A selection of music I listen to…
Contemporary I (contemporary classical)
- Arvo Part: (anything) Te Deum, Passio, Arbos, Miserere, Creator Spiritus, Tintinnabuli, Alina, Orient & Occident (ECM recordings) ***
- Meredith Monk: (anything) Facing North, Book of Days, Mercy, Do You Be, Turtle Dreams, Dolmen Music ***
- Philip Glass: (most) Akhnaten, Satyagraha, Symphony no. 2, Glassworks, Dracula ***
- Steve Reich: Different Trains, Music for 18 Musicians ***
- John Adams: Shaker Loops (Nagano / Kremer) ***
- Stephan Micus: Athos
Contemporary II
- Sting: (anything) Nothing Like the Sun, Ten Summoner’s Tales, Mercury Falling, Brand New Day ***
- Kate Bush: (most) Aerial, Hounds of Love, This Sensual World, 50 Words for Snow ***
- Laurie Anderson: (most) Big Science, Home of the Brave ***
- Peter Gabriel: Passion – Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (+ sources) ***
- Simon & Garfunkel: Old Friends (box set) ***
Contemporary III (Norwegian)
- Stereolab: (anything) Dots & Loops, Cobra & Phases, Sound Dust, Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Margerine Eclipse ***
- Jaga Jazzist: Starfire, Magazine, Stix, What We Must ***
- Kings of Convenience: Riot on an Empty Street, Quiet is the New Loud
- Royksopp: Melody AM, The Understanding
- Hanne Hukkelberg: Rykestrasse 68
Contemporary IV (lounge, funk, jazz, electro-swing)
- Caravan Palace: <|°_°|> (Robot Face)
- Parov Stelar
- St. Germain: Tourist
- Gabin: Gabin
- Ben Charest: The Triplets of Belleville
- Ultra Lounge: Coctail Capers
- Bitter:Sweet: Drama, The Mating Game
- Funk Box [Box Set]
- Parliament + Funkadelic
- Nancy Sinatra
- Django Reinhardt: Djangologie, All Stars Sessions
- Sweet & Lowdown (soundtrack)
- Benabar: Risques du Metier
- Putomayo: Brazilian Lounge, Italian Cafe, Nuevo Lationo, Music from the Wine Lands, Samba Bossa Nova, Paris.
- Paris Combo: Attraction.
Contemporary V (soundtracks)
- Hans Zimmer: Interstellar ***
New Ageish & Ambient
- Carlos Nakai: (most) Carry the Gift, Island of Bows, Earth Spirit, Journeys, Feathers Stone & Light, Canyon Trilogy, Sanctuary ***
- William Eaton: Where Rivers Meet **
- Sacred Spirit: Chants and Dances of the Native Americans
- Music from the World of Osho: This!, Shadow of the Pines **
- Andreas Vollenweider: Behind the Gardens, Caverna Magica, White Winds **
- The Harmonic Choir: Hearing Solar Winds ***
- Bruno Coulais: Himalaya ***
- Naaz Hosseini: Soundpath
- Voice of Earth (NASA recordings)
- Jean Michel Jarre: Oxygene, Equinoxe, Zoolook, Magnetic Fields, Rendez-Vous ***
- Brian Eno: Apollo – Atmospheres & Soundtracks, Small Craft on a Milk Sea **
- Vangelis: Albedo 0.39, Themes, See You Later, Blade Runner, L’Apocalypse Des Animaux ***
- Yello: Toy, Stella, Solid Pleasure
- Boris Blank: Electrified
International: Middle-East
- Axiom of Choice: (anything) Niya Yesh, Unfolding ***
- Azam Ali: Portals of Grace ***
- Niyaz ***
- Seiur Marie Keyrouz: Chant Byzantin, Canticles de L’Orient ***
- Fairuz: Good Friday Eastern Sacred Song ***
- Najima: Pukar
- Masters of Persian Music: Without You, Faryad ***
- Ofra Haza: Fifty Gates of Wisdom
International: Africa
- Youssou N’dour: (most) Eyes Open, The Guide, Set, Egypt, Nothing’s in Vain ***
- Egypte: Les Musiciens Du Nil ***
- Ayub Ogada: En Mana Kuoyo ***
- Hamza El Din: Eclipse, Escalay **
- Oumou Sangare: Moussolou **
- Salif Keita
- Samite
- Natacha Atlas: Ayeshten
International: Europe
- Mari Boine: Eight Seasons, Goaskinviellja / Ørnebror, Leahkastin ***
- Agnes Buen Garnås: Han red den mørke natt, Rosensfole (exceptional album with Jan Garbarek) ***
- Anne Vada & Aki Fukakusa: Solrenning ***
- Sinikka: Strengen var av røde guld
- Kalenda Maya
- Bulgarian Women’s Choir: (anything) Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Ritual, Bulgarian Custom Songs ***
- Maria Salgado: Siete Modos De Guisar Las Berenjenas **
- Gaelic Voices (compilation) **
- Altan: (anything) Harvest Storm, Horse With a Heart, The Red Crow **
- Kila: (anything) Tog e go bog e, Ganbler’s Ballet, Luna Park, Suas Sios, Lemonade & Buns ***
- Milladorio: Agua de Maio ***
- Patric Ball: Celtic Harp ***
International: Americas
- Bela Fleck: The Bluegrass Sessions, Tales from the Acoustic Planet ***
- Bill Monroe
- Flatt & Scruggs
- Newgrass Revival
- Sam Bush
- El Cruzao
- Soledad Bravo: Volando Voy
International: Asia
- Huun Huur-Tu: (anything) If I’d Been Born an Eagle, Where Young Grass Grows ***
- Angelite & Huun HuurTu: Fly Away My Sadness ***
- Tuva, Among the Spirits ***
- Shakuhachi – The Japanese Flute ***
- Tadashi Tajima: Shingetsu ***
- Flute & Koto du Japon ***
- Ravi Shankar ***
- Hariprasad Chaurasia: Chaurasia’s Choice, Rag Lalit, Rag Bhimpalasi
European Classical
- Bach: Morimur (ECM label), Die Kunst Der Fuge (Keller Quartett), Orgelwerke (Ton Coopman), Sonatas for Viola da Gamba (Jordi Savall) ***
- Rachmaninov: Vespers (Paul Hillier) ***
- Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli, Missa Aeterna Christi Munea, Stabat Mater (Naxos label) ***
- Victoria: Missa O Magnum Mysterium, Missa O Quam Gloriosum (Naxos label), Cantis Canticorum (Hilliard Ensamble), Victoria Masses (Oxford Camerata) ***
- Allegri: Miserere (Tallis Scholars) ***
- Masterpieces of Mexican Polyphony ***
- Marin Marais: (anything) Pieces de Viole du Second Livre (Jordi Savall) ***
- Sainte Colombe: Concerts a Deux Violes Esgales (Jordi Savall) ***
- Marais/Colombe etc: Tous Les Matins du Monde (Jordi Savall) **
- Couperin: Lecons de Tenebres (Les Arts Florissants)
- Lully: Arys (Les Arts Florissants)
- Carlo Gesualdo: Tenebrae (Hilliard Ensamble), Madrigaux a 5 Voix (Les Arts Florissants)
- John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seven Tears (Jordi Savall)
- Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne (Dawn Upshaw) ***
- Franz Schubert: Winterreise (Njål Sparbo)
- Erik Satie: Piano Works (Naxos label) **
to be continued…
And a few from my teens:
- Art of Noise / Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- Japan / David Sylvian
- Depeche mode