Playlist (I Found That Essence Rare).

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.
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Georg Friedrich Haas – Konzert für Klangwerk und Orchester – Christoph Sietzen, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/Ilan Volkov (Live New Music Channel/YouTube; 2019)

9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 by Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton – Composition No. 358, from 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (Firehouse 12; 2007)

10+1tet (Knoxville) 2016 by Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton – 10+1tet (Knoxville) 2016 (New Braxton House; 2016)

Trio (Knoxville) 2016 by Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton – Trio (Knoxville) 2016 (New Braxton House; 2016)

Webber/Morris Big Band – Both Are True (Greenleaf Music; due April 3, 2020)

Matthew Shipp – The Piano Equation (Tao Forms; due May 1, 2020. More information here.)

Jennifer Curtis & Tyshawn Sorey: Invisible Ritual by Jennifer Curtis, Tyshawn Sorey

Jennifer Curtis & Tyshawn Sorey – Invisible Ritual (New Focus; 2020)

Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons – Boston Symphony Commissions (Naxos; 2019)
> Eric Nathan – The Space of a Door; George Tsontakis – Sonnets – Robert Sheena; Timo Andres – Everything Happens So Much; Sean Shepherd – Express Abstractionism

Hector Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique – Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Jader Bignamini (Detroit Symphony Orchestra/YouTube; 2020)

Christopher Cerrone – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra ("Breaks and Breaks") – Jennifer Koh, Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Peter Oundjian (Detroit Symphony Orchestra/YouTube; 2018)

Andrew Norman – Sustain – Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel (Deutsche Grammophon; 2019)

Matthew Shipp String Trio – Symbolic Reality (Rogue Art; 2020. Audio sample here.)

Peter Gabriel 1 (Car) by Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel (Charisma; 1977)

Brett Dean – Composer and Performer – Sydney Symphony/Simone Young, Hugh Wolff (Bis; 2008. Audio samples here.)
> Viola Concerto; Twelve Angry Men; Intimate Decisions; Komarov's Fall

Body by The Necks

The Necks – Body (Northern Spy; 2018)

The Necks – Three (Northern Spy; due March 27, 2020. More information here.)

Oneiric Formulary by Sir Richard Bishop

Sir Richard Bishop – Oneiric Formulary (Drag City; due April 17, 2020)

Douglas Boyce: Some Consequences of Four Incapacities by Douglas Boyce

Douglas Boyce – Some Consequences of Four Incapacities (New Focus; 2018)
> 102nd & Amsterdam – Aeolus Quartet; Piano Quartet No. 1 – counter)induction; Fortuitous Variations – Trio Cavatina

Ryan Streber: Concentric by Ryan Streber, counter(induction, Line C3, Daniel Lippel, Nadia Sirota, Clarice Jensen, Alex Sopp

Ryan Streber – Concentric (New Focus; 2014)
> String Quartet – counter)induction; Cold Pastoral – Line C3 Percussion Quartet; Shadow Etudes – counter)induction; Descent – Daniel Lippel; Compassinges – Sam Solomon, Kristi Errera-Solomon, David Fulmer, Keats Dieffenbach, Nadia Sirota, Clarice Jensen; Trio for Flute, Viola, and Cello – Alex Sopp, Nadia Sirota, Clarice Jensen

Daniel Lippel: Mirrored Spaces by Daniel Lippel

Daniel Lippel – Mirrored Spaces (New Focus; 2019)
> compositions by Karin Wetzel, Kyle Bartlett, Orianna Webb, Daniel Lippel, Ryan Streber, Dalia Raudonikytė With, John Link, Sergio Kafejian, Sidney Corbett, Douglas Boyce, Ethan Wickman, and Christopher Bailey

Ring Out by Jessica Meyer

Jessica Meyer – Ring Out – Miranda Cuckson, Jessica Meyer, Caleb van der Swaagh, Andrew Yee, Nicholas Tamagna, Adam Marks, Roomful of Teeth (Bright Shiny Things; 2019)
> But Not Until; I Only Speak of the Sun; Released; Seasons of Basho; Only a Beginning; Ring Out, Wild Bell

Deer Heart by Tilman Robinson

Tilman Robinson – Deer Heart (Hobbledehoy Record Co; 2016)

Dead & Company – Ruoff Home Mortgage Center, Noblesville, IN 6/6/18 (Los Muertos/Rhino; 2019)

Dig Where You Stand by Dire Wolves

Dire Wolves – Dig Where You Stand (Feathered Coyote; 2019)

Evan Johnson – Forms of Complaint (Kairos; due March 6, 2020)
> hyphen – Peter Neville; Apostrophe 1 (All communication is a form of complaint) – ELISION; clutch – Graeme Jennings; Colophons ("That other that ich not whenne"), reflecting pool / monument – Mieko Kanno, EXAUDI/James Weeks; Positioning in Radiography – Mabel Kwan

OutsideIn by Alex Hills

Alex Hills – OutsideIn (Carrier; 2020)
> OutsideIn – Aisha Orazbayeva, 12 Ensemble/James Weeks; Flatland – EXAUDI/James Weeks; Short Long Shrink Stretch – Jacob Brown, 4|12 Collective/Adam Hickox

Philip Glass – Two Pages; Contrary Motion; Music in Fifths; Music in Similar Motion – Philip Glass Ensemble (Orange Mountain Music; 2013. Audio samples here.)