Top 20 Albums of 2011

These were my favorites:


1. Hilary Hahn & Valentina Lisitsa - Charles Ives: Four Sonatas
2. Oregon Symphony - Music for a Time of War
3. Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson - Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - Handel: Arias
4. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
5. Lise de la Salle - Liszt
6. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
7. Various Artists - Jonathan Harvey: Bird Concerto with Pianosong
8. Thomas Gould & Aurora Orchestra - Nico Muhly: Seeing is Believing
9. Hélène Grimaud - Mozart
10. The Decemberists - The King is Dead
11. Tom Waits - Bad as Me
12. Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Rocket Science
13. John Adams - Son of Chamber Symphony & String Quartet
14. Alexandere Desplat/Various Artists - Tree of Life Score/Soundtrack
15. Various Artists - The Muppets Soundtrack
16. Los Angeles Philharmonic - DG Concerts: Adams: Slonimsky's Earbox - Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah"
17. Okko Kamu & Lahti Symphony Orchestra - Sibelius: The Tempest; The Bard; Tapiola
18. Stephen Malkmus - Mirror Traffic
19. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome
20. Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts