like nobody else
In a world of too much—news, suffering, noise—he offers a small, quiet space to inhabit.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For John Cage (1982); Jesse Mills (violin), Rieko Aizawa (piano), live, New York (Bargemusic, Brooklyn), 7/30/21
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sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-, composer, pianist), Kyiv (Ukraine), 4/18/21, playing Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750, from The Well-Tempered Clavier), Robert Schumann (1810-1856, from Op. 99)
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Hard on the land wears the strong sea / and empty grows every bed.
—John Berryman (1914-1972, MCOTD Hall of Fame), from “Dream Song 1”
alone
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Variations for piano, op. 27 (1936); Maurizio Pollini (1942-, piano), live, Paris, 2002
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sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-, composition, piano), live, Kyiv (Ukraine), 2012
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another take
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12 (1894)
Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989), live, New York (Carnegie Hall), 1968
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Nikolai Lugansky (1972-, piano), live, Ivanovka (Russia): Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Etudes, Op. 8 (1894-95), Nos. 2 (F-sharp minor), 4 (B major), 10 (D-flat major), 11 (B-flat minor), 12 (D-sharp minor)
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what’s new
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) and Mary Halvorson (guitar), live (performance begins at 14:30), Amsterdam, 2/3/22
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sounds of New York
Kidd Jordan (1935-, tenor saxophone) with Joel Futterman (1946-, piano), William Parker (1952-, bass), Hamid Drake (1955-, drums [MCOTD Hall of Fame]), live (tribute to drummer Alvin Fielder [1935-2019]), New York, 2019
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voices I miss
Betty Carter (1929-1998, vocals), with Benny Green (piano), Winard Harper (drums), Michael Bowie (bass), live, Leverkusen (Germany), 1986
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spellbinding
Daniil Trifonov (1991-, piano), live, Verbier (Switzerland), 2012: Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), Eight Études (Op. 10, No. 11; Op. 10, No. 6; Op. 25, No. 1; Op. 25, No. 5; Op. 10, No. 5; Op. 25, No. 6; Op. 25, No. 7; Op. 25, No. 11)
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Look, look greedily,
when dusk approaches,
look insatiably,
look without fear.—Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021), from “Mountains” (translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh)
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