Merry Christmas! I was going to post a distinctly non-seasonal list, but then I listened to Nils Frahm's excellent christmas mix, and it softened my heart. So, inspired by that, here's my post-Christmas mix:
Philip Glass - Six Etudes For Piano: Etude No. 2
It feels like none of the versions I find on Spotify of this is as perfect as what I heard on radio the other week, but nevertheless, there's plenty of beauty here.
Maria Callas - Norma: Casta Diva
Lifted directly from Nils' mix. The moment when the choir comes in kills me.
Ariel RamÃrez - Gloria (Carnavalito-Yaravi)
An old parental favourite that was ever so familiar to me, without me ever having looked up what it was. Dad fished out the vinyl from the shelf though and we listened to the whole, amazing, recording.
People Like Us - Driving Flying Rising Falling
All the christmas merriment at once. This is what the unwrapping of gifts was like, with four kids in a mountain of presents.
Ian William Craig - A Single Hope
I've started the project of listening to all the 'best of 2016' albums that I missed during the year, and this is my first gorgeous discovery, as Christmas fades into that grey crackly static of the last few days of the year...
RTJ3 was surprise-released yesterday. I've only listened once yet, but I dare say – with the exception of the birth of my nephew Sigge – it's probably the best thing that happened in 2016:
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