Without wasting any time, let’s plunge into the second half of 2025’s Best Albums of the Year, every one of them a staggering achievement of ingenuity and brilliance that defies any and all expectations. Individually, they’re vital and essential; together, they define the very best of the best of this …
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“Everybody needs more Galina Ustvolskaya in their life.” That’s what i wrote last December, when discussing her Symphony No. 5 in my Advent Calendar, and it’s nice to think that the BIS record label read those words and decided to act on them. i very much doubt that’s the case, …
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Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir – music by Schnittke and Pärt; Latvian Radio Choir – Ramon Humet: Light
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Nikita Golyshev – 15 Songs from Glass, Oil and Other Sources
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Erkki-Sven Tüür – Illuminatio / Whistle and Whispers from Uluru / Symphony No. 8; Arvo Pärt & Alfred Schnittke – Choral Works; Arvo Pärt – The Symphonies
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