| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Guibaidulina | Offertorium | DG |
| 2 | Elliot Carter | Music of Carter, Vol. 4 | Bridge Records |
| 3 | Berg | Chamber Concerto, 4 Pieces for Clarinet And Piano | DG 20th C. Classics |
| 4 | Rene Eckhardt | Tribute 2000 | Radio Netherlands |
| 5 | Penderecki | Clarient Quartet, String Trio | CPO |
| 6 | Janacek, Smetana Quartet | String Quartets | Supraphon |
| 7 | George Crumb | Song Drones And Refrains of Death | Bridge |
| 8 | Hans Tutschku | Moment | Empreintes Digitales |
| 9 | Bartok, Emerson Quartet | 6 String Quartetes | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 10 | Lutoslawski, Penderecki,Cage, Mayuzumi | String Quartets | DG 20th C. Classics |
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