Music of the spheres.

CD review: Gustav Holst - The Planets
(with Colin Matthews - Pluto, the Renewer; Kaija Saariaho - Asteroid 4179: Toutatis; Matthias Pintscher - towards Osiris; Mark-Anthony Turnage - Ceres; Brett Dean - Komarov's Fall)
Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Simon Rattle
EMI Classics 69690; CD
The New York Times, November 12, 2006
(ArkivMusic, Barnes & Noble)

Playlist:

Ellery Eskelin - Quiet Music (Prime Source)

Richard Strauss - Don Juan; Death and Transfiguration; Salome: "Dance of the Seven Veils"; Der Rosenkavalier: Suite - New York Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel (Deutsche Grammophon)

Leoš Janáček - Kát'a Kabanová - Elisabeth Söderström, Naděžda Kniplová, Peter Dvorský, Vienna State Opera Choir, Vienna Philharmonic/Charles Mackerras (Decca)

George Frideric Handel - Opera Seria - Sandrine Piau, Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (Naïve)

George Frideric Handel - La Maga Abbandonata - Simone Kermes, Maite Beaumont, Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Complete Works for Cello and Piano - Pierre Fournier and Friedrich Gulda (Deutsche Grammophon)

eighth blackbird - Strange Imaginary Animals (Cedille)

Bill Frisell - Unspeakable (Nonesuch)

Various Artists - American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986 (Rhino)

Grateful Dead - Soldier Field, Chicago, IL, July 9, 1995 (MP3 stream via Archive.org)

Phil Kline - Unsilent Night and Zippo Songs (Cantaloupe)

Blind Willie Johnson - "John the Revelator" from Dark Was the Night (Sony Legacy)

The One AM Radio - "Lest I Forget" from This Too Will Pass (Dangerbird, due Jan. 30, via MySpace)

Stephen Sondheim - Company - Original Cast Recording (Columbia)

Nikolai Miaskovsky - Symphonies Nos. 6 & 10 - Ural Philharmonic Orchestra/Dmitri Liss (Warner Classics)

Riccardo Zandonai - Francesca da Rimini - Raina Kabaivanska, Plácido Domingo, Matteo Manguerra, Opera Orchestra of New York/Eve Queler (Opera d'Oro)

Philip Glass - Music in 12 Parts - Philip Glass Ensemble (Nonesuch)

Comments

[mwanji]

Hey Steve,

Isn't "Quiet Music" amazing?

[Steve Smith]

You said it, Mwanji. That band can pretty much do no wrong, as far as I'm concerned. There are a few things on the new set that that I didn't immediately connect with, but it's proving worthwhile to take some time and let it all sink in. And I'm continually surprised and impressed by the restless spirit of Eskelin and his band, still taking risks and exploring new territories after more than a decade together.