Harold wrote:Anyone have any luck finding the list?
Well yeah, almost a year later I've had luck. Volkskrant now sells separate articles for a low price, so I've finally been able to see and transcribe the list. Don't know if I should post it here or in the regular critic's list section (where other after-the-fact EOY-lists appear, but for now here you go:
1. Hans Abrahamsen – Let Me Tell You*
2. David Bowie – Blackstar
3. Collegium Vocale Gent, led by Philippe Herreweghe – Stravinsky: Threni & Requiem Canticles*
4. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
5. Koninklijk Concertgebouw, led by Vladimir Jurowski & Amsterdam Sinfonietta, led by Candida Thompson – Michel van der Aa: Violin Concerto & Hysteresis*
6. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
7. Trentemøller – Fixion
8. Capella Amsterdam, led by Daniel Reuss – Arvo Pärt: Kanon Pakojanen*
9. Shabaka and the Ancestors – Wisdom of Elders
10. Hexvessel – When We Are Death
11. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thanks 4 Your Service
12. James Blake – The Colour in Anything
13. Le Concert Spirituel – Cherubini: Requiem*
14. Biosphere – Departed Glories
15. Beyoncé – Lemonade
16. Ensemble Pygmalion, led by Raphaël Pichon – Rheinmädchen*
17. Deftones – Gore
18. Kölner Akademie, led by Michael Alexander Willens - Johann Heinrich Rolle: Matthäus Passion*
19. Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
20. Ben van Gelder – Among Verticals
21. Patten - ¿
22. Ragazze Quartet, Slagwerk Den Haag & Kapok – Four Four Three: Music by Terry Riley
23. Daniel Lanois & Rocco Deluca – Goodbye to Language
24. Solange – A Seat at the Table
25. Weval – Weval
26. Alina Ibragimova & Cédric Tiberghien – Mozart: Vioolsonates*
27. Ensemble Zefiro, led by Alfredo Bernardini – Bach: Orkestsuites*
28. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
29. Savages – Adore Life
30. Opeth – Sorceress
31. Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane & Matthew Garrison – In Movement
32. Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien – The High Road to Kilkenny
33. Saskia Coolen, Patrick Ayrton & Rainer Zipperling – A Breath of New Life*
34. King Champion Sounds – To Awake in That Heaven of Freedom
35. Gojira – Magma
36. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
37. Le Miroir de Musique – Arnold & Hugo de Lantins: Secular Works*
38. Loretta Lynn – Full Circle
39. Brodsky Quartet – Sjostakovitsj – Complete Strijkkwartetten*
40. Donny McCaslin – Beyond Now
41. Maude Gratton - Bach: Orgelmuziek*
42. Lucinda Williams – The Ghosts of Highway 20
43. Busch Trio – Dvorák*
44. The Dillinger Escape Plan – Dissocation
45. Elza Soares – The Woman at the End of the World
46. Rosanne Philippens – Dedication*
47. All Them Witches – Dying Surfer Meets His Maker
48. The Orb – Cow/ Chill-Out, World!
49. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizzard – Nonagon Infinity
50. The Rolling Stones – Blue & Lonesome
* means that is in a for AM ineligible classic release.
I'll probably get to the list for 2017 the same way, which should arrive in about two weeks.