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, Da Pacem, 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) ***
Jan Garbarek: Twelve Moons
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)

Contemporary IV (lounge, funk, jazz, electro-swing)

Stereolab: (anything) Dots & Loops, Cobra & Phases, Sound Dust, Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Margerine Eclipse ***
Caravan Palace: <|°_°|> (Robot Face) ***
Parov Stelar
St. Germain: Tourist
Gabin: Gabin
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
Putumayo: French Cafe, Italian Cafe, Music from the Wine Lands, Paris
Paris Combo: Attraction.

Contemporary V (soundtracks)

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! Commentaries of the Bamboos, Shadow of the Pines, Yes to the river, Garden of the Beloved
Andreas Vollenweider: Behind the Gardens, Caverna Magica, White Winds **
The Harmonic Choir: Hearing Solar Winds ***
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

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 **
Cheb Mami: Meli Meli **
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
Värttinä: Värttinä, Aitara
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
Ensamble Gurrufio: El Cruzao
Soledad Bravo: Volando Voy
Putumayo: Latin Lounge*, Brazilian Lounge*, Brazilian Groove*, Brazilian Cafe, Cafe Latino, Nuevo Latino, Vintage Latino, Samba Bossa Nova, Bossa Nova Around the World

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
Putumayo: India

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: