On the Record rounds up details about new and pending recordings of interest to the new-music community: contemporary classical music and jazz, electronic and electroacoustic music, and idioms for which no clever genre name has been coined, on CD, vinyl LP, cassette, digital-only formats… you name it.

This list of upcoming release dates is culled from press releases, Amazon and other online record stores, social-media posts, and similar resources. Dates cited correspond to U.S. release of physical recordings where applicable, and are subject to change. (Links to Amazon, where used, do not imply endorsement.)

These listings are not comprehensive—nor could they be! To submit a forthcoming recording for consideration, email information to steve@nationalsawdust.org.

Jennifer Walshe
Photograph: Blackie Bouffant

New This Week

A Late Anthology of Early Music Vol. 1: Ancient to Renaissance by Jennifer Walshe

Muhal Richard Abrams Celestial Birds (Karlrecords)
Henning Christiansen
Peter Der Große/Gudbrandsdal (Institut for Dansk Lydarkæologi)
CP Unit
One Foot on the Ground Smoking Mirror Shakedown (Ramp Local; see related Log article here)
Jan St. WernerMolocular Meditation (Editions Mego)
Dave Sewelson More Music for a Free World (Makahala Music)
Jennifer WalsheA Late Anthology of Early Music Vol. 1: Ancient to Renaissance (Tetbind)

Coming Soon

(☆ – newly listed this week)

February 28

Lina Andonovska A Way A Lone A Last – compositions by Barry O’Halpin, Nick Roth, Donnacha Dennehy, and Judith Ring (Diatribe)
Ka Baird & Muyassar Kurdi
Voice Games (Astral Editions)
Jeremy Cunningham
The Weather Up There (Northern Spy)
Benjamin Dwyer
What is the Word (Diatribe)
Morton Feldman
For John Cage – Darragh Morgan, John Tilbury (Diatribe)
The Giving Shapes
Earth Leaps Up (Elsewhere)
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Last and First Men – performances by Tilda Swinton, Hildur Guðnadóttir, and members of Theatre of Voices (Deutsche Grammophon)
Ted Poor
You Already Know (New Deal/Impulse!)
Sandbox Percussion
And That One Too – compositions by Andy Akiho, David Crowell, Amy Beth Kirsten, and Thomas Kotcheff (Coviello Classics)
Bernard Schimpelsberger
Glansvit (Geist im Kino)
Leo Takami
Felis Catus & Silence (Unseen Worlds)

March 6

☆ Ruth Anderson Here (Arc Light Editions)
☆ Jasmine Guffond
Microphone Permission (Editions Mego)
Evan Johnson
Forms of Complaint – performances by Peter Neville, ELISION, Graeme Jennings, Mieko Kanno, EXAUDI/James Weeks, and Mabel Kwan (Kairos)
Barbora Kolářová
Imp in Impulse – compositions by Pascal Le Boeuf, Jean Françaix, and Klement Slavický (New Focus)
LEYA
Flood Dream (NNA Tapes)
Liza Lim Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus – performances by Sophie Schafleitner, Lorelei Dowling, Klangforum Wien, Peter Rundel, and Stefan Asbury (Kairos)
Patrick Ozzard-Low In Opposition – performances by Andrew Zolinsky and Elisabeth Smalt (Kairos)
Bent Sørensen
Concertos – performances by Leif Ove Andsnes, Martin Fröst, Tine Thing Helseth, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, and Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Da Capo)

March 13

Brooklyn Rider Healing Modes – compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, Du Yun, Reena Esmail, Gabriela Lena Frank, Matana Roberts, and Caroline Shaw (In a Circle)
Cenk Ergün
Sonare & Celare – JACK Quartet (New Focus)
Horse LordsThe Common Task (Northern Spy)
Portland State University Chamber ChoirTranslations – compositions by Ēriks Ešenvalds (Naxos)
Shabaka and the AncestorsWe Are Sent Here by History (Impulse!)

March 20

Ian William Craig Red Sun Through Smoke (Fatcat)
Roger Eno and Brian Eno
Mixing Colours (Deutsche Grammophon)
Michael GordonAnonymous Man – The Crossing/Donald Nally (Cantaloupe Music)
Irreversible EntanglementsWho Sent You? (International Anthem)
Lyra Pramuk
Fountain (Bedroom Community)
Sybarite5Live from New York, It’s Sybarite5 – compositions by William Brittelle, Brandon Ridenour, Marc Mellits, Eshan Matoori, Michael Dellaira, Steven Snowden, John Coltrane, and Alexandra Vrebalov (Bright Shiny Things)
Curt SydnorDeep End Shallow (Out of Your Head)
☆ Richard Valituttonocturnes & lullabies – compositions by Nicholas Deyoe, Rebecca Saunders, Philip Cashian, Marc Sabat, Maura Capuzzo, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, and Linda Catlin Smith (New Focus)

March 27

Gerald Cleaver Signs (577 Records)
Chicago Underground Quartet
Good Days (Astral Spirits)
Liberty Ellman
Last Desert (Pi Recordings)
Hasco Duo
(Amanda DeBoer Bartlett and Jesse Langen) – The Same Old Wonder – compositions by Hasco Duo, Ravi Kittappa, Morgan Krauss, Luis Fernando Amaya, and Jonathan Sokol (New Focus)
JacaszekMusic for Film (Ghostly International)
The NecksThree (Northern Spy)
Nick StorringMy Magic Dreams Have Lost Their Spell (Orange Milk)

April 3

Bernard Parmegiani Violostries (Recollection GRM)
Caroline ShawThe Listeners – Anne Sofie von Otter, Avery Amereau, Dashon Burton, Philharmonia Chorale, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra/Nicolas McGegan (Philharmonia Baroque)
Webber/Morris Big Band
Both Are True (Greenleaf Music)

April 10

Kaffe Matthews Foreigner (Objects Ltd.)
Scott L. MillerGhost Layers – TAK Ensemble (New Focus)
Charles Rumback
June Holiday (Astral Spirits)

April 17

☆ Matt Evans New Topographics (Whatever’s Clever)
Mako Sica with Hamid Drake
Balancing Tear (Astral Spirits)

April 24

Grand Valley State University New Music EnsembleDawn Chorus – compositions by David Biedenbender, Molly Joyce, Rob Deemer, Jeff Herriott, Phil Kline, Ashley Stanley, Alexandra Gardner, Paula Matthusen, Patrick Harlin, Betsey Biggs, and Niko Schroeder (Innova)
Ben HolmesNaked Lore (Chant)

May 1

Matthew ShippThe Piano Equation (Tao Forms)
☆ SunwatchersBrave Rats (Amish)