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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