Music I listen to

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 ***
• 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)

• St. Germain: Tourist
• Caravan Palace + Parov Stelar
  
• 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 ***
• Yello: Toy, Stella, Solid Pleasure.

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 m�rke natt, Rosensfole (exceptional album with Jan Garbarek) ***
• Anne Vada & Aki Fukakusa: Solrenning ***
• Sinikka: Strengen var av r�de 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 ***
• 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 ***
• 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