Best music recordings of 2011

Wild Flag, "Wild Flag" (Merge)

Wild Flag, "Wild Flag" (Merge)

Tune-Yards, "Whokill" (4AD)

Tune-Yards, "Whokill" (4AD)

Van Hunt, "What Were You Hoping For?" (Godless Hotspot)

Van Hunt, "What Were You Hoping For?" (Godless Hotspot)

F----- Up, "David Comes to Life" (Matador)

F----- Up, "David Comes to Life" (Matador)

Feelies, "Here Before" (Bar/None)

Feelies, "Here Before" (Bar/None)

Raphael Saadiq, "Stone Rollin'" (Columbia)

Raphael Saadiq, "Stone Rollin'" (Columbia)

The Bewitched Hands, "Birds & Drums" (Look Mum No Hands)

The Bewitched Hands, "Birds & Drums" (Look Mum No Hands)

Fleet Foxes, "Helplessness Blues" (Sub Pop)

Fleet Foxes, "Helplessness Blues" (Sub Pop)

Das Racist, "Relax" (Greedhead)

Das Racist, "Relax" (Greedhead)

Lydia Loveless, "Indestructible Machine" (Bloodshot)

Lydia Loveless, "Indestructible Machine" (Bloodshot)

Miguel Zenon: "Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook" (Marsalis Music)

Miguel Zenon: "Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook" (Marsalis Music)

Julian Lage Group: "Gladwell" (Emarcy)

Julian Lage Group: "Gladwell" (Emarcy)

Jason Adasiewicz¿s Sun Rooms: "Spacer" (Delmark Records)

Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Rooms: "Spacer" (Delmark Records)

Jean-Michel Pilc: "Essential" (Motema)

Jean-Michel Pilc: "Essential" (Motema)

Joe Lovano: "Bird Songs" (Blue Note Records)

Joe Lovano: "Bird Songs" (Blue Note Records)

Aaron Goldberg and Guillermo Klein (Sunnyside Records)

Aaron Goldberg and Guillermo Klein (Sunnyside Records)

Jason Stein Quartet: "The Story This Time" (Delmark Records)

Jason Stein Quartet: "The Story This Time" (Delmark Records)

Matthew Shipp: "Art of the Improviser" (Thirsty Ear)

Matthew Shipp: "Art of the Improviser" (Thirsty Ear)

Jane Bunnett & Hilario Duran: "Cuban Rhapsody" (Alma Records)

Jane Bunnett & Hilario Duran: "Cuban Rhapsody" (Alma Records)

Tom McDermott, Evan Christopher: "Almost Native: Music from New Orleans & Beyond" (Threadhead Records)

Tom McDermott, Evan Christopher: "Almost Native: Music from New Orleans & Beyond" (Threadhead Records)

Best music recordings of 2011: Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 5-8; Miaskovsky: Quartet No. 13. Pacifica Quartet (Cedille)

Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 5-8; Miaskovsky: Quartet No. 13. Pacifica Quartet (Cedille)

Adams: "Son of Chamber Symphony," String Quartet. International Contemporary Ensemble, John Adams, conductor; St. Lawrence String Quartet (Nonesuch)

Adams: "Son of Chamber Symphony," String Quartet. International Contemporary Ensemble, John Adams, conductor; St. Lawrence String Quartet (Nonesuch)

"Verismo arias." Jonas Kaufmann (Decca)

"Verismo arias." Jonas Kaufmann (Decca)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard: "The Liszt Project" (DG)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard: "The Liszt Project" (DG)

Schumann: Piano works. Andras Schiff, piano (ECM New Series)

Schumann: Piano works. Andras Schiff, piano (ECM New Series)

Puccini: "La Boheme." Soloists Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Thomas Schippers, conductor (Sony Classical).

Puccini: "La Boheme." Soloists Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Thomas Schippers, conductor (Sony Classical).

"Capricho Latino." Rachel Barton Pine, violin (Cedille)

"Capricho Latino." Rachel Barton Pine, violin (Cedille)

Poul Ruders: Piano Concerto No. 2, other works

Poul Ruders: Piano Concerto No. 2, other works

"Rose of Sharon: 100 Years of American Music, 1770-1870."

"Rose of Sharon: 100 Years of American Music, 1770-1870."

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, conductor (Naxos)

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, conductor (Naxos)

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