Night After Night: Playlist (I Found That Essence Rare).

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.
Published on National Sawdust Log.

Georg Friedrich Haas - Konzert für Klangwerk und Orchester - Christoph Sietzen, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/Ilan Volkov (Live New Music Channel/YouTube; 2019)

<a href="http://firehouse12records.com/album/9-compositions-iridium-2006">9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 by Anthony Braxton</a>

Anthony Braxton - Composition No. 358, from 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (Firehouse 12; 2007)

<a href="http://newbraxtonhouse.bandcamp.com/album/10-1tet-knoxville-2016">10+1tet (Knoxville) 2016 by Anthony Braxton</a>

Anthony Braxton - 10+1tet (Knoxville) 2016 (New Braxton House; 2016)

<a href="http://newbraxtonhouse.bandcamp.com/album/trio-knoxville-2016">Trio (Knoxville) 2016 by Anthony Braxton</a>

Anthony Braxton - Trio (Knoxville) 2016 (New Braxton House; 2016)

Webber/Morris Big Band - Both Are True (Greenleaf Music; due April 3, 2020)

Matthew Shipp - The Piano Equation (Tao Forms; due May 1, 2020. More information here.)

<a href="http://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/jennifer-curtis-tyshawn-sorey-invisible-ritual">Jennifer Curtis & Tyshawn Sorey: Invisible Ritual by Jennifer Curtis, Tyshawn Sorey</a>

Jennifer Curtis & Tyshawn Sorey - Invisible Ritual (New Focus; 2020)

Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons - Boston Symphony Commissions (Naxos; 2019)
> Eric Nathan - The Space of a Door; George Tsontakis - Sonnets - Robert Sheena; Timo Andres - Everything Happens So Much; Sean Shepherd - Express Abstractionism

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique - Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Jader Bignamini (Detroit Symphony Orchestra/YouTube; 2020)

Christopher Cerrone - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra ("Breaks and Breaks") - Jennifer Koh, Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Peter Oundjian (Detroit Symphony Orchestra/YouTube; 2018)

Andrew Norman - Sustain - Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel (Deutsche Grammophon; 2019)

Matthew Shipp String Trio - Symbolic Reality (Rogue Art; 2020. Audio sample here.)

<a href="http://petergabriel.bandcamp.com/album/peter-gabriel-1-car">Peter Gabriel 1 (Car) by Peter Gabriel</a>

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Charisma; 1977)

Brett Dean - Composer and Performer - Sydney Symphony/Simone Young, Hugh Wolff (Bis; 2008. Audio samples here.)
> Viola Concerto; Twelve Angry Men; Intimate Decisions; Komarov's Fall

<a href="http://thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/body">Body by The Necks</a>

The Necks - Body (Northern Spy; 2018)

The Necks - Three (Northern Spy; due March 27, 2020. More information here.)

<a href="http://sirrichardbishop.bandcamp.com/album/oneiric-formulary">Oneiric Formulary by Sir Richard Bishop</a>

Sir Richard Bishop - Oneiric Formulary (Drag City; due April 17, 2020)

<a href="http://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/douglas-boyce-some-consequences-of-four-incapacities">Douglas Boyce: Some Consequences of Four Incapacities by Douglas Boyce</a>

Douglas Boyce - Some Consequences of Four Incapacities (New Focus; 2018)
> 102nd & Amsterdam - Aeolus Quartet; Piano Quartet No. 1 - counter)induction; Fortuitous Variations - Trio Cavatina

<a href="http://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/ryan-streber-concentric">Ryan Streber: Concentric by Ryan Streber, counter(induction, Line C3, Daniel Lippel, Nadia Sirota, Clarice Jensen, Alex Sopp</a>

Ryan Streber - Concentric (New Focus; 2014)
> String Quartet - counter)induction; Cold Pastoral - Line C3 Percussion Quartet; Shadow Etudes - counter)induction; Descent - Daniel Lippel; Compassinges - Sam Solomon, Kristi Errera-Solomon, David Fulmer, Keats Dieffenbach, Nadia Sirota, Clarice Jensen; Trio for Flute, Viola, and Cello - Alex Sopp, Nadia Sirota, Clarice Jensen

<a href="http://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/daniel-lippel-mirrored-spaces">Daniel Lippel: Mirrored Spaces by Daniel Lippel</a>

Daniel Lippel - Mirrored Spaces (New Focus; 2019)
> compositions by Karin Wetzel, Kyle Bartlett, Orianna Webb, Daniel Lippel, Ryan Streber, Dalia Raudonikytė With, John Link, Sergio Kafejian, Sidney Corbett, Douglas Boyce, Ethan Wickman, and Christopher Bailey

<a href="http://jessicameyer.bandcamp.com/album/ring-out">Ring Out by Jessica Meyer</a>

Jessica Meyer - Ring Out - Miranda Cuckson, Jessica Meyer, Caleb van der Swaagh, Andrew Yee, Nicholas Tamagna, Adam Marks, Roomful of Teeth (Bright Shiny Things; 2019)
> But Not Until; I Only Speak of the Sun; Released; Seasons of Basho; Only a Beginning; Ring Out, Wild Bell

<a href="http://tilmanrobinson.bandcamp.com/album/deer-heart">Deer Heart by Tilman Robinson</a>

Tilman Robinson - Deer Heart (Hobbledehoy Record Co; 2016)

Dead & Company - Ruoff Home Mortgage Center, Noblesville, IN 6/6/18 (Los Muertos/Rhino; 2019)

<a href="http://featheredcoyoterecords.bandcamp.com/album/dig-where-you-stand">Dig Where You Stand by Dire Wolves</a>

Dire Wolves - Dig Where You Stand (Feathered Coyote; 2019)

Evan Johnson - Forms of Complaint (Kairos; due March 6, 2020)
> hyphen - Peter Neville; Apostrophe 1 (All communication is a form of complaint) - ELISION; clutch - Graeme Jennings; Colophons ("That other that ich not whenne"), reflecting pool / monument - Mieko Kanno, EXAUDI/James Weeks; Positioning in Radiography - Mabel Kwan

<a href="http://ahills.bandcamp.com/album/outsidein">OutsideIn by Alex Hills</a>

Alex Hills - OutsideIn (Carrier; 2020)
> OutsideIn - Aisha Orazbayeva, 12 Ensemble/James Weeks; Flatland - EXAUDI/James Weeks; Short Long Shrink Stretch - Jacob Brown, 4|12 Collective/Adam Hickox

Philip Glass - Two Pages; Contrary Motion; Music in Fifths; Music in Similar Motion - Philip Glass Ensemble (Orange Mountain Music; 2013. Audio samples here.)