CDs of the year (first three)

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I'm assembling my list of notable CDs of 2013, and have much listening and re-listening before me. Here, though, are three discs (or boxes) that are certain to make the final cut:

— Liza Lim, Tongue of the Invisible; Omar Ebrahim, Uri Caine, Ensemble musikFabrik (Wergo)

— George Benjamin, Written on Skin; Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta, Christopher Purves, Benjmain conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (Nimbus)

— Britten: The Complete Works (Decca)

I've updated my list of recommended CDs.