Composer/performer David Longstreth stopped by for the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists visit the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. He chose recordings by David Byrne, Jonny Greenwood, Bulgarian State Television Female Choir, Caetano Veloso, Tyondai Braxton, Scritti Politti, and João Gilberto, and from the Nonesuch Explorer Series.

Songs of love, in its many forms and stages.

Enjoy selections from all the latest new and upcoming Nonesuch releases.

Composer/trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire stopped by for the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists visit the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. He chose recordings by Joni Mitchell, Paul Jacobs (performing Schoenberg), Jonny Greenwood, Mary Halvorson, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Steve Reich, and Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade.

Celebrating the year in Nonesuch music from Mary Halvorson, Yussef Dayes, Nathalie Joachim, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Ringdown, The Staves, Timo Andres, Metropolis Ensemble, The Black Keys, John Adams, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly, Brad Mehldau, Illinoise, Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion, The Staves, Gabriel Kahane, Laurie Anderson, Davóne Tines, The Truth, Rhiannon Giddens, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Yasmin Williams, Carminho, Jeremy Denk, Silkroad Ensemble, Donnacha Dennehy, Alarm Will Sound, Jeff Parker & ETA IVtet, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Wilco.

Holiday tunes both classic and soon-to-be-so from The Staves, Rachael & Vilray, Chris Thile, The Magnetic Fields, David Byrne, Joachim Cooder, Mountain Man, Rostam, Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Julia Bullock, John Adams, Boston Camerata, and The Nutcracker.

Classical singer Julia Bullock stopped by for the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists visit the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. She chose recordings by the Gipsy Kings, k.d. lang, Jan DeGaetani, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Dawn Upshaw, Sanford Sylvan, Caetano Veloso, and John Adams.

Composer/performer Gabriel Kahane stopped by for the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists visit the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. He chose recordings by Ambrose Akinmusire, Punch Brothers, Sam Amidon, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Richard Goode & Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Fred Hersch, and his father, Jeffrey Kahane.

Cécile McLorin Salvant stopped by for the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists visit the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. She chose recordings by Philip Glass, Jeff Parker, Caroline Shaw & Attacca Quartet, Early Music Consort of London, Björk, Caetano Veloso, Steve Reich, Dawn Upshaw, Adam Guettel, Gipsy Kings, and monks from Khampagar Monastery.

Music from all of the Nonesuch recordings nominated for Grammy Awards in 2024 from The Black Keys, Ambrose Akinmusire, John Adams, Timo Andres, Caroline Shaw, and Sō Percussion.

A few songs as a reminder that, while life and, hopefully, trying times are short, art is long. Featuring Hurray for the Riff Raff, Rhiannon Giddens, Davóne Tines, Makaya McCraven, Ry Cooder, Nathalie Joachim, Gaby Moreno & Van Dyke Parks, Randy Newman, Conor Oberst, Gabriel Kahane, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Emmylou Harris, Laurie Anderson, John Adams, Kronos Quartet, and more.

In this age of anxiety, may this playlist—fourteen hours of songs from some forty years of Nonesuch recordings—bring some calm. Available on Spotify and Apple Music, excerpts from which are embedded here.