X.O.
2002, post-rock |
75 | | Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights
2002, post-punk revival |
76 | | Isis Oceanic
2002, post-metal |
77 | | Max Richter Memoryhouse
2002, contemporary classical |
78 | | Anathema A Natural Disaster
2003, alternative rock |
79 | | Isis Panopticon
2004, post-metal |
80 | | Max Richter The Blue Notebooks
2004, contemporary classical |
81 | | Cult of Luna Salvation
2004, post-metal |
82 | | Mare Mare
2004, post-metal |
83 | | Henryk Gorecki String Quartet No. 3 "...songs are sung"
2005, contemporary classical |
84 | | Cult of Luna Somewhere Along the Highway
2006, post-metal |
85 | | Mono You Are There
2006, post-rock |
86 | | Mono / World's End Girlfriend Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain
2006, post-rock |
87 | | Natural Snow Buildings The Dance of the Moon and the Sun
2006, neo-folk/ drone |
88 | | Escape the Day Ghostless
2006, post-rock |
89 | | Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet and Mogwai The Fountain
2006, classical/ post-rock; film soundtrack |
90 | | Anthesteria Sublustrum
2008, ambient/ classical; game soundtrack |
91 | | Arvo Part In Principio
2009, contemporary classical |
92 | | Michael McCann Deus Ex: Human Revolution
2011, electronic; game soundtrack |
93 | | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles Brick City Ghosts
2011, post-rock |
94 | | Jessica Curry Dear Esther
2012, classical; game soundtrack |
95 | | Deafheaven Sunbather
2013, blackgaze |
96 | | These New Puritans Field of Reeds
2013, art rock/ post-rock |
97 | | Bryce Dessner Aheym
2013, contemporary classical |
98 | | Deafheaven New Bermuda
2015, blackgaze |
99 | | We Lost the Sea Departure Songs
2015, post-rock |
100 | | Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool
2016, art rock |
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