Speaking of John Luther Adams: Alex Ross has a
new piece for The New Yorker on the JACK Quartet and Spektral Quartet, both of whom have been finding ways to perform during the pandemic--and both of whom have new records out. (Spektral:
Experiments in Living. JACK:
Lines Made By Walking--new string quartets by JLA. I gotta think the title piece is inspired by
Richard Long.)
Spektral used to record for Sono Luminus--I'm not sure why they were dropped--but their new label, New Focus, doesn't seem to be into surround.
JACK has also recorded for Sono Luminus, among other labels (mainly but not exclusively in stereo), but their last record on Cold Blue,
Everything That Rises (also by JLA), was available--from Acoustic Sounds only, unfortunately--in a fantastically immersive 5.1 mix by Nathaniel Reichman, who also did the Atmos mixes of the
Become trilogy for Cantaloupe.
Cold Blue's label head told me that Reichman was preparing an Atmos mix for
Lines Made By Walking, too, but so far I've only found the 5.1 version--at
Acoustic Sounds (pricey) and
e-Onkyo (only slightly less pricey).
I'll pass on any news I hear...