A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.
Two Functions in Three Dimensions: music for meditative cooking by Nat Evans
Nat Evans - Two Functions in Three Dimensions: music for meditative cooking – Scott Worthington (self-released; 2019)
Düsseldorf recital by Dante Boon
Dante Boon – Düsseldorf recital (Rhizome.s; 2017)
> Coleman Zurkowski – Die von Blumen reich ich dir; Gil Sansón – untitled (for Antoine Beuger); Anastassis Philippakopoulos – piano piece; Eva-Maria Houben – lose verbunden; Assaf Gidron – Dim.; Jack Callahan – Blue Dream Excerpt with Proportional Ending
Blandine Verlet – Froberger ou l'intranquillite (Astrée Naïve; 2000)
> Johann Jakob Froberger – Suite II; Capriccio VI; Suite XIX; Toccata XVI; Fantasia I; Suite XIV; Canzon II; Suite I
Joe Lovano – Trio Tapestry (ECM; due Jan. 25, 2019. Audio sample here.)
Sun Ra & His Arkestra – Crystal Spears (Saturn/Modern Harmonic; 1973/2019)
Anthony Braxton – GTM (Syntax) 2017 – Tri-Centric Choir (New Braxton House; due Jan. 25, 2019)
Blueprinting by Aizuri Quartet
Aizuri Quartet – Blueprinting (New Amsterdam; 2018)
> Gabriella Smith – Carrot Revolution; Caroline Shaw – Blueprint; Yevgeniy Sharlat – RIPEFG; Lembit Beecher – Sophia's Wide Awake Dreams; Paul Wiancko – LIFT
Jeremy Denk – c.1300-c.2000 (Nonesuch; due Feb. 8, 2019)
> Guillaume de Machaut –Doulz amis; Gilles Binchois – Triste Plaisir; Johannes Ockeghem – Kyrie from Missa prolationum; Guillaume Dufay – Franc cuer gentil; Josquin des Prez – Kyrie from Missa Pange lingua; Clément Janequin – Au joly jeu du pousse avant; William Byrd – "A voluntarie, for my ladye nevell" from My Ladye Nevells Booke; Carlo Gesualdo – "O dolce mio tesoro" from Madrigali, Book VI; Claudio Monteverdi – "Zefiro torna, e di soavi accenti," SV 251, from Scherzi Musicali; Henry Purcell – Ground in C minor, from Ye Tuneful Muses; Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in B-flat (K. 551); Johann Sebastian Bach – Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor (BWV 903); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 16 in C (K. 545) – II. Andante; Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata No. 32 in C minor (Op. 111) – I. Maestoso; Allegro con brio ed appassionato; Robert Schumann — "In der Nacht" from Fantasiestücke (Op. 12, No. 5); Frédéric Chopin – Preludes No. 1 in C & No. 2 in A minor from 24 Preludes (Op. 28); Richard Wagner (trans. Franz Liszt) – "Isoldens Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde; Johannes Brahms – Intermezzo in B minor from Klavierstücke (Op. 119, No. 1); Arnold Schoenberg – "Mässige Viertel" from Drei Klavierstücke (Op. 11, No. 1); Claude Debussy – "Reflets dans l'eau" from Images, Book I; Igor Stravinsky – Piano-Rag-Music; Karlheinz Stockhausen – Klavierstück I; Philip Glass – Étude No. 2; György Ligeti – "Automne à Varsovie" from Études, Book I, No. 6; Gilles Binchois – Triste plaisir
Baden-Baden '75 by GLOBE UNITY ORCHESTRA & GUESTS
Globe Unity Orchestra – Baden-Baden '75 (FMP/Destination: OUT; 1975/2019)
The Widow by Joseph Clayton Mills
Joseph Clayton Mills – The Widow (Suppedaneum; 2018)
Fissure – Rituels (self-released; 2019)
Bourdon du Kinzie by A.F. Jones
A.F. Jones – Bourdon du Kinzie (Unfathomless; 2018)
ENGAGE | Public Preview by Dave DouglasDave Douglas – Engage (Greenleaf Music Bandcamp subscriber exclusive; 2019)
Anna Webber – Clockwise (Pi Recordings; due Feb. 22, 2019)
Kevin Drumm – .,.. (self-released; 2019)
Alvin Lucier – Ricochet Lady – Trevor Saint (Black Truffle; due Jan. 18, 2019. Audio samples here.)
Alvin Lucier – So You … (Hermes, Orpheus, Eurydice) – Jessika Kenney, Anthony Burr, Charles Curtis, Tom Erbe (Black Truffle; 2018. Audio sample here.)
Ashley Walters // Sweet Anxiety by Ashley Walters
Ashley Walters – Sweet Anxiety (Populist; 2017)
> Nicholas Deyoe - For Stephanie (on our wedding day); Luciano Berio - Sequenza XIV; Wolfgang von Schweinitz - Plainsound-Litany; Nicholas Deyoe - another anxiety; Wadada Leo Smith - Sweet Bay Magnolia with Berry Clusters; Andrew McIntosh - Another Secular Calvinist Creed
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