
A still from Farinelli. This was the year I both became an 18th century scholar and discovered Castrato arias. (Source)
12. “Somebody That I Used to Know” only Vaporwave.
11. “Sumer is Icumen In,” from The Wicker Man (1973).
10. “Demons,” by Alex and “Sleep Games,” by Pye Corner Audio.
9. Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake theme.
8. Psalm 129 from King’s College Choir, Cambridge.
7. The soundtrack from Le Roi Danse.
6. “Never Enough” from The Greatest Showman.
5. “Pur Ti Miro,” by Monteverdi.
4. The Little Match Girl Passion, by David Lang
3. The Farinelli soundtrack.
2. Michael Nyman’s “The Garden is Becoming a Robe Room,” “Prospero’s Magic,” and “Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds.”
1. Various Arias from Handel, especially Rinaldo‘s “Il Vostro Maggio” and “Lascia Ch’io Piangia” as well as most of “Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne.”