| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Queyras, Tharaud | Kodaly, Veress, Kurtag | Harmonia Mundi |
| 2 | Joanna MacGregor | Play | Sound Circus |
| 3 | Blue Gene Tyranny | go, Blue | OOdiscs |
| 4 | Powers, Philips | Ligeti, Prokofiev, Takemitsu | Harmonia Mundi |
| 5 | Kilar | Angelus, Exodus, Krzesany | Naxos 21st C. Classics |
| 6 | Halim El-Dabh | Crossing into the Electric Magnetic | Without Fear |
| 7 | Walton | Choral Music | Naxos |
| 8 | Paul Dolden | L'ivresse de la vitesse | Empreintes Digitales |
| 9 | Lutoslawki, Penderecki, Cage, Mayuzumi | String Quartets | DG 20th |
| 10 | George Crumb | Song Drones and Refrains of Death | Bridge |
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