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

Rie Nakajima & Akira Sakata – Umihiko Yamahiko (Takuroku; 2021)

Tina Jander – Ice Cubes (Takuroku; 2021)

Toshimaru Nakamura – Nimb #62 (Takuroku; 2020)

Cara Tolmie – LIT BY A CAR (Takuroku; 2020)

Julie Kjaer & Thurston Moore – New Life Music (Takuroku; 2020)

From The Ground Birds Are Born by Susana Santos Silva

Susana Santos Silva – From the Ground Birds Are Born (Superpang; 2021)

Benjamin Britten – Sinfonia da Requiem – City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (Deutsche Grammophon; 2020)

Olga Neuwirth – Solo – Klangforum Wien (Kairos; 2021)

CoronAtion I: io son ferito ahimè; Weariness heals wounds I; Torsion; Magic flu-idity; Fumbling and Tumbling; Incidendo/Fluido

Rebecca Saunders – Solo – Klangforum Wien (Kairos; 2021)

Shadow; Dust; Solitude; Flesh; Hauch; to an utterance – study

Various artists – Down in Jamaica – 40 Years of VP Records (17 North Parade; 2019)

Alban Berg – Violin Concerto; Seven Early Songs; Three Pieces for Orchestra – Gil Shaham, Susanna Phillips, San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS Media; 2021)

OMA(H)A by Oestreicher, Morrow, Avery, & Albert

Oestreicher, Morrow, Avery & Albert – OMA(H)A (Breakfast for Dinner; due April 2, 2021)

Glass Triangle by Zeena Parkins, Mette Rasmussen, Ryan Sawyer

Zeena Parkins, Mette Rasmussen, Ryan Sawyer – Glass Triangle (Relative Pitch; 2021)

Weird Undying Annihilation by Haptic

Haptic – Weird Undying Annihilation (Notice Recordings; due March 19, 2021)

First Snow by Max Hamel

Max Hamel – First Snow (Notice Recordings; due March 19, 2021)

Butterfly Knife by Charmaine Lee and Zach Rowden

Charmaine Lee and Zach Rowden – Butterfly Knife (Notice Recordings; due March 19, 2021)

Solum by Fraufraulein

Fraufraulein – Solum (Notice Recordings; due March 19, 2021)