A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Dec. 1–7, 2025.

Various artists – KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) (Netflix/Republic; 2025)

Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor; Karol Szymanowski – String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 – Belcea Quartet (Alpha; 2025)

Ensemble Pamplemousse – Brightness Drifts (self-released; 2025)

▸ Natacha Diels – What do you want to see today?; Andrew Greenwald – Facets; David Broome – Luminosity II (from the Herzsprung-Russell Project); Bryan Jacobs – Envelope En En

The NYChillharmonic – “Longer” (self-released; 2025)

Various artists – harkening critters (forms of minutiae; 2024)

Suzanne Vega – Flying with Angels (Cooking Vinyl; 2025)

Philip Glass/Robert Wilson – Einstein on the Beach – Suzanne Vega, Collegium Vocale Gent, Ictus/Tom De Cock (vlek; 2025)

Squeaky Feet – Zoo Bar, Lincoln, NE, Nov. 22, 2025 (Nugs.net; 2025)

Dizgo – Madison Theater, Covington, KY, Nov. 22, 2025 (Nugs.net; 2025)

Taylor Ho Bynum – Life (Live at Firehouse 12) (SG3 Records; 2025)

Robert Rich & Markus Reuter – Incubation (Soundscape; 2025)

Yellow Moon Temple – Splendor (Harmonic Ooze; 2025)

Porcupine Tree – The Sky Moves Sideways (Delerium/Kscope; 1995/2015)

Pat Metheny – Secret Story (Geffen; 1992)

Tenor Jay – [sound/field] (self-released; 2025)

Suzanne Vega – Suzanne Vega (A&M; 1985)

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

Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) (Kscope; 2013)

NOMON – Echoes of Breakage (Otherly Love; 2025)

Tangerine Dream – Turin 2024 Session (Eastgate; 2025)

Macie Stewart – The World Doubles in Size (self-released; 2025)

Roboquarians – Secular Fusionism (Chunky Homestyle Audio; 2025)

Derek Bailey & Tony Bevan – River Monsters (scatterArchive; due Dec. 25, 2025)

Van Halen – Fair Warning (Warner Bros.; 1981)

Marcus Gilmore – Journey to the New: Live at the Village Vanguard (self-released; 2025)

Richard Wagner – Das Rheingold – Hans Hotter, Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde, Ira Malaniuk, Gerhard Stolze, Bruni Falcon, Erich Witte, Maria von Ilosvay, Gustav Neidlinger, Erika Zimmermann, Paul Kuën, Hetty Plümacher, Ludwig Weber, Gisela Litz, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele/Clemens Krauss (NAR Classical; 1993, recorded 1953)

Richard Wagner – Die Walküre – Ramon Vinay, Bruni Falcon, Josef Greindl, Lise Sorrell, Hans Hotter, Regina Resnik, Lieselotte Thomanmüller, Astrid Varnay, Ira Malaniuk, Sibylla Plate, Gisela Litz, Brünnhilde Friedland, Erika Schubert, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele/Clemens Krauss (NAR Classical; 1993, recorded 1953)

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[Title key: Steven Wilson, “Drive Home”]