Monthly Archive: January 2001

Best of the Year Discs for 2000

by John Sunier | Jan 1, 2001 | Best of the Year

Classical & Jazz Back to Archives Index Here is our 16th annual Best of the Year List, continuing the service first offered in 1985 with the public radio version of AUDIOPHILE AUDITION. As usual, I make no definite claims for this list. It is predicated on my personal tastes and that of my contributors and also on what was available to us, but also with an emphasis on both the musical and sonic quality of each CD (excepting some of the reissues.) – John Sunier GENERAL CLASSICAL ALBINONI: 12 Concertos Op. 9 – Andrew Manze, v./Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood – Decca 289 458 129-2 (2 CDs) ANTHEIL: Symphonies 4 & 6 – Nat. Sym. Orch. Of Ukraine/Theodore Kuchar – Naxos 8.559033 BACH: Four Orchestral Suites – Brazilian Guitar Quartet – Delos DE3254 BACH: Goldberg Variations – Murray Perahia, piano – Sony Classical SK89243 BACH: The Seven Toccatas – Robert Troeger, clavichord – Lyrichord LEMS 8041 BACH works played by Mindru Katz, p./Pro Arte Orch./Harry Newstone – Cembal d’amore CD112 BACH-CAINE: The Goldberg Variations – Uri Caine Ensemble & guests – Winter & Winter 910 054-2 (2 CDs) BARTOK: Complete Edition – Budapest Sym./Antal Dorati et al. – Hungaroton HCD […]