Playlists
Pianist/composer Tigran Hamasyan stopped by for the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists visit the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. He chose music by Brad Mehldau Trio, Richard Goode, Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau, Kronos Quartet, and Fleet Foxes.
Honoring International Women's Day every day with music by Laurie Anderson, Julia Bullock, Carminho, Olivia Chaney, Daughter of Swords, Rhiannon Giddens, Mary Halvorson, Emmylou Harris, Nathalie Joachim, Lianne La Havas, k.d. lang, Mariza, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Natalie Merchant, Joni Mitchell, Gaby Moreno, Mountain Man, Rachael Price, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Caroline Shaw, The Staves, Rokia Traoré, Molly Tuttle, Vagabon, Yasmin Williams, Yola, and others.
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 fifth and final playlist, featuring music Kronos performed in its fifth decade, 2013–2022, is out now. It includes music from their album A Thousand Thoughts; Folk Songs, with vocals by Sam Amidon, Olivia Chaney, Natalie Merchant, and Rhiannon Giddens; their Grammy-winning collaboration with Laurie Anderson, Landfall; and Terry Riley's Sun Rings. You can hear it here.
Vagabon stopped by the Nonesuch office to film her Nonesuch Selects video. Here are songs from those picks by Jonny Greenwood, Sam Gendel, Yussef Dayes, and Rostam, as well as their own new album, Sorry I Haven't Called.
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.
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.