Playlist (Peering out into the light).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Nov. 17–23, 2025.

Bob Dylan – Building Society Arena, Coventry, England, Nov. 13, 2025 (ROIO; 2025)

George Tsontakis – Heartsounds; Meditations at Perigree; Sarabesque – Da Camera of Houston (Koch International Classics; 2004)

Charles Wuorinen – Ashberyana; Fenton Songs I; Fenton Songs II; Josquiniana – Sarah Rothenberg, Lucy Shelton, Leon Williams, James Pugh, Alan Feinberg, Brentano String Quartet, Da Camera of Houston (Naxos; 2008)

Kaija Saariaho – Let the Wind Speak – Camilla Hoitenga, Anssi Karttunen, Daniel Belcher, Héloïse Dautry, Da Camera of Houston (Ondine; 2015)

Dizgo – Brooklyn Monarch, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 24, 2025 (self-released; 2025)

Yes – GSR’s Grand Theater, Reno, NV, Nov. 16, 2025 (ROIO; 2025)

Squeaky Feet – The Brooklyn Monarch, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 24, 2025 (self-released; 2025)

Scott Ordway – Nineteen Movements for Unaccompanied Cello – Arlen Hlusko (Acis; 2021)

Scott Ordway – The Clearing and the Forest – SOLI Chamber Ensemble (Acis; 2022)

Scott Ordway – North Woods – Lorelei Ensemble/Beth Willer (New Focus; 2025)

Douglas Farrand – a harmony of many ears following the line, close to the ground or from a distance, barely hearing a vigorous buffeting of grasses and the laying of petals, one at a time, in the midst of it all – LCollective (Sawyer Spaces; 2025)

claire rousay – a little death (Thrill Jockey; 2025)

Alessandro Rovegno – A Generational Monsoon (Sawyer Spaces; 2025)

claire rousay – sentiment (Thrill Jockey; 2024)

Leo Okagawa – A Sound Travelogue: Greece (Sawyer Spaces; 2025)

claire rousay/Patrick Shiroishi – Now Am Found (Mended Dreams; 2021)

Paul Cornish – You’re Exaggerating! (Blue Note; 2025)

Squeaky Feet – Overview Effect (self-released; 2025)

Charles Tyler Ensemble – Voyage from Jericho (AK-BA/Fredericksburg; 1975/due Jan. 23, 2026)

Leonkoro Quartet – Out of Vienna (Alpha; due Jan. 30, 2026)

▸ Alban Berg – Lyric Suite; Erwin Schulhoff – Five Pieces for String Quartet; Anton Webern – Five Movements for String Quartet (Op. 5); Langsamer Satz

Philip Glass – Songs from Liquid Days (CBS; 1986)

Max Richter – Hamnet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Decca; 2025)

Russell Platt – Mountain Interval: Songs and Chamber Music of Russell Platt (Bridge; 2025)

▸ After Apple-Picking; Paul Muldoon Songs; Sonnet – Paul Appleby, Myra Huang; Sunday Variations – Peter Kolkay; Madrigal – DuoKrom; Memoir – Molly Barth, Amy Dorfman; Mountain Interval – Borromeo String Quartet

Ludwig van Beethoven – The Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 – Ariel Quartet (Orchid Classics; 2025)

Phish – The Marquee, New York, NY, Dec. 28, 1990 (LivePhish; 2025)

claire rousay – a softer focus (American Dreams; 2021)

claire rousay – it was always worth it/ilysm (American Dreams; 2021, originally released by Longform Editions and Otoroku)

Syo Yoshihama – untitled (in the garden) (Sawyer Spaces; 2025)

Izabela Dłużyk – Journey Home (Sawyer Spaces; 2025)

Steve Roach – Timelines (Steve Roach Exclusive; 2025)

IQ – CK Wiatrak, Zabrze, Poland, Oct. 3, 2025 (ROIO; 2025)

IQ – CK Wiatrak, Zabrze, Poland, Oct. 4, 2025 (ROIO; 2025)


[Title key: Squeaky Feet, “Overview Effect”]

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