Wednesday, July 30, 2008


CONSORT MUSIC OF THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
The Extempore String Ensemble
George Weigand, dir.

Meridian

TO BE CONTINUED
Jack DeJohnette, Miroslav Vitous,Terje Rypdal

ECM

Tuesday, July 29, 2008


CHILDHOOD AND MEMORY
William Ackerman

Windham Hill

THE COOL OF THE DAY
The music of Jean Ritchie
The Dusing Singers

Greenhays

J. HENRY BURNETT
The B-52 Band & The Fabulous Skylarks

One Way Records

Monday, July 28, 2008


THE NOAH'S ARK TRAP
Nic Jones

A cassette copy I made in 1983.

THE MISSION
Ennio Morricone, composer and conductor
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Incantation (native instruments)

Virgin

Sunday, July 27, 2008


BOOMER'S STORY
Ry Cooder

Reprise

THE LADY AND THE UNICORN
John Renbourn

Reprise via Transatlantic

TROUT MASK REPLICA
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Straight

GAELIC PSALMS FROM LEWIS
Scottish Traditional Series 6
Murdina MacDonald, Murdo MacLeod, Alasdair Graham, and congregations

Greentrax

MUSICA DEL DELPHIN
Luys de Narvaez (Composer)
Pablo Márquez (Guitar)

ECM New Series

Saturday, July 26, 2008


CLASSICAL JAPANESE KOTO MUSIC
Izumi-Kai Original Instrumental Group

Everest

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
The Beatles

Capitol

MOAT ON THE LEDGE
Live at Broughton Castle, 1981
Fairport Convention
Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks, Bruce Rowland, Judy Dyble

Stony Plains Records via Woodworm

WHIPPED CREAM & OTHER DELIGHTS
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass

A&M

Mono

TOOTH OF CRIME
T Bone Burnett

Nonesuch

IN RAINBOWS
Radiohead

TBD Records

Friday, July 25, 2008


AFTER BATHING AT BAXTER'S
Jefferson Airplane

RCA Victor

STRICTLY PERSONAL
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Blue Thumb

LICK MY DECALS OFF, BABY
Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band

Straight

THE SPOTLIGHT KID
Captain Beefheart... (and his Magic Band)

Reprise

BEATLES '65
The Beatles

Capitol

DANCING FEET
The Tannahill Weavers

Green Linnet

MY FATHER'S FACE
Leo Kottke

Private Music

WATERCOLORS
Pat Metheny

ECM

BUTT ROCKIN'
The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Chrysalis

CHAMBER MUSIC
György Ligeti
Double Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra
San Francisco Polyphony
"Metamorphoses nocturnes"
Continuum for Harpsichord
Voces Intimae Quartet
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Elgar Howarth, dir.
Gunilla von Bahr, Torleif Lannerholm, Eva Nordwall

BIS

FOTHERINGAY
Fotheringay

A&M

LUXURY LINER
Emmylou Harris

Warner Bros.

Thursday, July 24, 2008


REJOICING
Pat Metheny with Charlie Haden & Billy Higgins

ECM

VAUGHN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for 2 string orchestras
Fantasia on Greensleeves, for harp, flute & strings
The Lark Ascending, romance for violin & orchestra
Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus' for string orchestra & harp
Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
with Trevor Connah, Stephen Shingles, Kenneth Heath, Iona Brown
Neville Marriner, cond.

Argo

MISSA GLAGOLSKJA
Mass for soloists, double chorus, orchestra & organ ("Glagolitic Mass"), JW 3/9
Leos Janacek
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Evelyn Lear, Bedrich Janacek, Franz Crass, Ernst Hafliger, Hilde Rossel-Majdan
Rafael Kubelik, cond.

Deutsche Grammophon

Wednesday, July 23, 2008


CRYSTAL SILENCE
Gary Burton and Chick Corea

ECM[/I]

GRANDES EAUX MUSICALES DE VERSAILLES
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Mr. de Sainte-Colombe, Philidor l'Aisne, Marin Marais
Le Concert Des Nations, ensemble
Jordi Savall, dir.

Alia Vox

DE OLE FOLKS AT HOME
Taj Mahal

Columbia

ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCES
David Douglas, violin
Paul O'Dette, theorbo
Andrew Lawrence-King, harps

Harmonia Mundi USA