Manafonistas

Rachmaninov Variations

Daniil Trifonov and The Philadelphia Orchestra

Schostakowitsch, Sämtliche Sinfonien & Konzerte

Orchester und Chor des Mariinsky Theaters, Valery Gergiev

Tom Johnson

Music and Questions, Music with Mistakes, Same or Different

Mauricio Kagel

Zwei-Mann-Orchester für zwei Ein-Mann-Orchester (Basler Fassung 2011)

The Revenge of the Dead Indians

In Memoriam John Cage, a composed film directed by Henning Lohner

Iiro Rantala

My Working Class Hero

Karen Mantler

Business is Bad

Erroll Garner

The Complete Concert by the Sea

Larry Karush

Piano Crossroads
Art of the Improviser

Mokave

Volume 1
Volume 2
Afrique

Komitas

Levon Eskenian and The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble

 

 
 
 
… viel Piano:
 
Thomas Enhco – Feathers
Iiro Rantala – My Working Class Hero
Michael Wollny – Nachtfahrten
Enrico Pieranunzi – Tales From the Unexpected
Yaron Herman – Everyday
Robert Glasper – Covered
Patrick Bebelaar – Reflection In Your Eyes
Julia Hülsmann Quartett – A Clear Midnight
Tigran Hamasyan – Luys i Luso
Philip Glass – The Complete Piano Etudes
Glenn Gould – Remastered Columbia Records
 
 
… und Anderes:
 
Doran, Stucky, Studer, Tacuma – Call Me Helium
Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter Three
Hommage À Eberhard Weber
Marcus Miller – Afrodeezia
Erkki-Sven Tüür u.a. – Gesualdo
John Zorn – The Song Project
Monoswezi – Monoswezi Yanga
Bob Dylan – Shadows in the Night
Grand Corps Malade – Il nous restera ca
 

 

 
 
 
Robert Forster / Songs to play
The Mountain Goats / beat the champ
Rickie Lee Jones / The other side of desire
Gustavo Ripa / calma
Gabriel Rios / Swing low
Karen Matheson von den Capercaillie / urram
Elsa Gégoire / Leipzig
Admiral Fallow / Tiny rewards
Belle and Sebastian / Girls in Peacetime
The Kinks immer
 

Michael Wollny: Nachtfahrten
Bjoerk: Vulnicura
Jakob Bro: Gefion
Olli Schulz: Feelings Aus Der Asche
Jeff Lynne: Alone In The Universe
Julia Holter: Have You In My Wilderness
David Knopfler: Grace
Keith Jarrett: Creation
Kamasi Washington: The Epic
Iro Rantala: My Working Class Hero
 
 
… und, als ReIssues aus diesem Jahr:
 
Arvo Pärt: Musica Selecta
Grobschnitt – 79:10
Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966
Harmonia — The Complete Works (Vinyl)
 
 
 

 

01 David Torn: only sky
02 Food: This Is Not A Miracle
03 Blur: The Magic Whip
04 Gary Peakock Trio: Now This
05 Fogh Depot
06 Flying Saucer Attack: Instrumentals 2015
07 Kurt Vile: b´lieve i´m going down
08 The Go-Betweens: Spring Hill Fair
09 The Go-Betweens: liberty belle and the black diamond express
10 Wire: Chairs Missing
11 Brian Eno: Here Come The Warm Jets
12 Jackson Brown: Running On Empty
13 Fennesz: Venice
14 Godspeed You Black Emperor! Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
 
 
 

Und heute kommen die Top Twenty 2015 aus meinem Plattenschrank:
 
 
01) David Torn: Only Sky

02) Food: This Is Not A Miracle
03) Giya Kancheli: Chiaroscuro
04) Paolu Fresu: In Maggiore
05) Mette Henriette: Mette Henriette
06) Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell
07) Feldman-Satie-Cage: Rothko Chapel
08) Andras Schiff: Franz Schubert
09) Jakob Bro: Gefion
10) Trifonov: Rachmaninov Variations
 
 
 

 
 
 
11) Igor Levit: Bach Beethoven
12) Andy Sheppard Quartet: Surrounded By Sea
13) Robert Forster: Songs To Play
14) Reinartz Burkhard: Eine Olive des Nichts
15) Laurie Anderson: Heart Of A Dog
16) Kurt Vile: b’lieve i’m goin‘ down
17) Various Artists: Gazing With Tranquility – A Tribute To Donovan
18) Sinikka Langeland: The Half-Finished Heaven
19) Josh Ritter: Sermon On The Rocks
20) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tönu Kaljuste: Gesualdo

 

 
 
 
2015:
 

• Laurie Anderson: Heart of a Dog
• William Basinski: Cascade
• Food: This is not a Miracle
• Florian Fricke / Popol Vuh: Piano / Kailash – Pilgrimage to the Throne of Gods
• Gov’t Mule feat. John Scofield: Sco-Mule
• Harmonia: Documents ’75
• Mette Henriette: Mette Henriette
• Terry Riley: Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector (Kronos Quartet)
• David Torn: Only Sky

 
 
Rediscovered:
 

• Blue Chip Orchestra: Blue Danube – Donau so blau (1991)
• Helmut Lachenmann: Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (2002)
• Lightwave: Nachtmusik (1990)
• Detlev Müller-Siemens: Under Neonlight II (1985)
• Sir Douglas Quintet: Sir Douglas Quintet is back! (1962-64)
• Wolfgang: Aus Abrahams Bude (1971)

Ghost Harmonic – Codex (Metamatic)
orphaned deejay selek 2006-2008 – AFX (Warp)
BEcoming – Stacy Barthe (Motown)
Celadon – MAJA S.K. RATKJE, JON WESSELTOFT, CAMILLE NORMENT, PER GISLE GALÅEN (Important Records)
Everybody’s A Fuckin Expert – Shit and Shine (Editions Mego)
Nozinja Lodge – Nozinja (Warp)
AirEffect – Fennesz/Ozmotic (Folk Wisdom)
Song – It’s Immaterial (Siren)
White Bird in a Blizzard – Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd (Lakeshore Records)
Carps Vol. 1 – Run Dust & Barry Brush (Tesla Tapes)
Reasons to Die II – Ghostface Killah (Linear Labs)
1983 – Kölsch (Kompakt)
Gode – André Bratten (Smalltown Supersound)
Animals – Pink Floyd (Harvest)
Damogen Furies – Squarepusher (Warp)
WE ARE NOT THE FIRST – Hieroglyphic Being (RVNG Intl.)
The Feeding of the 5,000 – Crass (Small Wonder)
Lagoon Blues – The Bathers (Marina)
Another Setting – The Durutti Column (LTM, 2015 reissue/Factory)
Universal Themes – Sun Kil Moon (Caldo Verde)

01) Laurie Anderson: Heart Of A Dog (my album of the year) / 02) Joanna Newsom: Divers / 03) Matana Roberts: Always / 04) Julia Kent: Asperities / 05) David Torn: Only Sky / 06) Ivar Grydeland: Stop Freeze Wait Eat (Hubro, fantastic solo album, new genre: „long now ambient micro-folk improv“) / 07) Polar Bear: Same As You / 08) Tigran Hamasyan & Yerewan State Choir: Luis y Luso / 09) The Mountain Goats: Beat The Champ 10) Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell / 11) Andras Schiff: Franz Schubert (ich liebe den Klang dieses Hammerklaviers, und so öffnet sich mir ein Raum alter Musik, eine ganz eigene Art der Melancholie allemal) / 12) David Rothenberg and Michael Deal: New Songs of the Humpback Whale/ 13) Christina Vantzou: No. 3 /14) Food: This Is Not A Miracle 15) Mette Henriette: Mette Henriette / 16) Kacirek & Schneider: Shadow Fragments / 17) Robert Forster: Songs To Play / 18) the Gurdjieff Ensemble: Komitas  / 19) Keith Rowe & John Tilbury: „enough still not to know“ / 20) Rickie Lee Jones: The Other Side of Desire / 21) Anna von Hauswolff: The Miraculous / 22) Africa Express Presents Terry Riley’s In C Mali / 23) Paolo Fresu & Daniele Di Bonaventura: In Maggiore / 24)  The Gurdjieff Ensemble: Komitas / 25) Sunno))): Kannon 

 

 
 
 
Top Ten ECM
 

• Andy Sheppard Quartet – Surrounded by Sea (Album of the Year)
• Gary Peacock Trio – Now This
• Keith Jarrett – Creation
• David Torn – Only Sky
• Mette Henriette – Mette Henriette
• Tim Berne´s Snakeoil – You´ve Been Watching Me
• Chris Potter & Underground Orchestra – Imaginary Cities
• Jakob Bro – Gefion
• Tigran Hamasyan – Luys i Luso
• Mathias Eick – Midwest

 
 
also inspiring were/are:
 

• Joanna Newsom – Divers (Drag City)
• Achim Kaufmann – Later (Pirouet Records)
• Silje Nergaard – Chain of Days (Okeh Records)
• Steve Coleman and the Council of Balance – Synovial Joints (Pi Recordi)
• Enrico Rava Quartet – Wild Dance (ECM)
• Steven Wilson – Hand. Cannot. Erase. (Kscope Music)
• Vijay Iyer Trio – Break Stuff (ECM)