#3681: Year in Review 2014: John Schaefer's Top 10
John Schaefer presents his annual highly-opinionated top 10 list of notable new music releases from 2014. Expect to hear music by an Icelandic electro-acoustic composer, a work by a Korean-American composer which takes its name from the famous Debussy piano prelude, and a New York-based chamber-jazz-rock band. Also, listen to 2014's Pulitzer Prize winning work by an Alaska-based composer, a work using hammered dulcimer and clogs to dance around the legend of an American folk hero, and music from an Irish-American supergroup. Plus, there's music from an innovative string quartet still raising eyebrows after 40 years, a work for piano and electronics by a "1-bit composer" and the pianist of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, and more.
PROGRAM #3681 John Schaefer’s Top 10 of 2014 (First aired on 1/7/2015)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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10. Cellar and Point |
Ambit |
Arc [6:04] |
Cuneiform Records RUNE 376 |
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9. Kronos Quartet |
A Thousand Thoughts |
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground [3:52] |
Nonesuch 536952 |
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8. Anna Thorvaldsdottir |
Aerial |
Trajectories, excerpt [4:00] |
Deutsche Grammophon / Universal Music Classics 00028948113545 |
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7. Tristan Perich/Vicky Chow |
Surface Image |
Finale, Excerpt [4:08] |
New Amsterdam Records NWAM 060 |
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6. Jonny Greenwood / Bryce Dessner |
St. Carolyn by the Sea / Suite From There Will Be Blood |
Raphael, excerpt [4:34] |
Deutsche Grammophon 00289 479 2388 |
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5. John Luther Adams |
Become Ocean |
Opening, excerpt [7:43] |
Cantaloupe Music CA21101 |
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4. Bora Yoon |
Sunken Cathedral |
O pastor animarum [4:27] |
Innova 880 |
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3. The Gloaming |
The Gloaming |
Necklace of Wrens [3:47] |
Brassland HWY-037 |
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2. Yann Tiersen |
∞ (Infinity) |
Ar Maen Bihan [6:53] |
Mute 9592 |
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1. Julia Wolfe |
Steel Hammer |
Steel Hammer: Mountain, excerpt [4:08] |
Cantaloupe Music CA 21099 |
