Playlists
Composer/pianist Timo Andres stopped by the Nonesuch office to film his Nonesuch Selects video. Here are songs from those picks by Emmylou Harris, Dawn Upshaw, John Adams, Richard Goode, and Robin Holcomb, as well as his new album, The Blind Banister.
As part of Kronos: Five Decades, the year-long celebration of Kronos Quartet’s 50th anniversary, the group is publishing five decade-spanning playlists curated by its founder and violinist David Harrington. The latest, featuring music Kronos performed in its fourth decade, 2003–2012, is out now. It includes works the quartet recorded on Nonesuch by Sigur Rós, Henryk Górecki, Clint Mansell, R.D. Burman, Ramallah Underground, Rokia Traoré, Pēteris Vasks, Terry Riley, Vladimir Martynov, Steve Reich, and more.
In celebration of Nonesuch Records' 60th anniversary, a playlist of songs from throughout decades.
Mary Halvorson inaugurates the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists stop by the office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. Here are songs from those picks, by Laurie Anderson, Tyondai Braxton, Jeff Parker, Caroline Shaw & Attacca Quartet, and Kronos Quartet, as well as her own new album, Cloudward.
Nonesuch Records launched the Nonesuch Explorer Series in the 1960s and has since presented music from the world’s leading artists, like Carminho, Caetano Veloso, Nathalie Joachim, Rokia Traoré, Youssou N'Dour, and more.
Celebrating the year in Nonesuch music from Vagabon, Rachael & Vilray, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Brad Mehldau, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Sam Gendel, Molly Tuttle, Natalie Merchant Thomas Adès, The Magnetic Fields, Emmylou Harris, David Byrne & Fatboy Slim, k.d. lang, Rhiannon Giddens, Carminho, Wilco, Yussef Dayes, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, The Staves, Yasmin Williams, Mary Halvorson, Kronos Quartet, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Adam Guettel.
As part of Kronos: Five Decades, the year-long celebration of Kronos Quartet’s 50th anniversary, the group is publishing five decade-spanning playlists curated by its founder and violinist David Harrington. The latest, featuring music Kronos performed in its third decade, 1993–2002, is out now. It includes works the quartet recorded on Nonesuch by Alberto Domínguez, R.D. Burman, Alfred Schnittke, Lee Hyla and Allen Ginsberg, Henryk Górecki, Clint Mansell, Severiano Briseño, Tan Dun, Osvaldo Golijov, Guillaume de Machaut, Christopher Tye, John Cage, Hildegard von Bingen, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Sapo Perapaskero, Carlos Paredes, Michael Daugherty, Scott Johnson, Esquivel, Café Tacvba, Sofia Gubaidulina, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, and Morton Feldman.
Holiday tunes both classic and soon-to-be-so from Rachael & Vilray, The Staves, Chris Thile, The Magnetic Fields, David Byrne, Joachim Cooder, Mountain Man, Rostam, Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Julia Bullock, John Adams, Boston Camerata, and The Nutcracker.
As part of Kronos: Five Decades, the year-long celebration of Kronos Quartet’s 50th anniversary, the group is publishing five decade-spanning playlists curated by its founder and violinist David Harrington. The latest, featuring music Kronos performed in its second decade, 1983–1992, is out now. It includes works the quartet recorded on Nonesuch by Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman, Philip Glass, John Zorn, Henryk Górecki, Kevin Volans, Thomas Tallis, Astor Piazzolla, Jack Body, Terry Riley, and Arvo Pärt.
Music from all of the Nonesuch recordings nominated for Grammy Awards in 2023 from Thomas Adès, LA Phil, Gustavo Dudamel, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Julia Bullock, Rhiannon Giddens, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, and The Blue Hour.
Happy Halloween! Don't abandon hope, for when darkness falls from a phantom thread of holy dread, panic, and primal anxiety, as dark angels and dead things descend, while your enemies are asleep, and zombie boys, sinister kids, and ghosts come howlin' for you in the final hour of these strange times when nothing is taboo, may you find an epiphany—some strange asylum and eternal light in the dark matter of the Nonesuch playlist below, featuring music from Thomas Adès, Kronos Quartet, Clint Mansell, Jonny Greenwood, Darcy James Argue, Caroline Shaw, Laurie Anderson, John Adams, Philip Glass, Tigran Hamasyan, Jeremy Denk, Björk, The Black Keys, The Magnetic Fields, Michael Daves, The Staves, Lianne La Havas, William Brittelle, Daniel Wohl, and more.
Welcome to 1989 (Nonesuch's Version), a new playlist of works from Nonesuch Records' 1989 releases by John Adams, Edward Aldwell, Jan DeGaetani, Bill Frisell, Gipsy Kings, Philip Glass, Richard Goode, Wayne Horvitz, Kronos Quartet, Pat Metheny, Steve Reich, Rustavi Choir, Dawn Upshaw, Word of Mouth Chorus, World Saxophone Quartet, and more!