Best New Music of 2025
Album of the Year
Concerti per violoncello by Hanna Salzenstein & Le Consort.
Runners up
Stygian Wavz, Envy of None
Mark Lettieri Group Meets WDR Big Band at Studio 4, Mark Lettieri, WDR Big Band
Abracadabra, Beatrice Berrut
Other notable albums of 2025:
Ambient
The Reverent Sky (Steve Roach)
Classical
Guess Who? (Olga Pashchenko)
Ravel: Fragments (Bertrand Chamayou)
J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue (Phantasm)
Sleep Circle (Max Richter, Louisa Fuller & Max Ruisi)
Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos & Solo Works (Yuja Wang, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons)
Classical Crossover
Peter Gregson (Peter Gregson)
The Summer Portraits (Ludovico Einaudi)
Downtempo
Scapes (Data Rebel)
Chrome Ocean (Data Rebel)
Jazz
Barn Sessions, Vol. 1 (Four80East)
New Age
Where the River Widens (Erik Wøllo)
Smooth Jazz
Fasten Up (Yellowjackets)
