Playlist (so süß die Sinne mir zwingt).

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

Sept. 10-23, 2018

Richard Wagner – Die Walküre – Astrid Varnay, Gré Brouwenstijn, Ramón Vinay, Hans Hotter, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra/Joseph Keilberth (Testament; 1955/2006)

Dialog Tapes II by Various Artists

Various artists – Dialog Tapes II (Eilean; 2018)

Dialog Tapes II by Dauw + Eilean

Various artists – Dialog Tapes II (Dauw; 2018)

Robert Fripp – Le Pretzel en Chaine, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, August 19, 1979 (DGMLive; 2018. Audio samples here.)

Katharina Rosenberger – Texturen – Wet Ink Ensemble/Carl Christian Bettendorf (hat[now]ART; 2012)

Tangerine Dream – Tangerine Tree, Vol. 27: Brussels 1976 (ROIO; 2003)

Tangerine Dream – Tangerine Tree, Vol. 55: Amsterdam 1976 (ROIO; 2004)

Weather Sky by Keith Rowe/Toshimaru Nakamura

Keith Rowe/Toshimaru Nakamura – Weather Sky (Erstwhile; 2001)

Keith Rowe/John Tilbury – Enough still not to know (Sofa; 2005)

AMM – Laminal (Matchless; 1996)

Visitors by JP Schlegelmilch, Jonathan Goldberger, Jim Black

JP Schlegelmilch/Jonathan Goldberger/Jim Black – Visitors (Skirl; 2018)

Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf – Piano Music – Ermis Theodorakis (NEOS; 2013)
> Rhizom; 5 kleine Lakunaritäten; Kammerminiatur; 8 Kammerstück; La rêve d'ange nouveau; Beethoven-Kommentar; Prospero-Fragmente

Gérard Pesson – Musique de chambre, Cantates – Marion Tassou, EXAUDI, L'Instant Donné (NoMadMusic; 2018)
> La lumière n’a pas de bras pour nous porter; Cassation; Rébus; Cinq chansons; Bruissant divisé; La vita è come l'albero di Natale; Etant l'arrière-son; John Taverner – In nomine (arr. Gérard Pesson); Instant Tonné; La lumière n'a pas de bras pour nous porter (arr. Frédéric Pattar); Cantate égale pays No. 1; Cantate égale pays No. 2; Cantate égale pays No. 3