A Wordless Music Mix.

Nonesuch Records' Ronen Givony is the founder of NYC's Wordless Music. To date, this concert series boasts a staggeringly diverse roster of artists, including the acclaimed Sigur Ros, Andrew Bird, Deerhoof, Beirut, Explosions in the Sky, Mum, The Books, Grizzly Bear, and Stars of the Lid. These performances are often intermixed with the music of Bach, Haydn, Debussy, Shostakovich, Messiaen, Ligeti, Steve Reich, and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, against the meticulously-curated backdrop of NY's most unforgettable spaces. In 2008 Village Voice's Best of NYC Award for "Moderately Snooty Concert Series" went to ... Wordless Music.

This mix is a glimpse at the music and artists which helped define Wordless Music. Its a extensive foray into the hushed, arrestingly meditative side of electronic, classical and indie rock music.

1. J.S. Bach: Aria from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1741) (Rosalyn Tureck, piano, 1955)

2. K.C. Accidental: Instrumental Died in the Bathtub and Took the Daydreams with It (from Anthems for the Could've Bin Pills, 2000)

3. Brian McBride: Overture (for Other Halfs) (from When the Detail Lost Its Freedom, 2005)

4. Johannes Ockeghem: Deo Gratias (c. 15th century) (Huelgas Ensemble) (from Utopia Triumphans: The Great Polyphony of the Renaissance, 1994)

5. cLOUDDEAD: Apt. A, Part 1 (from cLOUDDEAD, 2001)

6. Gavin Bryars/Aphex Twin: Raising the Titanic (Big Drum Mix) (from 26 Mixes for Cash, 2003)

7. Boards of Canada: Telephasic Workshop (from Music Has the Right to Children, 1998)

8. Fridge: Five Combs (from Thank You: Temporary Residence Limited 50th Release Compilation, 2004)

9. Loscil: Umbra (from Idol Tryouts Two: Ghostly International, Vol. 2 Compilation, 2006)

10. Isan: Clipper (from Salamander, 1999)

11. Claude Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin (1910) (Walter Gieseking, piano) (from Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, 1951)

12. Grouper: When We Fall (from Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill, 2008)

13. Why?: Ape in Cage with Wire Cutters (from Oaklandazulasylum, 2003)

14. Tim Hecker: Chimeras (from Harmony in Ultraviolet, 2006)

15. Stephan Mathieu and Ekkehard Ehlers: Rose (from Heroin, 2001)

16. Casino Versus Japan: Blue Vacation (Part 1) (from Casino Versus Japan, 1998)

17.. Polmo Polpo: Farewell (from Like Hearts Swelling, 2003)

18. Christopher Tye: Farwell My Good I. Forever (c. 1550) (Kronos Quartet) (from Early Music: Lachrymae Antiquae, 1997)

19. Do Make Say Think: Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! (from Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn, 2003)

20. The Books: Vogt Dig For Kloppervok (from Lost and Safe, 2005)

21. Broadcast: Oh How I Miss You (from Haha Sound, 2003)

22. Múm: Slow Bicycle (from Yesterday Was Dramatic -- Today is OK, 2000)

23. Torngat: Hammond Song (from You Could Be, 2007)

24. Charles Ives: The Alcotts from Piano Sonata No. 2 ("Concord, Mass., 1840-60") (1916-19) (Gilbert Kalish, piano, 1976)

25. Eluvium: New Animals from the Air (from Talk Amongst the Trees, 2005)