Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time", as performed by Tashi (Peter Serkin, Ida Kavafian, Fred Sherry and Richard Stoltzman).

"Solitude" by Ryuichi Sakamoto, from the Tony Takitani OST.

"A Song for Starlit Beaches" by Yndi Halda.

"Nightmare" by Artie Shaw.

 

"Screamin' Eagle" from The Desert Sessions.

 

"She Needs Me" by Fyfe Dangerfield.

"Drinking Song" by Rob Dougan.

"Paru River" by Uakti and Philip Glass.

 

"Babe, I'm On Fire" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

A live performance of "Better Things" by Massive Attack, featuring Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, otherwise known as Everything But The Girl.

 

"Apocalypse Please" by Muse.

"The Dead Flag Blues" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

 

"John Barleycorn (Must Die)" by Traffic.

 

More nostalgia...

"The Chemicals Between Us" by Bush.

"Toxicity" by System Of A Down.

 

"Esmerelda" by Ben Howard.

 

Pete Roe's "The Devil's Dancefloor" performed live.

"Seeing Abi" by Stephen McKeon, from the soundtrack to Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror.

"Seven Hundred Birds" by Quickbeam.

 

"God From The Machine" by Santigold.

 

The death of the great Ravi Shankar was announced today. This is Mishra Piloo in Thumbri Style, and the extraordinary tabla performance is courtesy of Chatur Lal.

"Katy Song" by Red House Painters.

 

"Sprawl I (Flatland) by Arcade Fire.

In a Zombies mood today...


"The Way I Feel Inside".

"Time Of The Season".

"Harvest Time" by Herbie Hancock.

"Tangled Up In Plaid" by Queens Of The Stone Age.

"Truly Madly Deeply" by Day One.

 

The death of Dave Brubeck was announced today. Here is his quartet performing "Take The 'A' Train". The late, great Joe Morello features on drums...

...and here's Morello's brilliant live solo from Brubeck's most famous composition, "Take Five":

"Blowing Down" by Digable Planets.

"Jasper Country Man" by Bobbi Humphrey.

"Sitting on Top of the World" by Cream. A live version taken from their Goodbye album.

"The Weight" by The Band.

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's studio recording of Ferruccio Busoni's piano transcription of Bach's Chaconne. One of the more incredible piano recordings I've ever heard.

"Slip It In" by Black Flag. If the drumming sounds familiar, this is why.

"Iron Giants" by The Heavy Eyes.

 

"Regret" by New Order.

"Voodoo Chile" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Mr Hendrix would have been 70 today - and as far as studio performances go, he and Mitch Mitchell approach their quintessence here. By turns expansive, languorous and ferocious.

Thanks to Mark Ainley for this - Victor Borge's fascinating and funny insight into "Happy Birthday".

"Second Skin" by The Chameleons.

"Adagio in D Minor" by John Murphy, from Sunshine.

"Lux Aeterna" by Clint Mansell, from Requiem for a Dream.

"Hanging" and "Escape" by Craig Armstrong, from Plunkett & Macleane.

"Dream is Collapsing" by Hans Zimmer, from Inception.

Today is "Epic Music from Films day".

Friday First

"Cherub Rock" by The Smashing Pumpkins, from Siamese Dream.

Three blasts from the past, two of which have the most obvious of links.

"Emerge" by Fischerspooner.

"Push It" by Garbage.

"Push It" by Salt N Pepa.

"God - Senna Theme Reprise Redux III" by Antonio Pinto.

"The Masterplan" by Oasis.

"Between The Bars" by Elliott Smith.

"Sober" by Tool.

"I'll Stay" by Funkadelic.

"Freedom Suite" (in two parts) by Young Disciples. Part 1:

...and Part 2:

"Disparate Youth" by Santigold.

Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert had more than a few gems yesterday - here's one:

Schubert's Nachtstück, performed here by Sarah Walker and Roger Vignoles.

The second movement of Elgar's Piano Quintet in A Minor, as performed by the Nash Ensemble.

"Nothing Left" by Marnie Stern.

"Low" by Foo Fighters.

"The Changingman" by Paul Weller.

"10538 Overture" by Electric Light Orchestra.

"Tell Me Why" by Neil Young.

"Bodies" by Wife.

"The Racing Rats" by Editors.

"July" by Low.

Led Zeppelin perform "Kashmir" live at Knebworth in 1979.

"Brilliant Corners" by Thelonious Monk.

"Corduroy" by The Wedding Present.

"The Old Man's Back Again" by Scott Walker.

"Enjoy The Silence" by Depeche Mode.

"Gypsy" by Van Morrison.

"Moonage Daydream" by David Bowie.

"Thriller" by Michael Jackson. It's Halloween. It was inevitable.

"Rouge Sang" by Saian Supa Crew.

Just stumbled across this video of Samson François playing Chopin's Ballade No. 4.

"Pouring Water On A Drowning Man" by James Carr. What a voice!

"Afternoon Tea" by The Kinks.

"Little Fury Things" by Dinosaur Jr.

"Easter Theatre" by XTC.

"Right On" by Marvin Gaye.

"Raid" by Madvillain.

"Venus In Furs" by The Velvet Underground.

"The Day I Tried To Live" by Soundgarden.

"Once In A Lifetime" by Talking Heads.

"Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" by Elton John.

"Monkey Gone To Heaven" by Pixies.

"Grace" by Jeff Buckley.

The late, great William Kapell's remarkable performance of Liszt's Mephisto Waltz.

Dinu Lipatti plays the galloping final movement of Chopin's Piano Sonata in B Minor.

Brahms' Symphony No. 4 in E Minor performed by the Vienna Philharmonic, with Carlos Kleiber conducting. Yep, the whole, glorious thing.

"The Pan Within" by The Waterboys.

"You Fool No One" by Deep Purple.

"Fool in the Rain" by Led Zeppelin.

"Heaven and Hell" by The Who.

"Heaven and Hell" by Black Sabbath.

"The Makings of You" by Curtis Mayfield.

"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" by The Rolling Stones.

"Hourglass" by Cunninlynguists.

"Risingson" by Massive Attack.

"St. Thomas" by Sonny Rollins.

Max Bruch's "Kol Nidrei" as performed by Pau Casals, backed by a London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Landon Ronald.

"Sea of Joy" by Blind Faith.

"Ball & Chain" by Big Brother & The Holding Company.

"Shapes of Things" by Jeff Beck Group. Yes, that is Rod Stewart wailing.

"Sweet Lovin' Man" by The Magnetic Fields.

"Living for the City" by Stevie Wonder.

"Runaway" by Kanye West.

David Bowie's version of Nina Simone's "Wild is the Wind". Possibly the best of all his covers.

"The Rainbow" by Talk Talk.

"Crown of Love" by Arcade Fire.

The first movement of Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2, as performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eugen Jochum. Emil Gilels is the soloist.

"Bible Study" by Marco Beltrami, from the 3:10 to Yuma soundtrack.

"Revolution" by Spacemen 3.

"We Will Fall" by The Stooges.

Nathan Milstein plays the Chaconne from Bach's Partita for Solo Violin in D Minor. One of the greatest pieces of music ever written receiving a worthy performance.

The first movement of Mendelssohn's Octet for Strings in E Flat, as performed by the Kodály and Auer Quartets on their excellent recording for Naxos. The composer wrote this at the age of 16!

"Users and Thieves" by Bizali.

"Le Moulin" by Yann Tiersen.

"H." by Tool.

"Live at the Barbeque" by Main Source featuring Nas.

"The Overly Dramatic Truth" by El-P.

"Celebrated Summer" by Hüsker Dü.

"Demon Cleaner" by Kyuss.

 

"Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks" by The National.

 

"Drumroll" by P.O.S. Thanks to Jo from the excellent Don't be slow Jo blog for the heads-up.

"Lysol" by Melvins. I'm cheating here (it's a one-track album comprising six songs: "Hung Bunny", "Roman Dog Bird", "Sacrifice", "Second Coming", "Ballad of Dwight Fry" and "With Teeth"), but this is Melvins we're talking about. I make no apology for cheating here.