A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.
Published on National Sawdust Log.
David Grubbs & Taku Unami - Comet Meta (Drag City; due May 29, 2020)
Ellen Fullman - In the Sea (self-released/Superior Viaduct; 1987/2020)
Rachel Beetz - Script - Rescript (Populist; 2020)
> Rachel Beetz - Script - Rescript; Nicholas Deyoe - NCTRN3; Edward Hamel - Pull the Name from My Tongue; Brian Griffeath-Loeb - Echoes of Cassandra; Yiheng Yvonne Wu - Relay/Replay
Cenk Ergün - Sonare & Celare - JACK Quartet (New Focus; 2020)
Liquid Transmitter - Meander (Infrequency Editions; 2020)
John McCowan - Solo Contra (International Anthem; 2017)
Jon Gibson - Songs & Melodies, 1973-1977 (Superior Viaduct; 2020)
Richard Strauss - Don Juan; Dai Fujikura - Impulse (Piano Concerto No. 3); Richard Strauss - Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra in D; Richard Strauss - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche - Yu Kosuge, Alexei Ogrntchouk, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Jonathan Nott (Audio livestream; 2020. Archived here.)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (arr. Myra Hess); Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor (arr. Wilfried Fischer); Chorale Prelude Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (arr. Ferruccio Busoni); Cantata Ich habe genug - Simone Dinnerstein, Kady Evanyshyn, Alecia Lawyer, Rebecca Fischer, Baroklyn (Video livestream; 2020. Not archived; program information here.)
Charles Wuorinen - Eighth Symphony ("Theologoumena"); Fourth Piano Concerto - Peter Serkin, Boston Symphony Orchestra/James Levine (Bridge; 2016. Audio samples here.)
Charles Wuorinen - Symphony No. 3 - Japan Philharmonic Orchestra/Akeo Watanabe (CRI; 1962. Audio samples here.)
Arnold Schoenberg - Trio for Strings; Alexandra du Bois - Heron. Rain. Blossom.; Tristan Murail - Paludes; Ben Johnston - String Quartet No. 4 (“Amazing Grace”) - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (Video livestream; 2020. Archived here.)
Charles Wuorinen - Symphony Seven - unidentified orchestra and conductor (composer's website; 1997. Available for streaming here.)
Charles Wuorinen - Piano Concerto No. 3 - Garrick Ohlsson, San Francisco Symphony/Herbert Blomstedt (Elektra Nonesuch/Tzadik; 1990/2005. Audio samples here.)
Charles Wuorinen - Piano Concerto - Charles Wuorinen, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/James Dixon (CRI; 1968)
Ben Hackbarth - Lockstep Variations; Clara Iannotta - Limun; Brian Ferneyhough - Liber Scintilarrum; Brigitta Muntendorf - shivers on speed; Gérard Grisey - Talea - Riot Ensemble/Aaron Holloway-Nahum (Video livestream; 2020. Not archived; program information here.)
Charles Wuorinen - Percussion Symphony - New Jersey Percussion Ensemble/Raymond DesRoches (Nonesuch; 1978)
Elliott Sharp - The Velocity of Hue (Emanem/Zoar; 2003/2017)
Johann Sebastian Bach - St. John Passion - James Gilchrist, Hana Blažiková, Damien Guillon, Zachary Wilder, Christian Immler, Yusuke Watanabe, Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (Video livestream; 2020. Archived here.)
Ernst von Dohnányi - Serenade; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence; Béla Bartók - Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (Video livestream; 2020. Archived here.)
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