The Whole Music Experience

1. Jovino Santos Neto, See the Sound, Adventure Music 2. Mario Romano Quartet, Valentina, Alma Records 3. Catherine Russell, Inside this Heart of Mine, World Village 4. Benjamim Taubkin, Piano Masters, Vol. 1, Adventure Music 5. Roberto Occhipinti, A Bend in the River, Alma Records 6. Marcos Amorim Trio, Portraits, Adventure Music 7. Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu, Bernstein, Gershwin, Novacek, and d’ Rivera, American Music for Clarinet, Harmonia Mundi 8. Ricardo Silveira, ‘Til Tomorrow, Adventure Music 9. Estun-Bah (Native American), From Where the Sun Rises, Canyon Records 10. Gregory Porter, Water, Motema Best Folkloric Retrospective: Mike Marshall, An Adventure, 1999-2009, Adventure Music

Top 10 Classical of 2010 1. Javier Perianes, Blasco de Nebra Piano Sonatas, Harmonia Mundi 2. Valery Gergiev & The London Symphony Orchestra, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, London Symphony Orchestra label 3. Jon Manasse and the Seattle Symphony, Mozart and Spohr Clarinet Concertos, Harmonia Mundi 4. Anna Prohaska, Bernarda Fink, Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Harmonia Mundi 5. Dino Saluzzi, El Encuentro Live, ECM 6. Staier and Sepec, Robert Schumann Sonatas for Piano and Violin, Harmonia Mundi 7. Christophe Rosset, Louis Couperin, Harmonia Mundi 8. Stephen Hough, Chopin Late Masterpieces, Hyperion 9. Imani Winds, Terra Incognita, E1 Entertainment 10. Stile Antico, Puer Natus Est, Harmonia Mundi Best Crossover Recording , Altan, 25th Anniversary Celebration, Compass

Top 10 for 2010 World-traditional-Folkloric 1. Lokua Kanza, Nkolo, World Village 2. Ana Moura, Leva-Me Aos Fados, World Village 3. Salif Keita, la difference, Universal Music 4. Rahim Alhaj, Little Earth, UR Music 5. Huun Huur Tu, Ancestors Call, World Village 6. Mayte Martin, Al Cantar A Manuel, World Village 7. Sierra Maestro, Sonando Ya, World Village 8. Susanna Owiyo, My Roots, Kirkelig Kulturverksted 9. V.M Bhatt and Matt Maley, Sleepless Nights, World Village 10. Sondre Bratland and Annborg Lien, Alle Vegne, Kirkelig Kulturverksted Best Folkloric Album: Michèle Choinière, La Violette, independent release