
A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, May 11–17, 2026.
Phish – New Year’s Eve 1995: Live at Madison Square Garden (JEMP; 2005)
Yvonne Rogers – The Button Jar (Pyroclastic; 2026)
King Crimson – Colonial Theatre, Boston, MA, Sept. 15, 2014 (Nugs.net; 2025)
King Crimson – University, Liverpool, UK, May 8, 1981 (Nugs.net; 2026)
isadora yara – My Body Is a River (self-released; 2025)
Zoë Keating – The Edge of All We Know (Original Soundtrack) (020202 Music; 2026)
Floating Cave – Continuum I (self-released; 2023)
Safie Flato – Microtonal Guitar (2026 Remaster) (Tape Drift; 2026, originally released 2021)
Aliya Ultan – Looks Far Woman (Kou; due June 26, 2026)
Taiga Ultan – Shade Zero (Kou; due June 26, 2026)
Bhob Rainey & Ralf Wehowsky – I don’t think I can see you tonight (Sedimental; 2007)
Grateful Dead – Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 7/15/1988 (Play Dead/Nugs.net; 2026)
John Zorn – Alea lacta Est (Tzadik; 2026)
Phish – LivePhish 04: 6.14.00 Drum Logos, Fukuoka, Japan (Elektra; 2001)
Various composers – Rachel Baptist: Ireland’s Black Syren – Rachel Redmond, Irish Baroque Orchestra/Peter Whelan (Linn; 2024)
▸ Compositions by George Frideric Handel, Niccolò Pasquali, Francesco Geminiani, and Henry Purcell
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 in C minor – WDR Symphony Orchestra/Semyon Bychkov (ARD Klassik/YouTube; 2020, recorded 1999)
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 7 in E – WDR Symphony Orchestra/Marie Jacquet (ARD Klassik/YouTube; 2026, recorded 2025)
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 in E-flat (“Romantic”) – WDR Symphony Orchestra/Marek Janowski (ARD Klassik/YouTube; 2022, recorded 2021)
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No .2 in C minor – SWR Symphonieorchester/Jonathan Nott (ARD Klassik/YouTube; 2025, recorded 2021)
Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini – Haydn 2032, Vol. 19: Trauer (Alpha; 2026)
▸ Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphonies Nos. 44, 52 & 108; Arvo Pärt – Da pacem Domine; Samuel Scheidt – Ludi musici I: No. 5, Paduan a 4
Bruce Soord – Ghosts in the Park (Kscope; 2026)
Peter Gabriel – Live at WOMAD 1982 (Real World; 2026)
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 5 in B-flat – SWR Symphonieorchester/John Storgårds (ARD Klassik/YouTube; 2022, recorded 2021)
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 6 in A – SWR Symphonieorchester/Pablo Heras-Casado (ARD Klassik/YouTube; 2025, recorded 2024)
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 7 in E – NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra/Christoph Eschenbach (ARD Klassik/YouTube; 2025)
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 in C minor – WDR Symphony Orchestra/Philippe Jordan (ARD Klassik/YouTube; 2025, recorded 2024)
Suzanne Ciani – CIANI/ORKEST – Metropole Orkest/Simon Dobson (AKP Recordings; due June 4, 2026)
Robert Fripp 80th Birthday Marathon:
King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King (Atlantic/DGM; 1969)
King Crimson – In the Wake of Poseidon (Atlantic/DGM; 1970)
King Crimson – Lizard (Atlantic/DGM; 1970)
King Crimson – Islands (Atlantic/DGM; 1971)
King Crimson – Larks’ Tongues in Aspic (Atlantic/DGM; 1973)
King Crimson – Starless and Bible Black (Atlantic/DGM; 1974)
King Crimson – Red (Atlantic/DGM; 1974)
Robert Fripp – Exposure (Polydor/DGM; 1979/2022)
Robert Fripp – God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners (Polydor; 1980)
Robert Fripp – The League of Gentlemen (Polydor; 1981)
King Crimson – Discipline (Warner Bros./DGM; 1981)
King Crimson – Beat (Warner Bros./DGM; 1982)
King Crimson – Three of a Perfect Pair (Warner Bros./DGM; 1984)
King Crimson – THRAK (Virgin/DGM; 1995)
King Crimson – The ConstruKction of Light (Virgin/DGM; 2000)
King Crimson – The Power to Believe (Sanctuary/DGM; 2003)
Jakszyk, Fripp & Collins – A Scarcity of Miracles (Discipline Global Mobile; 2011)
Phish – Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, Apr. 3, 1998 (LivePhish; 1998)
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 9 in D minor (completed by Gerd Schaller) – Philharmonie Festiva/Gerd Schaller (ARD Klassik/YouTube; 2025, recorded 2024)
Title key: King Crimson – “Exiles”
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