Updoc 82: Think Synchs: 3/5/10
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: Nice Guys [title tune] (ECM)
1. Franz Schubert/Tokyo String Quartet: String Quartet No. 12 “Quartettsatz”; Brahms Complete String Quartets/Schubert (VoxBox)
2. John Williams/Branford Marsalis/North Carolina Symphony/Grant Llewellyn: Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra; American Spectrum (BIS)
3. Alan Sondheim/All-770: Think Synk 4 4; T’other Little Tune (ESP-Disk)
4. Julius Hemphill Sextet: What I Know Now; At Dr. King’s Table (New World)
5. Benjamin Britten/Sorrel Quartet: String Quartet No. 2; Britten - String Quartets (Chandos)
6. Arvo Pärt/Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten; Music From Estonia (Chandos)
7. Iannis Xenakis/ST-X Ensemble/Henry Bornstein: Xas; Xenakis - Ensemble Music 2 (mode)
8. Steven Mackey/Prism Quartet/Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral; Bolcom/Mackey Concertos for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra (Innova Recordings)
Out theme: Toby Twining/Margaret Leng Tan: Nightmare Rag; The Art of the Toy Piano (Philips)