Playlist.

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

Ensemble Musikfabrik – Scherben (Wergo; 2015)
> Jonathan Harvey – Sringāra Chaconne – Peter Rundel; Enno Poppe – Scherben – Stefan Asbury; Kaija Saariaho – Notes on Light –Dirk Wietheger, Emilio Pomàrico; Emmanuel Nunes – Chessed I – Sian Edwards

Ensemble Musikfabrik – Sterben (Wergo; 2016)
> Francesco Filidei – Finito ogni gesto – Marcus Creed; Michael Beil – Black Jack –Otto Tausk; Mauricio Kagel – In der Matratzengruft – Markus Brutscher, Emilio Pomàrico

Ensemble Musikfabrik – Schlamm (Wergo; 2016)
> Brian Ferneyhough – Finis Terrae – Emilio Pomàrico; Klaus Lang – The Ocean of Yes and No – Jean Deroyer; Carola Bauckholt – Schlammflocke – Enno Poppe; Jorge E. López – Gonzales the Earth Eater – Marcus Creed

Erkki-Sven Tüür – Symphony No. 9 – Estonian Festival Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (5against4.com; 2018)

Michael Gordon – Clouded Yellow – Kronos Quartet (Cantaloupe Music; due May 2018)
> Clouded Yellow; Potassium; The Sad Park; Exalted – Young People’s Chorus of New York City/Francisco J. Núñez

Peter Garland – Moon Viewing Music (Inscrutable Stillness Studies #1) – William Winant (Cold Blue; 2018)

John Luther Adams – Everything That Rises – JACK Quartet (Cold Blue; 2018)

Beatriz Ferreyra – GRM Works (Recollection GRM; 2015)

Ensemble Musikfabrik – vom himmel zur hölle (Wergo; 2010)
> Martin Smolka – Rush (Hour in Celestial Streets) – Peter Rundel; Mauricio Kagel – Orchestrion-Straat – Reinbert de Leeuw; Louis Andriessen – Racconto dall’Inferno – Cristina Zavalloni, Reinbert de Leeuw

Ensemble Musikfabrik – krönung (Wergo; 2010)
> Vykintas Baltakas – (co)ro(na) – Etienne Siebens; Rebecca Saunders – cinnabar – Juditha Haeberlin, Marco Blaauw, Peter Rundel; Magnus Lindberg – Joy – Stefan Asbury; Iannis Xenakis – Thallein – Diego Masson

Ensemble Musikfabrik – unerwartet (Wergo; 2010)
> David Lang – Are you experienced? – Christian Brückner, Melvyn Poore, Stefan Asbury; Philippe Boesmans – Sextuor à clavier – Etienne Siebens; Richard Barrett – interference – Carl Rosman; Luca Francesconi – Unexpected End of Formula – Dirk Wietheger, Christian Eggen

Royallen – Found Tape (Permanent Nostalgia; 2018)

Machete USA & Son – Machete USA & Son (Permanent Nostalgia; 2018)

Bluesharp – Green Burial (Permanent Nostalgia; 2018)

Odd Person/Cool Person – Odd World/Cool World (Permanent Nostalgia; 2018)

Jason Lescalleet – This Is What I Do, Vol. 19 (Glistening Examples; 2018)

Thomas Tilly – Codex Amphibia (Glistening Examples; 2018)

Ensemble Musikfabrik – sprechgesänge (Wergo; 2010)
> Jonathan Harvey – Sprechgesang – Peter Veale, Peter Rundel; Beat Furrer – Recitativo – Beat Furrer; George Aperghis – Babil – Carl Rosman, Sian Edwards; Unsuk Chin – Cantatrix Sopranica – Anu Komsi, Piia Komsi, David Cordier, Stefan Asbury

Anthony Braxton – Sextet (Parker) 1993 (New Braxton House; due March 2, 2018)

Jason Moran and the Bandwagon with Theaster Gates, Katie Ernst, Ken Vandermark, and Kenwood Academy Jazz Band – Looks of a Lot (Yes Records; 2018)

Laurence Crane – Sound of Horse – asamisimasa (Hubro; 2016)
> John White in Berlin; Old Life Was Rubbish; Riis; Events; Sound of Horse

Michael Parsons – Patterns of Connection – Philip Thomas, Apartment House (Huddersfield Contemporary Records; 2017)

John Cage – Concert for Piano and Orchestra; Christian Wolff – Resistance – Philip Thomas, Apartment House (Huddersfield Contemporary Records; 2017)

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 – New York Philharmonic/Jaap van Zweden (Decca Gold; 2018)

Florence Price – Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Ryan Cockerham – Before, It Was Golden – Er-Gene Khang, Janacek Philharmonic/Ryan Cockerham (Albany; 2018)

Richard Wagner – Lohengrin – Prelude to Act 1; Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 in E-flat – Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Andris Nelsons (Deutsche Grammphon; 2018)

Claire Chase – Density (New Focus; 2013)
> Steve Reich – Vermont Counterpoint; Marcos Balter – Pessoa; Alvin Lucier – Almost New York; Philip Glass – Piece in the Shape of a Square; Mario Diaz de Leon – Luciform; Edgard Varèse – Density 21.5

King Crimson – Unidentified Show #2 (from Sailors’ Tales) (DGM; c. 1972/2017)