Playlist (Priceless as a brass ring).

Playlist 2022-01-24

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

George LewisMinds in Flux – BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (ROIO; 2021)

Alvin SingletonAfter Fallen Crumbs; Shadows; A Yellow Rose Petal – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Louis Lane, Robert Shaw (Nonesuch/First Edition; 1989/2007)

Philip Glass – Symphony No. 11 – Bruckner Orchester Linz/Dennis Russell Davies (Orange Mountain Music; 2018)

Carl Philipp Emanuel BachSonatas & Rondos – Marc-André Hamelin (Hyperion; 2022)

Andrew Cyrille, William Parker and Enrico Rava2 Blues for Cecil (TUM; 2022)

Cecil TaylorThe Complete Legendary Live Return Concert (Oblivion; 1973/2022)

Richard WagnerTristan und Isolde – Martha Mödl, Ramon Vinay, Josef Greindl, Gustav Neidlinger, Ira Malaniuk, Hague Chamber Chorus, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Ferdinand Leitner (Walhall; 1959/2021)

Masumi RostadMasumi Rostad – compositions by Max Reger, Stephen Taylor, Igor Stravinsky, Earl Maneein, Henri Vieuxtemps, Johann Sebastian Bach–Zoltán Kodály, Elliott Carter, Caroline Shaw, Stefan Wolpe, and Nico Muhly (self-released; 2021)

Unsuk Chin – Violin Concerto No. 2 ("Scherben der Stille"); Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 7 in C; Béla Bartók – Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin; Antonín DvořákSlavonic Dances, Op. 72, No. 7 – Leonidas Kavakos, London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle (Medici.tv; 2022)

Arch EnemyCovered in Blood (Century Media; 2019)

Tangerine DreamSanta Monica 1977 (Tangerine Tree, Vol. 66) (ROIO; 1977)

Geri Allen/Charlie Haden/Paul MotianLive at the Village Vanguard: Unissued Tracks, December 21 & 22, 1990 (Somethin' Cool/Diskunion; 2022)

Simone DinnersteinUndersong – compositions by François Couperin, Robert Schumann, Eric Satie, and Philip Glass (Orange Mountain Music; 2022)

American Music ClubMercury (Reprise; 1993)

Arch EnemyAs the Stages Burn! (Live at Wacken 2016) (Century Media; 2016)

Julia PerryA Short Piece for Orchestra; John Adams – Violin Concerto; Charles Ives – Symphony No. 2 – Leila Josefowicz, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki (Medici.tv; 2022)

Béla BartókThe Wooden Prince; Concert Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin – Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki (Bis; 2019)

Béla BartókBluebeard's Castle – Mika Kares, Szilvia Vörös, Géza Szilvay, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki (Bis; 2021)

Béla BartókMusic for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Concerto for Orchestra – Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki (Bis; 2021)

Dieter AmmannThe Piano Concerto (Gran Toccata); Maurice Ravel – Concerto for the Left Hand; Béla Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 3 in E – Andreas Haefliger, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki (Bis; 2020)

George WalkerFive Piano Sonatas – Steven Beck (Bridge; 2022)

Sam Gendel & Josiah SteinbrickMouthfeel/Serene (Fresh Bread; 2021)

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