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

Jennifer Higdon – Duo Duel; Concerto for Orchestra (Matthew Strauss, Svet Stoyanov, Houston Symphony/Robert Spano (Naxos; 2023)

Jimmy López Bellido – Aurora; Symphony No. 2 ("Ad Astra") – Leticia Moreno, Houston Symphony/Andrés Orozco-Estrada (Pentatone; 2022)

Franz Joseph Haydn – The Creation – Nicole Heaston, Toby Spence, Peter Rose, Houston Symphony Chorus, Houston Symphony/Andrés Orozco-Estrada (Pentatone; 2018)

Gustav Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Jane Henschel, Gregory Kunde, Houston Symphony/Hans Graf (Naxos; 2011)

Igor Stravinsky – Le baiser de la fée; Béla Bartók – The Wooden Prince – Houston Symphony/Hans Graf (Koch International Classics; 2007)

Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 6 in A – Houston Symphony/Christoph Eschenbach (Koch International Classics; 1996)

Christopher Rouse – Symphony No. 2; Flute Concerto; Phaeton – Aralee Dorough, Houston Symphony/Christoph Eschenbach (Telarc; 1997)

Tobias Picker – Old and Lost Rivers; The Encantadas; Romances and Interludes; Old and Lost Rivers (piano version) – John Gielgud, Robert Atherholt, Houston Symphony/Christoph Eschenbach (Virgin Classics; 1991)

Tobias Picker – Symphony No. 2 ("Aussöhnung") – Leona Mitchell, Houston Symphony/Sergiu Comissiona; String Quartet No. 1 ("New Memories") – Mendelssohn String Quartet (Elektra Nonesuch/First Edition; 1990/2004)

Maurice Ravel – Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 2; La valse; Pavane pour une infante défunte – Houston Symphony/Sergiu Comissiona (Vanguard; 1983)

Richard Wagner – Die Walküre: "Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music"; Frédéric Chopin – Mazurka in A minor (Op. 17, No. 4, orch. Stokowski); Prelude in D minor (Op. 28, No. 24, orch. Stokowski); Waltz in C-sharp minor (Op. 64, No. 2, orch. Stokowski); Thomas Canning – Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan – Houston Symphony/Leopold Stokowski (Everest; 1960)

Reinhold Glière – Symphony No. 3 in B minor ("Ilya Muromets," arr. Stokowski) – Houston Symphony/Leopold Stokowski (Capitol; 1957)

Georges Auric – Suite from Les Matelots; Erik Satie – Parade – Houston Symphony/Efrem Kurtz (Columbia Masterworks; 1950)

Byron Metcalf & Mark Seelig – Kali Raga (Projekt; 2024)

Steve Roach, Byron Metcalf & Mark Seelig – Mantram (Projekt; 2004)

Steve Roach & Byron Metcalf – The Serpent's Lair (Projekt; 2000)

Bára Gísladóttir – VÍDDIR – Björg Brjánsdóttir, Berglind María Tómasdóttir, Dagný Marinósdóttir, Þuríður Jónsdóttir, Pamela De Sensi, Steinunn Vala Pálsdóttir, Áshildur Haraldsdóttir, Kristín Ýr Jónsdóttir, Sólveig Magnúsdóttir, Frank Aarnink, Kjartan Guðnason, Matthias Engler, Skúli Sverrisson, Bára Gísladóttir (Da Capo; 2022)

John Zorn – The Hermetic Organ, Vol. 11 – For Terry Riley (Tzadik; 2024)

Michael Vincent Waller/various artists – Moments Remixes (play loud! productions; due March 15, 2024)

Rebeka Rusjan Zajc – Prelude (Clean Feed; 2024)

Sunny Five (Tim Berne, Marc Ducret, David Torn, Devin Hoff, Ches Smith) – Candid (Intakt; 2024)

Mendoza Hoff Revels – Echolocation (AUM Fidelity; 2023)

Arvo Pärt – Passio – The Hilliard Ensemble (ECM New Series; 1988)

Arvo Pärt – Tractus – Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra/Tõnu Kaljuste (ECM New Series; 2023)

Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1887 version) – Bruckner Orchester Linz/Markus Poschner (Capriccio; 2023)

Richard Strauss – Four Last Songs – Asmik Grigorian, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Mikko Franck, Markus Hinterhäuser (Alpha; due Feb. 23, 2024)

George Frideric Handel – Theodora – Louise Alder, Tim Mead, Anna Stéphany, Stuart Jackson, Adam Plachetka, Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (Alpha; due Feb. 23, 2024)

Steve Roach – Patron Exclusive 2023 (Steve Roach Exclusive; 2024)