A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.
July 2-8, 2018
Electrocardiographs of a Cathode Ray Tube by Stephen Cornford
Stephen Cornford – Electrocardiographs of a Cathode Ray Tube (A Wave Press; 2018)
Glorias Navales Presenta El Blues de Istvan by Glorias Navales
Glorias Navales – Glorias Navales Presenta El Blues de Istvan (A Wave Press; due Sept. 22, 2018)
Marianne Schuppe – nosongs (Edition Wandelweiser; 2018. Audio samples here.)
John Adams – Doctor Atomic – Gerald Finley, Julia Bullock, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra/John Adams (Nonesuch; 2018)
Luciano Berio – Sinfonia; Pierre Boulez – Notations; Maurice Ravel – La valse – Roomful of Teeth, Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Ludovic Morlot (Seattle Symphony; due July 20, 2018)
Shades of Eternal Night by Michael Pisaro/Reinier van Houdt
Michael Pisaro/Reinier van Houdt – Shades of Eternal Night (Gravity Wave; 2018)
Philip Sulidae – Ramshead (Unfathomless; 2018)
John Tilbury/Keith Rowe/Kjell Bjørgengen – Sissel (Sofa; 2018)
Live at I & E by David Lacey, Paul Vogel, & Mark Wastell
David Lacey, Paul Vogel & Mark Wastell – Live at I&E (Confront; 2006)
Portal – ION (Profound Lore; 2018)
Cassandra Miller – O Zomer! (Another Timbre; due August 2018)
> O Zomer! – Apartment House; Philip the Wanderer – Philip Thomas; For Mira – Mira Benjamin; Duet for Cello and Orchestra – Charles Curtis, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov
Alex Jang – momentary encounters (Another Timbre; due August 2018)
> momentary encounters 5 – Heather Roche; any three players – Apartment House; a gray bent interior horizon – Cristián Alvear; distributed tourism – Apartment House
Lance Austin Olsen – Dark Heart (Another Timbre; due August 2018)
> Theseus’ Breath (2 realisations); Dark Heart; A Meditation on the History of Painting – Terje Paulsen, Gil Sansón, Ryoko Akama, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Katelyn Clark, Mira Benjamin, John Lely, Anton Lukoszevieze
Linda Catlin Smith – Wanderer – Apartment House (Another Timbre; due August 2018)
> Wanderer; Morning Glory; Stare at the River; Light and Water; Knotted Silk; Music for John Cage; Sarabande; Velvet
King Crimson – 2017 North American Tour “Hot Tickles” (DGMLive; 2017. More information here.)
Anthony Roth Costanzo – ARC: Glass/Handel (Decca Gold; due Sept. 22, 2018)
Flood Expeditions: The Gatherings, 19 May 2018 by Robert Rich and Markus Reuter
Robert Rich and Markus Reuter – Flood Expeditions: The Gatherings, 19 May 2018 (self-released; 2018)
Musica Enterrada by William Selman
William Selman – Musica Enterrada (Mysteries of the Deep; 2018)
James MacMillan – String Quartets – Royal String Quartet (Hyperion; due July 27, 2018. Audio samples here.)
> Visions of a November Spring (String Quartet No. 1); Why is this night different? (String Quartet No. 2); String Quartet No. 3
Nasadiya Sukta by Certain Creatures
Certain Creatures – Nasadiya Sukta (Mysteries of the Deep; 2018)
Rapoon – Sanctus Equinox (Winter-Light; 2017)
Ingrid Laubrock – Contemporary Chaos Practices (Intakt; due November 2018)
Ziggurat – Ritual Miasma (Caligari; 2017)
Travis & Fripp – Travis & Fripp I (DGM iPhone app; 2018)
At Bonnington by Graham Halliwell & Mark Wastell
Graham Halliwell & Mark Wastell – At Bonnington (Confront; 2002/2018)
Francis Plagne & Crys Cole – Two Words (Black Truffle; due July 27, 2018)
Rutger Zuydervelt with Ilia Belorukov and René Aquarius – The Red Soul (Sofa; 2018)
Gabriel Kahane – Book of Travelers (Nonesuch; due Aug. 24, 2018)
Punch Brothers – All Ashore (Nonesuch; due July 20, 2018)
July 9-15
Various Artists – The Washington City Paper Guide to American Primitive (Spotify playlist; 2018)
Punch Brothers – All Ashore (Nonesuch; due July 20, 2018)
Lucy Railton – Paradise 94 (Modern Love; 2018)
King Crimson – 2018 European Tour “Hot Tickles” (DGMLive; 2017. More information here.)
Images of Duration by Yarn/Wire
Alex Mincek – Images of Duration (in Homage to Ellsworth Kelly) – Yarn/Wire (Northern Spy; due Aug. 24, 2018)
Lo! – Vestigial (Pelagic; 2017)
Big Heart Machine by Big Heart Machine
Big Heart Machine – Big Heart Machine (Outside In; due Aug. 24, 2018)
Morton Feldman – For John Cage – Aisha Orazbayeva, Mark Knoop (all that dust; 2018. Audio sample here.)
Matthew Shlomowitz – Avant Muzak -Håkon Stene, Asamisimasa (all that dust; 2018. Audio sample here.)
> Popular Contexts 7: Public Domain Music; Popular Contexts 8: Five Soundscapes for a Contemporary Percussionist; Avant Muzak
Mosquitoes and Crabs by Hong Chulki/Will Guthrie
Hong Chulki/Will Guthrie – Mosquitoes and Crabs (Erstwhile; 2018)
Dead and Company – Citi Field, Flushing Meadows, NY, June 15, 2018 (Nugs.net; 2018)
Milton Babbitt – Philomel – Juliet Fraser (All That Dust; 2018. Audio sample here.)
Luigi Nono – La Fabbrica Illuminata – Loré Lixenberg (All That Dust; 2018. Audio sample here.)
Séverine Ballon – Inconnaissance (All That Dust; 2018. Audio sample here.)
Fountains (Expanded Edition) by Sean McCann
Sean McCann – Fountains (extended version) (Roll Over Rover/Round Bale; 2010/2018)
Nima Aghiani – REMS (PTP; 2018)
Various artists – Paramount Blues: Lock and Key Blues (Black Swan; 2007)
Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (Atlantic; 1967)
Leonard Bernstein – Mass – Jubliant Sykes, Asher Edward Wulfman, Morgan State University Choir, Peabody Children's Chorus, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop (Naxos; 2009)
Night After Night 
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