#3417: John Schaefer's Completely Opinionated Top Ten of 2012
For this New Sounds, listen to John Schaefer's completely personal and opinionated look at the ten best new music releases of 2012. There just might be something by a Brooklyn-based Afrobeat party band, a violinist (usually a classical player) in collaboration with a German improvising pianist, and perhaps something from a cult American singer. Listen for a vocal octet and a composer who reworked one of the classical music "war horse" works to great effect.Â
PROGRAM #3417, John Schaefer’s Top Ten Releases of 2012 (First aired on 1/9/2013)                                      Â
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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10. Scott Walker |
Bisch Bosch |
Epizootics! [3:50] |
4AD #CAD 3220CD |
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9. Ben Zeitlin & Dan Romer |
Beasts of the Southern Wild |
The Bathtub [3:38] |
Available at Amazon.com |
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8. Eve Beglarian & Mary Rowell |
Songs from the River |
Beglarian: I’m Worried Now but I won’t be Worried Long, excerpt [3:50] |
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7. Various Artists: Bedouin Jerry Can Band |
Rough Guide to African Roots Revival |
Ya_El_Yaleladana [4:04] |
World Music Network RGNET1269 |
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6. Hilary Hahn & Hauschka |
Silfra |
Rift, excerpt [3:46] |
Deutsche Grammophon 16798 |
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5.Antibalas |
Antibalas |
Him Belly No Go Sweet, excerpt [6:00] |
Daptone Records DAP 028 |
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4. Jherek Bischoff  (w/Mirah Zeitlyn & Paris Hurley) |
Composed |
The Nest [4:27] |
Brassland  HWY-027  |
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3. Elina Duni Quartet |
Matana Malit |
Kur Te Kujtosh [4:05] |
ECM 2277 |
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2. Max Richter Daniel Hope, violin  |
Recomposed: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons |
Spring: 0, 1 [3:10] |
Deutsche Grammophone 0289 481 0044 6 CD DDD GH Â |
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1. Roomful of Teeth |
Roomful of Teeth  |
Caroline Shaw: Passacaglia [5:53] |
New Amsterdam NWAM 041 |
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