Music Tracking 2021

These are 2021 releases that I've taken note of, listed alphabetically by artist, with VA comps at the bottom. My grades, where available, are in brackets at the end of the line (stars in B+ range). Lines in blue indicate that I have a physical copy (albeit sometimes just a promo CDR); in green are records that I graded based on a Rhapsody stream or other such source. Most records have release dates and a brief generic note.

Unheard records are prioritized 0-3 (graded records are 4-5). The priotization is based subjectively on personal interests, reviews I've noticed, reviewers I particularly respect, what I know about the artists, etc. Roughly speaking: 0 is something I have no reason to consider (default page omits 0); 1 has been noted as having some cred somewhere; 2 is something I have some specific reason to search out; 3 is something I'll listen to ASAP.

Option selectors:

• Include priority 0, exclude rated.
• Just priority 2+, exclude rated.
• Rated only.
• Unrated only.
• Default (priority 1+ and rated).

Genre switches (selection not implemented yet):

• Blues
• Classical
• Country
• Electronica
• Hip-Hop
• Jazz
• Metal
• All

New Releases

• Apartment House: John Cage: Number Pieces (Another Timbre -4CD) - classical
• Balmorhea: The Wind (Deutsche Grammophon) [04-09] - modern classical
• Clark: Playground in a Lake (Deutsche Grammophon) [03-26] - modern classical
• Dan Dean: Fanfare for the Common Man (Origin Classical) [06-18] - classical [B-]
• Ensemble 0/Aum Grand Ensemble: Julius Eastman: Femenine (Sub Rosa) [02-12] - minimalism [***]
• Freiburger Barockorchester/Gottfried Von Der Goltz: Beethoven: Symphony No 7 (Harmonia Mundi) - classical
• Matthias Goerne/Seong-Jin Cho: In Abendrot: Wagner, Pfitzner, Strauss () [04-16] - classical
• Heritage Orchestra/Jules Buckley/Ghost-Note: The Breaks (Decca) [09-03] - orchestral hip-hop [**]
• Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No 9 () [02-12] - classical
• Rene Jacobs: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis () [01-29] - classical
• Klenke Quartett/Nicola Jurgensen/Stephan Katte: Mozart: Clarinet Quintet/Modern Quintet () [07-23] - classical
• George Lewis/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Minds in Flux () [08-27] - classical
• Jakob Lindberg: Bach on the Rauwolf Lute (BIS) - classical
• Doug Lofstrom: Music for Strings (Origin Classical) [06-18] - classical [B-]
• Millionz: Provisional Licence () [09-17] - UK drill
• Viktoria Mullova/Alasdair Beatson: Beethoven: Sonatas 4, 5 & 7 () [03-26] - classical
• Sarah Neufeld: Detritus (Paper Bag) [05-14] - modern classical
• Lukasz Pawlik: Long-Distance Connections (Summit) [07-13] - classical [**]
• Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck: Beethoven: Symphony No 9 (Reference) - classical
• Eliane Radigue: Occam Ocean 3 () [08-27] -
• Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Wind Orchestra: Sousa: Music for Wind Band Vol 20 (Naxos) - classical
• Naoko Sakata: Dancing for Spirits (Pomperipossa) [03-26] - modern classical
• Caroline Shaw: Narrow Sea (Nonesuch) [01-22] - modern classical
• Wild Up: Julius Eastman Vol 1: Femenine (New Amsterdam) [06-18] - classical [***]

Reissues, Etc.

• Marian Anderson: Beyond the Music: Her Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Sony Classical -15CD) [08-27] - classical
• Toumani Diabate & the London Symphony Orchestra: Korolen (2008, World Circuit) [04-23] - modern classical
• Igor Levit: On DSCH (Sony Classical) [09-10] - classical

Priority Counts

• Priority 1: 21
• Priority 2: 0
• Priority 3: 0
• Priority 4: 3
• Priority 5: 3

Total: 27