Celebrating another year of wonderful music with a look back at some of my favourite albums from 2022. Here they are, in no specific order:
- Keith Jarrett "Bordeaux Concert" ECM
- Ablaye Cissoko, Cyrille Brotto "Instant" Ma Case
- The Movers "1970-1976" Analog Africa
- Vieux Farka Touré "Les Racines" World Circuit
- Sarathy Korwar "Kalak" The Leaf Label
- John Luther Adams "Sila: The Breath of the World" Cantaloupe Music
- Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Joonas Ahonen "Le Monde Selon George Antheil" Alpha Classics
- Master Musicians of Jajouka "Dancing Under The Moon" Glitter Beat
- Marc-Andre Hamelin "CPE Bach Sonatas & Rondos" Hyperion
- Igor Levit "Tristan" Sony Classical
- Iftin Band "Mogadishu's Finest: The Al-Uruba Sessions" Ostinao Records
- Eliades Ochoa "Vamos A Bailar Un Son - Special Edition" World Circuit
- Aloys Schmitt/Howard Shelley, Ulster Orchestra "The Romantic Piano Concerto vol. 84" Hyperion
- Etran de L'Air "Agadez" Sahel Sounds
- Danish String Quartet "Prism IV" ECM
- Eve Risser Red Desert Orchestra "Eurythmia" Clean Feed Records
- Tanya Tagaq "Tongues" Six Shooter Records
- The Ano Bobo Quartet "The Strings of Sao Domingos" Ostinato Records
- Philip Glass/Martin James Bartlett, LGT Young Soloists, Alexander Gilman "Symphony No. 14 'Liechtenstein Suite'" Orange Mountain Music
- Choir of Clare College Cambridge, The Dmitri Ensemble, Graham Ross "Iceland: The Eternal Music" Harmonia Mundi
- Noori & his Dorpa Band "Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan's Red Sea Coast" Ostinato Records
- Wilhelm Kempff "The Complese Acoustical Recordings Berlin, 1923-1925" Marston Records
- Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra "The Sun Ra Arkestra meets Salah Ragab in Egypt" Strut
- T.S. Monk Sextet "Two Continents One Groove" Storyville
Chessmen's Delight T.S. Monk Sextet - Two Continents One Groove - Storyville |
Part XI Keith Jarrett - Bordeaux Concert - ECM |
Qwal Noori & his Dorpa Band - Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan's Red Sea Coast - Ostinato Records |
Six Mabone The Movers - The Movers Vol. 1 1970-1976 - Analog Africa |
Karade Marhane Etran de L'Air - Agadez - Sahel Sounds |
Remember Begum Rokheya Sarathy Korwar - Kalak - The Leaf Label |
Colonizer Tanya Tagaq - Tongues - Six Shooter Records |
Egypt Strut Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra - The Sun Ra Arkestra meets Salah Ragab in Egypt - Strut |
Tirol Concerto for Piano and Strings Philip Glass/Martin James Bartlett, LGT Young Soloists, Alexander Gilman - Symphony No. 14 "Liechtenstein Suite" - Orange Mountain Music |
Extensions 1 for violin and piano Morton Feldman/Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Joonas Ahonen - Le monde selon George Antheil - Alpha Classics |
Maria Cze Bu Tem Ano Nobo Quartet - The Strings of São Domingos - Ostinato Records |
Descripcion de un Sueno Eliades Ochoa - Vamos A Bailar Un Son - World Circuit |
Deme Deme Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto - Instant - Ma Case |
Tinnondirene Vieux Farka Toure - Les Racines - World Circuit |
Dancing Under The Moon Master Musicians of Jajouka - Dancing Under The Moon - Glitterbeat |
Not an album, but ending my favourites of 2022 with the great Ukrainian song which won Eurovision this year. |
Stefania Kalush Orchestra - Eurovision 2022 - Eurovision |
Everyone have a safe, happy, and musical New Year!
3:50 PM, December 29th, 2022