Brad Mehldau, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly, Big Ears, Nathalie Joachim, Kronos, Wilco News and More
Two Brad Mehldau album pre-orders * Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly album pre-order * Big Ears conversations * Nathalie Joachim on 'Soundcheck' * Wilco GRAMMYs chat * and more
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Brad Mehldau: After Bach II
Available May 10
On After Bach II, Brad Mehldau performs four preludes and one fugue from J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, as well as the Allemande from Partita for Keyboard No. 4 in D Major, interspersed with seven compositions or improvisations by Mehldau inspired by the complementary works of the Baroque master—including his Variations on Bach’s Goldberg Theme. After Bach II follows 2018’s After Bach album.
Brad Mehldau: Après Fauré
Available May 10
On Après Fauré, Brad Mehldau performs four nocturnes, from a thirty-seven-year span of Gabriel Fauré’s career, as well as a reduction of an excerpt from the Adagio movement of his Piano Quartet in G Minor, along with four of Mehldau’s compositions that Fauré inspired presented in a group, bookended by two sections featuring the French composer’s works.
Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly: MESTIZX
Available May 10
MESTIZX is Bolivian-born singer and multimedia performer Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and Chicago expat jazz drummer Frank Rosaly's debut full-length album as co-composers, arrangers, and musicians. Partners in both marriage and art, the Amsterdam-based duo dove deep into the sounds of their respective ancestral roots in Bolivia, Brazil, and Puerto Rico to create this deeply personal meditation on decolonization and the defiant power of ritual and protest.
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Brad Mehldau Shares New Album Tracks
Brad Mehldau has released two tracks from his upcoming album After Bach II—Between Bach by Mehldau and Fugue No. 20 in A Minor by Bach—as well as his Prelude from Après Fauré, with a scrolling score video of that last track.
Watch: Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly Share "DESTEJER"
Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly have released "DESTEJER," the lead single to their upcoming album, MESTIZX, along with a video filmed near Ferragutti's hometown in Cochabamba, Bolivia, by director Espectador Domesticado.
Big Ears Festival Announces Artist Conversations
The 2024 Big Ears Festival is next week in Knoxville with more than a dozen Nonesuch artists past, present, and future performing as part of the label's 60th anniversary celebrations. Additionally, Big Ears has just announced its artist conversations with music journalists Ann Powers and Nate Chinen, including talks with Sam Amidon, Laurie Anderson, Darcy James Argue, Rhiannon Giddens, Mary Halvorson, Robin Holcomb, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Brad Mehldau, Davóne Tines, and Yasmin Williams.
Watch: Nathalie Joachim on New Sounds' Soundcheck
Singer and composer Nathalie Joachim stopped by WNYC Studios in New York City to talk with New Sounds' Soundcheck host John Schaefer and perform three songs from her new album, Ki moun ou ye.
Kronos Quartet Focus of NPR Classical Playlist
"Curious about Kronos?" asks NPR Music's Tom Huizenga, making the group the sole focus of this week's NPR Classical playlist update. "To mark the retirement of long-time Kronos Quartet members John Sherba and Hank Dutt, check out these classic tracks they laid down over more than 45 years with the intrepid ensemble."
Watch: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Talk at Recording Academy Event
Wilco's Jeff Tweedy joined Cheryl Pawelski in conversation at a Recording Academy event in Chicago celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The 2022 super deluxe anniversary edition of the album earned them the Grammy Award for Best Historical Album in 2023 and writer Bob Mehr the Grammy for Best Album Notes.
Nonesuch Events for the Weekend
Rhiannon Giddens plays a sold-out show at the Beacon Theatre in NYC, where Nathalie Joachim has sold out Carnegie Hall's Resnick Education Wing. The Black Keys play a set at Stubb's in Austin. Tigran Hamasyan and his trio are in Boston and Chicago. Hurray for the Riff Raff has a sold-out show in St. Paul. Brad Mehldau plays solo in Europe—in Geneva, Rome, and Verona. Mandy Patinkin is in San Antonio. Cécile McLorin Salvant performs Ogresse conducted by Darcy James Argue in Luxembourg and Brussels.
Bill Frisell's This Land at 30
It was 30 years ago: Bill Frisell's album This Land was released on Nonesuch. The guitarist/composer works with a sextet, including clarinetist Don Byron, on these 14 original tunes. Rolling Stone says: "Strange meetings of the mysterious and the earthy, the melancholy and the giddy, make perfect sense by Frisell's deliciously warped way of thinking."