#3023: The 2009 Listener Poll Show

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

The results are in. Here's the rebuttal to last night’s program where we present what you, the listeners, have chosen as the best new music releases of 2009. A huge thank you to all of the listeners who voted! Listen for the usual suspect string quartet, a remix album, and a Pulitzer-Prize-winning work as the top finishers. Find out who emerged victorious from this year's contest on the 24th annual New Sounds Listener Poll show.

PROGRAM # 3023 Listener Poll 2009 (First aired on Thurs. 1/7/10)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
10.Bill Frisell	Disfarmer	Disfarmer Theme [5:37]	Nonesuch 478524 www.nonesuch.com
9. Arvo Pärt	In Principio	In Principio, finale [4:00]	ECM #2050 www.ecmrecords.com
8. Sufjan Stevens	The BQE	Movement II Sleeping Invader [4:34]	Asthmatic Kitty 278 www.asthmatickitty.com
7. Andrew Bird	Noble Beast / Useless Creatures (Deluxe Edition)	Nyatiti [3:58]	Fat Possum Records #11240 (ONLY available on Deluxe edition CD or 2LP set Noble Beast/Useless Creatures) www.fatpossum.com*
6. Vijay Iyer	Historicity	MIA: Galang [Trio Riot Version] [2:41]	ACT 9489 www.actmusic.com
5. Kronos Quartet	Floodplain	Oh Mother, the Handsome Man Tortures Me [3:02]	Nonesuch 518349 www.nonesuch.com
4. David Lang / Paul Hillier & the Theatre of Voices	The Little Match Girl Passion	9 Have Mercy, My God [4:38]	Harmonia Mundi 807496 www.harmoniamundi.com
3. Respect Sextet	Sirius Respect	Ra: Angels and Demons at Play, excerpt [5:00]	Mode Avant 06 www.moderecords.com
2. GVSU New Music Ensemble	In C Remixed	DJ Spooky: In Sea of C [5:07]	Innova 758 www.innova.mu
1. Alarm Will Sound	a/rhythmia	Michael Gordon:Yo Shakespeare, excerpt [5:00]	Nonesuch 467708 www.nonesuch.com

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