Friday, October 31, 2008


BOOK OF SILK
Tin Hat Trio

Ropeadope

SHORELIFE
Mouth Music

Rykodisc

LONG ISLAND SHORES
Mindy Smith

Vanguard

"CHANSONS" DE RAMUZ
C.F. Ramuz: poemes et textes
Igor Stravinsky, Ernest Ansermet, Jean Binet: musiques
Basia Retchitzka, soprano
Philippe Huttenlocher, baryton
Collegium Academicum de Geneve
Robert Dunand, dir.

Gallo

GREAT MUSIC OF EUROPE'S COURTS & CATHEDRALS
The Usual Suspects
Sampler of Various Das Alte Werk, L'Oiseau-Lyre, London and Argo artists

Horizon/American Heritage/Argo

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008


LA LIRA D'ESPERIA
Jordi Savall
Pedro Estevan

Astrée

MARTINIS & BIKINIS
Sam Philips

Virgin

"AWAKE SWEET LOVE"
Airs & Partsongs
John Dowland
The Deller Consort
Alfred Deller, counter tenor, dir.
Desmond Dupree, lute

The Bach Guild - Vanguard

HOW LATE'LL YA PLAY'TIL?
David Bromberg Band

Fantasy

LIVE AT LAST!
Steeleye Span

Chrysalis

OHNE HEMD UND OHNE HOSCHEN
Kamerad Schnuerschuh und die Zackgien Knobelbecher

Polydor

YAKETY SAX
Boots Randolph

Monument

VIVALDI, TARTINI, PURCELL, ZANETTI
Camerata Bariloche
Alberto Lysy, cond.

Odyssey

Tuesday, October 28, 2008


THE THIRD QURTET
John Abercrombie

ECM

JULIE IS HER NAME
Julie London

Rev-Ola (UK)

DANCES AND TUNES
for House Organ, Violin and Dulcimer
Jurg Neuenschwander, organ
Johannes Utzinger, violin
Christian Schwander, dulcimer

Musica Helvetica

A CONTROVERSY OF PIPERS
Jimmy Anderson
Pipe Major Iain MacDonald
Iain MacDonald
Duncan MacGillivray
Douglas Peacock
Robert Wallace

Temple Records

BRITTEN/VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
The Philadelphia orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, cond.

RCA Red Seal

Monday, October 27, 2008


ORGAN AND OBOE
Telemann, Handel, Bach, Muffat
Daniel Matrone, Organ at the Cathedral of Agde
Jerome Simonpoli, Oboe

Jade

METROPOLIS
Turtle Island String Quartet

Windham Hill Jazz

MUSIQUE DE TABLE
G.P. Telemann
The King's Consort
Robert King, dir.

Hyperion

Saturday, October 25, 2008


A DREAM
John Dowland
Hopkinson Smith, eight course lute

Naive

NOTHING BUT A BURNING LIGHT
Bruce Cockburn

Columbia

CHANGE OF HEART
Martin Speake
Bobo Stenson
Mick Hutton
Paul Motian

ECM

THE KNEE PLAYS
Music for Robert Wilson's CIVIL warS
David Byrne
The Dirty Dozen Jazz Band


Nonesuch

UTOPIA TRIUMPHANS
The Great Polyphony of the Renaissance
Huelgas Ensemble
PaulVan Nevel, dir.

Sony Vivarte

Friday, October 24, 2008


DEVOTIONS
Ketil Bjornstad

Emarcy

BILL FRISSELL, RON CARTER, PAUL MOTIAN
Bill Frissell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian

Nonesuch

GRACE LIKE A RIVER
Christopher Parkening

EMI

WHERE'S THE MONEY?
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks

Blue Thumb

MUNCH CONDUCTS WAGNER
Richard Wagner
Charles Munch, cond.
Boston Symphony Orchestra

RCA Victor Red Seal "deep groove"

QUIET VILLAGE
The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny

Liberty

GASSENHAUER
Street Song
Carl Orff, composer and director
Instrumental Ensemble
The Toelz Boys Choir
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, chorus master

Quintessence via Harmonia Mundi - BASF

Thursday, October 23, 2008



MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS
Brian Eno and David Byrne

Nonesuch

Tuesday, October 21, 2008