Soundtrack for a Summer Solstice
Stuart brings you a selection of music especially chosen for the longest day (or, if you prefer, shortest night) of the year. Expect everything from Messiaen to Floating Points.
Stuart brings you a selection of music especially chosen for alfresco listening on the longest day (or, if you prefer, shortest night) of the year.
Expect everything from Messiaen to Floating Points, Pentangle to Meredith Monk. Plus, a sprinkling of Brazilian bossa nova, Ethiopian jazz funk and classic British psychedelia.
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The Gesualdo Six & Owain Park
R. Panufnik: O Hearken
- Hyperion.
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Gal Costa & Caetano Veloso
Baby
- Universal Music Ltda..
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Sean O’Hagan
Better Lull Bear
- Drag City.
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Shabaka Hutchings
A Future Untold
- Shabaka Records.
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Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau
Summer Day
- Warner Music UK Limited.
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Sun Ra
Springtime Again
- Strut.
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Simon Dupree & the Big Sound
Kites
- EMI.
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Pentangle
The Cuckoo
- Transatlantic.
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James Weeks & Exaudi Vocal Ensemble
Out of Chorales: III
- Neu Records.
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Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band
Embuwa Bey Lamitu
- Awesome Tapes From Africa.
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Kings of Convenience
Summer On The West Hill
- [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue.
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Bibio
Patchouli May
- Warp Records.
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Floating Points
Corner Of My Eye
- Pluto.
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BBC Symphony Orchestra & Dalia Stasevska
Judith Weir: Still, Glowing
- Platoon.
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Chuck Johnson
Eye on the Sparrow
- Glitterbeat Records.
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Emmanuel Pahud & Eric Le Sage
Messiaen: Le merle noir
- Warner Classics.
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Meredith Monk & Collin Walcott
Fear And Loathing In Gotham: Gotham Lullaby
- ECM New Series.
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Alice Ader
Ravel: Miroirs, M. 43: I. Noctuelles
- Fuga Libera.
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Jolanda Moletta
Spell VIII- Now
- Ambientologist.
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Michael F. Hunt
Passage of Time
- Phantom Limb.
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A. G. Cook
Depth
- A24 Music.
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Eluvium
Repose In Blue
- Temporary Residence Ltd..
Broadcast
- Sun 21 Jun 202620:00BBC Radio 6 Music
