A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Live At Szczecin Philharmonic by Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream – Live at Philharmony Szczecin-Poland (Eastgate; 2016)

Matthew J. Rolin – The Dreaming Bridge (Feeding Tube; due late Jan. 2021)

Tangerine Dream – Pilots of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980-1983 (Virgin; 1980-83/2020)

Embrace by Chris Dingman

Chris Dingman – Embrace (Inner Arts Initiative; 2020)

Scott Clark – This Darkness (Out of Your Head; due Jan. 15, 2021)

Steamroom 51 by jim o'rourke

Jim O’Rourke – Steamroom 51 (Steamroom; 2020)

Witold Lutosławski – Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 – Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu (Ondine; 2020)

Oregon Symphony – Aspects of America: Pulitzer Edition (Pentatone; 2020)

Walter Piston – Symphony No. 7; Morton Gould – Stringmusic; Howard Hanson – Symphony No. 4 ("Requiem")

'The way to go out' by Newton Armstrong

Newton Armstrong – The way to go out – Apartment House (Another Timbre; 2020)

Thread-surface – Plus Minus Ensemble/Mark Knoop; A line alongside itself – Séverine Ballon; The way to go out – Plus Minus Ensemble/Mark Knoop

Charles Ives – Complete Symphonies – Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel (Deutsche Grammophon; 2020)

Aaron Copland – Symphony No. 3 – San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS Media; 2020)

RAVENING IRON by Eternal Champion

Eternal Champion – Ravening Iron (No Remorse; 2020)

Distant Pillars, Private Pillars by Randy Gibson

Randy Gibson – Distant Pillars, Private Pillars (Galtta Media; 2020)

Concurrence by Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Iceland Symphony Orchestra – Concurrence: ISO Project, Vol. 2 – Vikingur Olafsson, Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Daníel Bjarnason (Sono Luminus; 2019)

Anna Thorvaldsdóttir
 – Metacosmos; Haukur Tómasson
 – Piano Concerto No. 2; María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir – Oceans; Páll Ragnar Pálsson
 – Quake

Montreal by Jacob Sacks

Jacob Sacks – Montreal (Puremagnetik; 2020)

Igor Levit – Encounter (Sony Classical; 2020)

Johann Sebastian Bach/Ferruccio Busoni – 10 Chorale Preludes; 6 Chorale Preludes; Johannes Brahms/Max Reger – Vier ernste Gesänge; Max Reger – Nachtlied; Morton Feldman – Palais de Mari

Myriam Leblanc – Vivaldi: Luce e Ombra – Ensemble Mirabilia (Analekta; 2020)

Antonio Vivaldi – Il Tamerlano (Il Bajazet) – Bruno Taddia, Filippo Mineccia, Delphine Galou, Sophie Rennert, Marina De Liso, Arianna Vendittelli, Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantona (Naïve; 2020)

Kevin Good – slow, silent, singing – Michael Jones (Edition Wandelweiser; due Dec. 28, 2020)