I'd like to thank to Justin Davidson for keeping the blog burning while I was on Esa-Pekka-related semi-hiatus. We're still waiting for that full-time Davidson blog.
Playlist
— Strauss, Four Last Songs and scenes from Salome and Capriccio, Nine Stemme and Antonio Pappano conducting the Covent Garden Orchestra (EMI)
— Terry Riley, Reed Streams (Elision Fields) [w/ amazing live 1970 L'Infonie performance of In C]
— Handel, Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Natalie Dessay et al, Emmanuelle Haïm leading Le Concert d'Astrée (Virgin)
— Handel, Floridante, Marijana Mijanovic, Joyce DiDonato et al, Alan Curtis conducting Il Complesso Barocco (Archiv)
— Björk, Volta (Atlantic) [genius!]
— Vaughan Williams, Symphony No. 5, Robert Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony (Telarc)
— Me and My Toy Piano, Rodney Lister live at Boston University (unreleased)