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Friday Listening: May 13, 2022

Friday Listening: May 13, 2022
Leon Berkowitz, "Source III" (©2022 The Phillips Collection)
  • "Impulse" - debut album from Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak, featuring works from 2022 Pulitzer Prize-finalist Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti, Tyson Gholston Davis, Quinn Mason, Jeffrey Mumford, and more.
  • "JS Bach: Mass in B minor" - a solid new recording of Bach's Mass in B minor, a work of profound, living testimony to the composer's faith and artistic genius
  • "NAZARENO" - the latest release from London Symphony Orchestra, filled with music that encourages movement. The highlight is Golijov's Nazareno, a concerto for two pianos and orchestra, played colorfully here by Katia & Marielle Labèque
  • "Le monde selon George Antheil" - an homage from violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja to the fascinating American composer George Antheil, featuring additional works by Beethoven, Morton Feldman, and John Cage
  • "Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4" - the final installment in Herbert Blomstedt and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig's Brahms cycle

Ethel Cain's debut album was released this week. Sprawling songs, the rural South, and ambient folk music all play a part in this artist's fresh sound.