Joseph Clayton Mills – The Letter (Suppedaneum; No. 19 of 100)

Sunn O))) – Kannon (Southern Lord)

Gentle Giant – The Power and the Glory (Alucard)

Opeth – Damnation (Music for Nations)

Opeth – Deliverance & Damnation (The End)

Kevin Drumm – January (Bandcamp)

Tortoise – The Catastrophist (Thrill Jockey; due Jan. 22)

Gil Sansón – Ese maldito yo/El ocaso del pensamiento (Lengua de Lava)

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Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 9 – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon)

Igor Stravinsky – Le sacre du printemps – Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F./Pierre Boulez (Disques Adès < YouTube)

Pierre Boulez – Le Marteau sans maître; Dérive 1 & 2 – Hilary Summers, Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon)

Olga Neuwirth – Clinamen/Nodus – London Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (Kairos)

Elliott Carter – A Symphony of Three Orchestras – Ensemble Intercontemporain, New York Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez; Edgard Varèse – Déserts; Ecuatorial; Hyperprism – O.R.T.F. Choir, Ensemble Intercontemporain (Sony Classical)

Pierre Boulez – Pli selon pli – Phyllis Bryn-Julson, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (Erato)

Harrison Birtwistle – Tragoedia; Five Distances; Three Settings of Celan; Secret Theatre – Christine Whittlesey, Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon)

Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 in C minor – Vienna Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon)

Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 9 in D minor – Los Angeles Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez (YouTube)

Luigi Nono – A Pierre. Dell'azzurro silenzio, inquietum – Roberto Fabbriciani, Ernesto Molinari (Neos)

Pierre Boulez – Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna; Notations I, VII, IV, III, II; Figures-Doubles-Prismes – Orchestre National de Lyon/David Robertson (Naïve)

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King Crimson – Kokusai Hall, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 14, 1981 (DGMLive)

Caroline Park – less than human (Pan y Rosas)

Jeph Jerman/Tim Barnes – versatile ambience (Idea Intermedia)

Jason Lescalleet – This Is What I Do, Vol. 15 (Glistening Examples)

Jason Lescalleet – This Is What I Do, Vol. 16 (Glistening Examples)

Pérotin – Beata viscera; other works; Scott Ordway – North Woods; David Lang – I lie – Lorelei Ensemble/Beth Willer; David Lang – Ark Luggage – Mellissa Hughes, Newspeak; David Lang – The National Anthems – Choir of Trinity Church, Newspeak/Julian Wachner (Trinity Church webcast)

Guido Gamboa – Saturday's Notes (Pentiments)

Kraftwerk – Computer World (EMI)

Hawkwind – Warrior on the Edge of Time (Atomhenge)

David Bowie – Blackstar (ISO/Columbia)