1. Various artists, “Les Urnes de L’Opera” (EMI Classics)

2. Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica, “Mozart: The Complete Violin Concertos” (Nonesuch)

3. Alarm Will Sound, “a/rhythmia” (Nonesuch)

4. Sharon Isbin, with Joan Baez and Mark O’Connor, “Journey to the New World” (Sony Classical)5. Murray Perahia, “Bach Partitas 1, 5 & 6” (Sony Classical)

6. Matt Haimovitz, “Figment” (Oxingale)

7. John Adams, “Doctor Atomic Symphony” (Nonesuch)

8. Sergey Rachmaninoff, “Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff” (RCA Red Seal)

9. Kronos Quartet, “Floodplain” (Nonesuch)

10. James Galway, “Celebrating 70: A Collection of Personal Favorites” (RCA Red Seal)

Bonus pick: Terry Teachout’s biography of Louis Armstrong, “Pops” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)