Music I listen to

See below for a selection of music I listen to, not necessarily in order of importance…

Some favorites

• Arvo Pärt: Passio, Miserere, Arbos, Te Deum, Da Pacem, Creator Spiritus, Alina
• Jordi Savall (performer): Tous les matins du monde
• JS Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (Keller Quartet),
• Steve Reich: Different Trains, Music for 18 Musicians
• John Adams: Shaker Loops
• Philip Glass: Akhnaten, Satyagraha, Glassworks
• Meredith Monk: Book of Days
• Mari Boine: Eight Seasons
• Agnes Buen Garnås & Jan Garbarek: Rosensfole
• Bela Fleck: The Bluegrass Sessions, Tales from the Acoustic Planet
• Ayub Ogada: En Mana Kuoyo
• Carlos Nakai: Carry the Gift, Canyon Trilogy
• Kate Bush: Hounds of Love, Aerial part II, The Sensual World
• Sting: Nothing Like the Sun
• Peter Gabriel: Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ
• Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygene, Zoolook
• Vangelis: Albedo 0.39

Contemporary Classical

• Arvo Part: (anything) Te Deum, Passio, Arbos, Miserere, Creator Spiritus, Da Pacem, Tintinnabuli, Alina, Orient & Occident (ECM recordings, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier) ***
• 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 (Kronos Quartet), Music for 18 Musicians (ECM), Steve Reich: Reich/Richter ***
• John Adams: Shaker Loops (Nagano / Kremer) ***
• Jan Garbarek: Twelve Moons
• Stephan Micus: Athos

Mainstream Popular Music

• 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 Norwegian

• Jaga Jazzist: Starfire, Magazine, Stix, What We Must ***
• Kings of Convenience: Riot on an Empty Street, Quiet is the New Loud, Declaration of Dependence, Peace or Love ***
• Röyksopp: Melody AM, The Understanding
• Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen / Isák

Lounge, funk, jazz, electro-swing, NuJazz, etc.

• Bahama Soul Club
• Kojato: All About Jazz ***
• Caravan Palace: <|°_°|> (Robot Face), Chronologic ***
• Parov Stelar
• St. Germain: Tourist
• Gabin: Gabin
• Ultra Lounge: Coctail Capers
• Stereolab: (anything) Dots & Loops, Cobra & Phases, Sound Dust, Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Margerine Eclipse ***
• Bitter:Sweet: Drama, The Mating Game
• Funk Box [Box Set]
• Parliament + Funkadelic
• Nancy Sinatra
• Sweet & Lowdown (soundtrack)
• Zaz **
• Benabar: Risques du Metier
• Putumayo: French Cafe, Italian Cafe, Music from the Wine Lands, Paris
• Paris Combo: Attraction.
• M / Matthieu Chedid **
• Erykah Badu
• Esbjörn Svensson Trio: From Gagarin’s Point of View (melody)

Traditional Jazz

• Django Reinhart ***
• Nina Simone **
• Luis Armstrong
• Nat King Cole
• The Dave Brubeck Quartet
• Miles Davis
• Chet Baker
• Duke Ellington
• Dizzie Gilespie
• Etta James
• Billie Holiday

Soundtracks

• Hans Zimmer: Interstellar ***
• Ben Charest: The Triplets of Belleville
• Bruno Coulais: Himalaya ***
• Vangelis: Bladerunner ***

New ageish, ambient, electronic

• Carlos Nakai: 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, Amazônia ***
• 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 ***
• Vas ***
• Seiur Marie Keyrouz: Chant Byzantin, Canticles de L’Orient ***
• Fairuz: Good Friday Eastern Sacred Song ***
• Najima: Pukar
• Masters of Persian Music: Without You, Faryad ***
• Sharq: Bayna Bayn **
• Ofra Haza: Fifty Gates of Wisdom

International: Africa

• Youssou N’dour: 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
• Sona Jobarteh: (Anything) Badinyaa Kumoo, Fasiya ***
• Fatoumata Diawara: Fatou **
• Rokia Traoré
• Oumou Sangaré: Kounadya
• Kojato: All about jazz ****

International: Nordic

• Mari Boine: Eight Seasons, Goaskinviellja / Ørnebror, Leahkastin ***
• Agnes Buen Garnås: Rosensfole (exceptional album with Jan Garbarek), Han red den mørke natt ***
• Anne Vada & Aki Fukakusa: Solrenning **
• Sinikka: Strengen var av røde guld
• Kalenda Maya
• Värttinä: Värttinä, Aitara

International: Europe / Non-Nordic

• 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, Gambler’s Ballet, Luna Park, Suas Sios, Lemonade & Buns ***
• Milladorio: Agua de Maio ***
• Patric Ball: Celtic Harp ***

International: North America

• Bela Fleck: The Bluegrass Sessions, Tales from the Acoustic Planet ***
• Bill Monroe
• Flatt & Scruggs
• Newgrass Revival
• Sam Bush

International: South America

• Ensamble Gurrufio: El Cruzao
• Soledad Bravo: Volando Voy
• Sabrina Melheiros: Clareia, New Morning
• Compilations: Bossa Nova and the Rise of Brazilian Music in the 1960s
• Putumayo: Latin Lounge*, Brazilian Lounge*, Brazilian Groove*, Brazilian Cafe, Cafe Latino, Nuevo Latino, Vintage Latino, Samba Bossa Nova, Bossa Nova Around the World
• João Gilberto **
• Elis Regina ***
• Antônio Carlos Jobim **

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 ***
• Sainkho Namtchylak: Naked Spirit ***
• Shakuhachi – The Japanese Flute ***
• Tadashi Tajima: Shingetsu ***
• Flute & Koto du Japon ***
• Ravi Shankar ***
• Hariprasad Chaurasia: Chaurasia’s Choice, Rag Lalit, Rag Bhimpalasi
• Putumayo: Putumayo Presents India
• Tim & Puma Mimi: Turn the Page

European Classical

• Bach: Morimur (ECM label), Die Kunst Der Fuge (Keller Quartett), Orgelwerke (Ton Koopman), 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) **

European Classical Performers

• Jordi Savall: Tous les matins du monde, Marin Marias: Pieces de Violes du Second Livre, Marin Marias: Pieces de Violes Des Cinq Livres, Sainte Colombe: Concerts a Deux Violes Esgales, JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, The Celtic Viol I & II, JS Bach: Les 4 Ouvertures, Francois Couperin: Pieces de Viole 1728, Francois Couperin: Les Nations, Rameau: L’Orcheste de Lous XV, John Dowland: Lachrimae, Mare Nostrum, Ibn Batutta
• Tallis Scholars: Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories, The Tallis Scholars Sing Palestrina, Palestrina: Missa Assumptia Est Maria & Missa Sicut Lilium, Victoria: Requiem, Perfect Polyphony, Josquin: Missa Mater Patris, Josquin Des Prez: Missa Pange Lungua & Missa La Sol Fa Re Mi,
• Hilliard Ensemble: Pärt: Miserere, Pärt: Passio, Pärt: Litany, Pärt: Lamentate, Palestrina: Canticum Canticorum, Bach: Morimur, Garbarek: Officium, Garbarek: Officium Novum, Garbarek: Mnemosyne, Perotin, Carlo Gesualdo: Tenebrae, Lassus, A Hilliard Songbook – New Music for Voices,
• Kronos Quartet
• Keller Quartet: JS Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge,
• Ton Koopman: JS Bach: Orgel- und Cembalowerke, JS Bach: Toccata & Fugue, Marin Marais: Pieces de viole des Cinq Livres,
• Herrenweghe

to be continued…

A few from my teens:

• Laurie Anderson
• Yello / Art of Noise
• Kraftwerk
• Japan / David Sylvian / Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Depeche mode / Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Og noe radioteater.