Music Tracking 2023

These are 2023 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, ~ indicates the grade is for a previous release of the album). 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 prioritization 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):

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New Releases

• Pierre-Laurent Aimard/San Francisco Orchestra/Essa-Pekka Salonen: Bartok: Piano Concertos (Sony) - classical
• Apartment House: Morton Feldman Violin and String Quartet (Another Timbre) - classical
• Thomas Bangalter: Mythologies (Erato) [04-07] - modern composition
• Calato: John Cage Variations + FOUR (Ezz-Thetics) - classical
• James P Johnson: De Organizer/The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts) (2006, Naxos) [08-08] - classical [*]
• Ensemble 0: Jojoni [Made to Measure Vol 49] (Crammed Discs) [04-28] - minimalism [**]
• Peter Herresthal/Arctic Philharmonic/Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra: Missu Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright () [03-03] - modern classical
• Iceland Symphony Orchestra: Archona/Aion (Sono Luminus) - classical
• Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: The Jungle [Wynton Marsalis: Symphony No 4] (Blue Engine) [05-26] - jazz
• Anna Lapwood: Luna () [09-29] - classical
• Yunchan Lim: Live From the Cliburn: Liszt: Transcendetal Etudes () [07-07] - classical
• Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel: Thomas Ades: Date () [04-21] - classical
• MIVOS Quartet: Steve Reich: The String Quartets (Deutsche Grammophon) - classical
• The Norwegian Soloists Choir/Ensemble Allegria/Grete Pedersen: Bent Sorensen: St Matthew Passion () [03-03] - classical
• Awadagin Pratt: Stillpoint () [08-25] - classical
• Pygmalion/Raphael Pichon: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine () [09-01] - choral
• Ryuichi Sakamoto: 12 (Milan) [01-17] - minimalism [B]
• Nurit Stark: Bartok Ligeti Veress Eotvos (BIS -22) [2022-07-01] - classical
• Trio Karenine: Suk/Dvorak () [02-03] - chamber music
• Gianluigi Trovesi: Stravaganze Consonanti (ECM) [02-24] - jazz [*]
• Wild Up: Julius Eastman Vol 3: If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? (New Amsterdam) [06-16] - classical [***]
• John Wilson/Sinfonia of London: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (Chandos) [09-15] - show tunes

Reissues, Etc.

• Keith Jarrett: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1994, ECM) - classical
• The Avant Garde Series (1968-71, Deutsche Grammophon) - classical

Priority Counts

• Priority 1: 19
• Priority 2: 0
• Priority 3: 0
• Priority 4: 5
• Priority 5: 0

Total: 24