Best Music of 2021
Best New Albums in 2021:
Richter: Voices 2 (Max Richter) [Classical]
Juno to Jupiter (Vangelis) [Electronic]
Foundation: Season 1 (Bear McCreary) [Soundtrack]
Ola Gjeilo’s Chilled Christmas (Ola Gjeilo) [Classical]
Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Pat Metheny) [Jazz]
DOM SKA VETA (Molly Sandén) [Pop]
Immersion (Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà) [Classical]
Bach Mirror (Thomas Enhco & Vassilena Serafimova) [Classical]
The Lost Concert (Live) (Miles Davis) [Jazz]
Top Artists Listened to 2021:
Stats from Apple Music
Max Richter (59 hours)
Erik Wøllo (32 hours)
Steve Roach (30 hours)
Mari Samuelson (24 hours)
Steps Ahead (23 hours)
Rush (17 hours)
Pat Metheny (17 hours)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (13 hours)
Ludovico Einaudi (13 hours)
Molly Sandén (11 hours)
Miles Davis (11 hours)
These are the older albums I listened to the most in 2021:
Classical:
Voices (Max Richter)
Sleep (Max Richter)
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Luka Sulic, Archi dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, & Luigi Piovano)
Orphée (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
Handel: Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks (Jordi Savall & Le Concert des Nations)
From Sleep (Max Richter)
Divenire (Ludovico Einaudi)
Bach: Concertos for Pianos (Anna Vinnitskaya, Ljupka Hadzi Georgeiva, Evgeni Koroliov, & Kammerakademie Potsdam)
Chant Wars (Sequentia)
Satie - After the Rain (Pascal Rogé)
Reflections Pt. 1 / Debussy: Bruyères - Single (Vikingur Ólafsson)
Jazz:
Undercurrent (Bill Evans & Jim Hall)
Kind of Blue (Miles Davis)
Last Dance (Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden)
Backlash (Freddie Hubbard)
One Alone (Dave Brubeck)
The Child Within (Billy Childs)
One Quiet Night (Pat Metheny)
Positraction (Four80East)
Satie: Gymnopédies & Gnossiennes (Jacques Loussier Trio)
Modern Times (Steps Ahead)
Silence (Charlie Hayden)
Magnetic (Steps Ahead)
Letter from Home (Pat Metheny Group)
Rock:
Rush (Rush)
Abacab (Genesis)
The Long Run (Eagles)
The Flat Earth (Thomas Dolby)
Pop:
Det bästa kanske inte hänt än (Molly Sandén)
Den som e den - single (Molly Sandén)
Undanflykter - single (Molly Sandén)
Mellan hägg och syrén (estraden)
Waterloo (ABBA)
Honky Château (Elton John)
Instrumental:
Earth and Sky (Andy Summers)
Acoustic Planet (Craig Chaquico)
Garuda (Kazumi Watanabe)
Bumper to Bumper (Kristian Kvalvaag)
Aerial Boundaries (Michael Hedges)
December (George Winston)
Electronic:
Terraformed (Mystral)
I Can’t Start Feeling Happy For Being Sad (Winterlight)
Echotides (Erik Wøllo)
Quantum Gate (Tangerine Dream)
Soundtrack:
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Various Artists)