Playlist.

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

Spotify jukebox does not correspond precisely with the selections listed, but maintains the playlist’s continuity and personality.

Chaya Czernowin – Hidden (Wergo; 2018)
> Adiantum Capillus-Veneris – Inbal Hever; Hidden – JACK Quartet

The Bad Plus – These Are the Vistas (Columbia; 2003)

Orrin Evans – The Evolution of Oneself (Smoke Sessions; 2015)

Sarah Davachi – All My Circles Run bonus EP (Students of Decay/Boomkat; 2017)
> For Harpsichord; For Organ and String Trio

Harrison Birtwistle – Pulse Shadows – Claron McFadden, Arditti Quartet, Nash Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw (Teldec; 2000)

Milica Djordjević – rocks-stars-metals-light (Col Legno; 2017)
> Rdja – ensemble recherche; Sky limited – Münchener Kammerorchester/Clemens Schuldt; The Firefly in a Jar – Münchener Kammerorchester/Clemens Schuldt; The Death of the Star-Knower – Armida Quartet; Quicksilver – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Peter Rundel

Béla Bartók – The Six String Quartets – Juilliard String Quartet (Columbia Masterworks/Sony; 1965/2010)

Michael Tippett – The Rose Lake, Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage (Chandos; 2005)

Merzbow – Cloud Cock OO Grand (ZSF Produkt; 1992)

Natasha Barrett – Puzzle Wood (Aurora; 2017)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – The Last Four String Quartets – Juilliard String Quartet (Columbia Masterworks/Sony; 1976/2010)

Onuté Narbataité – La barca; kein gestern, kein morgen; krantas upė simfonija – Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra/Christopher Lyndon-Gee (Naxos; 2017)

Albert Ayler – Nuits de La Fondation Maeght (Shandar/Water; 1970/2002)

Jamie Saft – Solo a Genova (Rare Noise; 2018)

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