A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

Chaya Czernowin – Hidden (Wergo; 2018) > Adiantum Capillus-Veneris – Inbal Hever; Hidden – JACK Quartet

The Bad Plus – These Are the Vistas (Columbia; 2003)

Orrin Evans – The Evolution of Oneself (Smoke Sessions; 2015)

Sarah Davachi – All My Circles Run bonus EP (Students of Decay/Boomkat; 2017)
> For Harpsichord; For Organ and String Trio

Harrison Birtwistle – Pulse Shadows – Claron McFadden, Arditti Quartet, Nash Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw (Teldec; 2000)

Milica Djordjević - rocks-stars-metals-light (Col Legno; 2017)
> Rdja – ensemble recherche; Sky limited - Münchener Kammerorchester/Clemens Schuldt; The Firefly in a Jar - Münchener Kammerorchester/Clemens Schuldt; The Death of the Star-Knower – Armida Quartet; Quicksilver – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Peter Rundel

Béla Bartók – The Six String Quartets – Juilliard String Quartet (Columbia Masterworks/Sony; 1965/2010)

Michael Tippett – The Rose Lake, Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage (Chandos; 2005)

Merzbow – Cloud Cock OO Grand (ZSF Produkt; 1992)

Natasha Barrett – Puzzle Wood (Aurora; 2017)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – The Last Four String Quartets – Juilliard String Quartet (Columbia Masterworks/Sony; 1976/2010)

Onuté Narbataité – La barca; kein gestern, kein morgen; krantas upė simfonija – Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra/Christopher Lyndon-Gee (Naxos; 2017)

Albert Ayler - Nuits de La Fondation Maeght (Shandar/Water; 1970/2002)

Jamie Saft – Solo a Genova (Rare Noise; 2018)