Today we are taking a look back at my favourite releases from 2023, and I know there must be so much great music I have missed. Here is the list in no particular order:
-Frank Hovat/Odin Quartet "From Oblivion to Hope" I Am Who I Am
-Fanny Mendelssohn/Kristin Henneberg, Andreas Hartmann, Susanne Rasbach "Fanny & Felix" Mendelssohn Haus
-Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabate "The Sky Is The Same Colour Everywhere" Real World
-Sissoko, Segal, Parisien, Peirani "Les Égarés" No Format
-Constantinople & Marco Beasley "Il Ponte Di Leonardo" Note1 Music
-Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily "Love In Exile" Verve
-Emerson String Quartet, Barbara Hannigan "Infinite Voyage" Alpha Classics
-Lubomyr Melnyk "The Sacred Thousand" Jersika Records
-Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru "Jerusalem" Mississippi Records
-Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Bjarnason "Atmospheriques" Sono Luminus
-Anna Thorvaldsdottir/Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, Eva Ollikainen "Archora/Aion" Sono Luminus
-Derrick Skye "This Place" Independent
-Robert Goldsand "The Lost Recitals" Marston Records
-Galeet Dardashti "Monajat" Independent
-Pharoah Sanders "Harvest Time" LuakaBop
-Afarin Mansouri "Dancing with Love" Canadian Music Centre
-Mohammad Motamedi & Rembrandt Trio "Intizar "Songs of Longing" Just Listen Records
-Atlantis Jazz Ensemble "Celestial Suite" Marlow Records
-Hailu Mergia "Pioneer Works Swing (Live)" Awesome Tapes From Africa
-Frank Horvat/SHHH!!! Ensemble "An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene" Leaf Music
-Ali Farka Toure "Voyageur" World Circuit
-Ruiqi Wang "Subduing The Silence" Orchard of Pomegranates
-Igor Levit "Fantasia" Sony Classical
-Malleus Trio "On/Off" Independent
-Danish String Quartet" Prism V "ECM
-Alice Ping Yee Ho/Christina Petrowska Quilico "Blaze" Canadian Music Centre
-The Good Samaritans "No Food Without taste if By Hunger" Analog Africa
| Onughara The Good Samaritans - No Food WIthout Taste If By Hunger - Analog Africa |
| Uncle Ubah Malleus Trio - On/Off - Independent 
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| El Criticon Plena Libre - Cuatro Esquinas - GN Musica |
| Abichu Nega Nega Hailu Mergia - Pioneer Works Swing (Live) - Awesome Tapes From Africa 
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| Amenhotep Sissoko, Segal, Parisien, Peirani - Les Égarés - No Format |
| The Sky Is The Same Colour Everywhere Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabate - The Sky Is The Same Colour Everywhere - Real World |
| Tu dormi/Rouz o Shab Constantinople & Marco Beasley - Il Ponte Di Leonardo - Glossa
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| Severance Afarin Mansouri - Dancing With Love - Canadian Music Centre
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| Aneinu (feat. Younes Dardashti) Galeet Dardashti - Monajat - Independent |
| Intizar Mohammad Motamedi & Rembrandt Trio - Intizar - Just Listen Records
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| The latter half of this set, has really shown the incredible flexibility and adventurous nature of Persian music and musicians! |
| Dream of the Pines Ruiqi Wang - Subduing The SIlence - Orchard of Pomegranates
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| Aeon Alice Ping Yee Ho/Christina Petrowska Quilico - Blaze - Canadian Music Centre
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| Etude Op. 25 no. 11 Frederic Chopin/Robert Goldsand - The Lost Recitals - Marston Records |
| To Remain/To Return Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily - Love In Exile - Verve |
| Archora Anna Thovaldsdottir/Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Eva Ollikainen - Archora/Aion - Sono Luminus |
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2:07 PM, December 28th, 2023