Wednesday, December 30, 2009


MILES AHEAD
Miles Davis + 19
Gil Evans, orchestration

Jazz Track

SWEET REVENGE
John Prine

Atlantic

ALAMO BAY
Ry Cooder

Slash

L'ŒUVRE POUR ORGUE 3
Johann Sebastian Bach
Marie-Claire Alain

Erato

ACOUSTIC
Dan Ar Bras

Green Linnet

BALLET MECHANIQUE
George Antheil
Los Angeles Contemporary Music Ensemble
Robert Craft, conductor
Ronald LoPresti: Sketch for Percussion
Carlos Chavez: Toccata for Percussion,
Alan Hovhannes: October Mountain,
Manhattan Percussion Ensemble
Paul Price, conductor

Urania

THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN
Robert Fripp

Polydor

A RAINBOW IN CURVED AIR
Terry Riley

Columbia Masterworks

THE GAUGUIN YEARS
Songs and Dances of Tahiti
Recorded on location by
Francis Mazièri

Nonesuch

RUMBLE FISH
Stewart Copeland

A&M

SO MANY PARTINGS
Silly Wizard

Shanachie

CHRISTMAS JUBILEE
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

London Jubilee

Tuesday, December 29, 2009


CERDDORIAETH AR GYFER Y MABINOGI
Robin Williamson

Flying Fish

SNOWFALL
The Tony Bennett Christmas Album
Tony Bennett
Robert Farnon, arr/cond

Columbia

Sunday, December 27, 2009


NOWELL SING WE CLEAR
John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Fred Breunig, Steve Woodruff

Front Hall

THE BLACK SWAN
Bert Jansch

Drag City

THE NEW POSSIBILITY:
JOHN FAHEY'S GUITAR SOLI CHRISTMAS ALBUM
John Fahey

Takoma

ALMANACK
Steeleye Span

Charisma

SUMMER SOLSTICE
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior

Mooncrest


R.I.P. Tim Hart
1.9.1948 - 12.24.2009

CHRISTMAS AT SAINT JOHN'S
The Choir of Saint John's College, Cambridge
George Guest, dir.

Argo

THE CHARLIE BYRD CHRISTMAS ALBUM
Charlie Byrd

Concord Jazz

A RENAISSANCE CHRISTMAS
The Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen, dir.

Nonesuch

Friday, December 25, 2009


LUTHERAN MASS FOR CHRISTMAS MORNING
Michael Praetorius
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Boys Choir and Congregational Choir of Roskilde Cathedral
Paul McCreesh, dir.

Archiv

A TAPESTRY OF CAROLS
The Carnival Band
Maddy Prior, vocals

Musical Heritage Society/Saydisc

IN A MIST
Bix Beiderbecke

Definitive Records

Thursday, December 24, 2009


WASSAIL! WASSAIL!
Early American Christmas Music
The Christmas Revels
John Langstaff, dir.

Revels Records

HOT JAZZ FOR A COOL YULE
The Jim Cullum Jazz Band

Riverwalk

CHRISTMAS
Bruce Cockburn

Columbia

CHRISTMAS WITH SONOS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
James Meredith, dir.

Well-Tempered Productions

Wednesday, December 23, 2009