— Ethel Smyth, The Prison; Sarah Brailey, Dashon Burton, James Blachly conducting the Experiential Orchestra (Chandos)
— Ives, Symphonies Nos. 1–4; Gustavo Dudamel conducting the LA Phil (DG, Aug. 28)
— Catherine Lamb, point/wave; Giacomo Fiore (Populist)
— Experiments in Living: Brahms, Schoenberg, Crawford, Cheung, Pluta, Charmaine Lee, George Lewis; Spektral Quartet (New Focus)
— Timothy McCormack, KARST; Klangforum Wien (Kairos)
— Rage Thormbones, RAGE THORMBONES (Carrier)
— Nathalie Joachim and Special Music School 10th Grade, Transformation (Kaufman Music Center)
— Du Yun, A Cockroach's Tarantella; JACK Quartet (Modern Sky)
— Bach-Ramsay, Goldberg Variations; Parker Ramsay, harp (King's College)
— Marc Yeats, The Anatomy of Melancholy and other piano pieces; Ian Pace (Prima Facie)
— Missy Mazzoli, Proving Up; John Moore, Michael Slattery, Talise Trevigne, Abigail Nims, Cree Carrico, Andrew Harris, Chris Rountree conducting the International Contemporary Ensemble (Pentatone)
— Beethoven, Complete Quartets; Quatuor Ebène (Erato)