— Feldman, Rothko Chapel, works of Cage and Satie; Kim Kashkashian, Sarah Rothenberg, Steven Schick, Houston Chamber Choir (ECM, out Oct. 23)
— Verdi, Aida; Anja Harteros, Jonas Kaufmann, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Ludovic Tézier, Erwin Schrott, Antonio Pappano conducting the Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus (Warner)
— Laurie Anderson, Heart of a Dog (Nonesuch, out Oct. 23)
— Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Lélio; Riccardo Muti conducting the Chicago Symphony, with Mario Zeffiri, Kyle Ketelsen, and Gérard Depardieu (CSO Resound)
— Ornstein, Piano Quintet, String Quartet No. 2; Marc-André Hamelin, Pacifica Quartet (Hyperion)
— Berg, Lyric Suite, Wellesz, Sonnets of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Zeisl, Komm, süsser Tod; Renée Fleming, Emerson Quartet (DG)
— Julia Wolfe, Anthracite Fields; Bang on a Can All-Stars, Choir of Trinity Wall Street (Cantaloupe)
— Cage, String Quartet in Four Parts, Thirty Pieces for String Quartet, Four; Quatuor Bozzini (qb)