Thursday, December 31, 2009


THE NINE MAIDENS
John Renbourn

Flying Fish

A WINTER'S SOLSTICE IV
Windham Hill Artists

Windham Hill

ALCHEMY
Third Ear Band

Harvest

PASSENGERS
The Gary Burton Quartet
with Eberhard Weber

ECM

FRÖHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN
Westfälischen Nachtigallen

BASF

COMIN' HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Merle Haggard

Epic

CAROLS FOR ALL SEASONS
Jean Ritchie

Tradition

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

Monday, December 28, 2009


OXYGENE
Jean Michel Jarre

Disques Motors

"FOR PENCE AND SPICY ALE"
The Watersons

Antilles

WITCHI-TAI-TO
Jan Garbarek - Bobo Stenson Quartet

ECM

FROST AND FIRE
The Watersons

Topic

21ST CENTURY MIRROR MEN
The Magic Band

Proper

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

Saturday, December 26, 2009


6- AND 12-STRING GUITAR
Leo Kottke

Takoma

A STAR IN THE EAST
Medieval Hungarian Christmas Music
Anonymous 4

Harmonia Mundi

CHARIOTS OF FIRE
Vangelis

Universal

MY ROMANCE
Dave Brubeck

Primo

FOR HAMP, RED, BAGS AND CAL
Gary Burton

Concord Jazz

KIND OF BLUE
Miles Davis

Columbia

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


DAVE BRUBECK TRIO
Dave Brubeck Trio (with Cal Tjader)

Fantasy

THE PINK PANTHER
Henry Mancini

RCA Victor