A comprehensive list of the recordings I've covered in Classical Playlist on The New York Times ArtsBeat blog since the series started on November 6, 2013, in reverse chronological order. I've listed only my own contributions here; click on each header for the complete ArtsBeat post.
Classical Playlist: George Antheil, Haydn, Sibelius and More
March 19, 2014
DAVID T. LITTLE: ‘Haunt of Last Nightfall’
Third Coast Percussion
(New Amsterdam)
Classical Playlist: John Adams, Prokofiev, Harrison Birtwistle and More
March 12, 2014
MORTON FELDMAN: ‘For Philip Guston’
John Tilbury, pianist; Carla Rees, flutist; Simon Allen, percussionist
(Atopos)
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE: ‘The Moth Requiem’
Roderick Williams, baritone; BBC Singers, Nash Ensemble, conducted by Nicholas Kok
(Signum)
Classical Playlist: Stephanie Blythe, Eva-Maria Houben, Nicholas Phillips and More
March 5, 2014
HOUBEN: ‘Lost in Dreams — Works for Piano’
Eva-Maria Houben, pianist
(Edition Wandelweiser)
‘AMERICAN VERNACULAR — NEW MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO’
Nicholas Phillips
(New Focus Recordings)
CAMPBELL: ‘Things You Already Know’
Christopher Campbell and ensemble
(Innova)
Classical Playlist: Jenny Lin, Joshua Rubin, David Aladashvili and More
February 19, 2014
‘THERE NEVER IS NO LIGHT’
Joshua Rubin, clarinetist; Cory Smythe, pianist
(Tundra/New Focus Recordings)
PAINE: Orchestral Works
Ulster Orchestra, conducted by JoAnn Falletta
(Naxos)
WORTHINGTON: ‘Even the Light Itself Falls’
ensemble et cetera
(Populist; available via Bandcamp)
Classical Playlist: Danish String Quartet, Thomas Meglioranza, Gidon Kremer and More
February 12, 2014
‘THE GOOD SONG’
Thomas Meglioranza, baritone; Reiko Uchida, pianist
(self-released; available via CD Baby)
Classical Playlist: Andrew Parrott, Jeroen Van Veen, Ildar Abdrazakov and More
February 5, 2014
‘SPRUNG RHYTHM’
Inscape*; Abigail Lennox, soprano
(Sono Luminus)
MONTSALVATGE: ‘Madrigal’ and Other Works
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Tim Fain, violinist; Perspectives Ensemble, conducted by Angel Gil-Ordoñez
(Naxos)
Classical Playlist: Zuill Bailey, Natasha Paremski, Leon Kirchner and More
January 29, 2014
RADIGUE: ‘Naldjorlak I II III’
Charles Curtis, cellist; Carol Robinson and Bruno Martinez, basset horn players
(Shiiin)
VERDI: ‘Otello’
Giovanni Martinelli, Elisabeth Rethberg, Lawrence Tibbett, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Ettore Panizza
(Naxos Historical)
STREIFF: ‘Vokal/Instrumental’
Anne Schmid, contralto; Katharina Suske, oboe d’amore player; Elisabeth Grimm, violinist; Klavierduo Kordzaia-Blum and others
(Edition Wandelweiser)
Classical Playlist: Olivia Block, William Christie, Raschèr Saxophone Quartet and More
January 22, 2014
BLOCK: ‘Karren’
Olivia Block, electronics, field recordings
(Sedimental)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 4
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; conductor, Vasily Petrenko
(Naxos)
ROSENBLUM: ‘Möbius Loop’
Raschèr Saxophone Quartet; Boston Modern Orchestra Project, conducted by Gil Rose
(BMOP/Sound)
Classical Playlist: Louis Lortie, Daniel Barenboim, the Hilliard Ensemble and More
January 15, 2014
VIVALDI: Concertos for Two Violins and Strings I
Dmitry Sinkovsky and Riccardo Minasi, violinists; Il Pomo d’Oro
(Naïve)
SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7; ‘Tapiola’
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor
(ASO Media)
PISARO: ‘asleep, forest, melody, path’
Greg Stuart, percussionist, and ensemble
(Soundcloud)
Classical Playlist: Leonard Bernstein, Keller Quartet, Cassandra Miller and More
December 18, 2013
BEUGER: ‘Sixteen Stanzas on Stillness and Music Unheard’
Greg Stuart, vibraphone
(l’innomable)
‘DUETS FOR SOLO SNARE DRUM’
Nick Hennies, snare drum
(Weighter Recordings)
SHIM: ‘LOVE’
Nick Hennies and Greg Stuart, percussion
(Senufo Editions)
Classical Playlist: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Mivos Quartet, Matthew Brown and More
December 4, 2013
‘REAPPEARANCES’
Mivos Quartet
(Carrier)
Classical Playlist: Martha Argerich, Third Coast Percussion, Garrick Ohlsson and More
November 27, 2013
THOMAS: ‘Resounding Earth’
Third Coast Percussion
(New Focus Recordings)
EVA-MARIA HOUBEN: Piano Music
R. Andrew Lee, piano
(Irritable Hedgehog)
Classical Playlist: András Schiff, Janine Jansen, Rebekah Heller and More
November 13, 2013
‘100 NAMES’
Rebekah Heller, bassoon, percussion, narrator
(Tundra/New Focus Recordings)
‘HOT’
Ryan Muncy, saxophone; with Nadia Sirota, viola; Ben Melsky, harp; Claire Chase, bass flute; and Ensemble Dal Niente, conducted by Michael Lewanski
(New Focus Recordings)
‘CHAMBERS’
Spektral Quartet
(Parlour Tapes+)
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