The fourth and final part of this year’s countdown begins below. You can read about picks 40 through 31 here, 30 through 21 here, and 20 through 11 here.
Marc-André Hamelin, Morton Feldman: For Bunita Marcus (Hyperion)
Arek Gulbenkoglu, Three Days Afterwards (Penultimate Press)
György Kurtág, Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir (ECM)
Bellows, Strand (Shelter Press)
Arca, Arca (XL)