Monday, August 30, 2010


MUSIQUE POUR LA VIOLE
Marin Marais
Charivari Agréable

ASV

FLORILÈGE DE LA VIELLE A ROUE
Music for drone from the Middle Ages and from French folk traditions
René Zosso, vocals and hurdy-gurdy
Anne Osnowycz, vocals and epinette des Vosges

Harmonia Mundi

LET'S MAKE A RECORD
Sister Gertrude Morgan

Ropeadope

Saturday, August 28, 2010


GREGORIAN CHANT, PLAIN CHANT, AND SPIRITUALS
Recorded in Saint Mark's Cathedral, Venice
Willie Ruff, solo French Horn

The Kepler Label

MUSIQUES
'Pierre' Bensusan

Windham Hill

Friday, August 27, 2010


EARLY FANTASIES
Dave Brubeck

Book-of-the-Month-Records

SIEGFRIED
Richard Wagner
Hermann Becht: Alberich
Fritz Hübner: Fafner
Gwyneth Jones: Brünnhilde
Manfred Jung: Siegfried
Donald McIntyre: Der Wanderer
Norma Sharp: Waldvogel
Ortrun Wenkel: Erda
Heinz Zednik: Mime
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Pierre Boulez, cond.

Philips

AMAL
Amal Markus

EMI

SEDUCING DOWN THE DOOR
A Collection 1970 - 1990
John Cale

Rhino

Wednesday, August 25, 2010


STARS IN MY CROWN
Jorma Kaukonen

Red House

LUX FEMINÆ
900 - 1600
Montserrat Figueras

Alia Vox

MORIMUR
Partita D Minor BWV 1004
J.S. Bach
Christoph Poppen, baroque violin
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

Tuesday, August 24, 2010


INTERNET STREAM FROM ALIA VOX

Turned in my resignation today. Too fried to pick out music, so I'm swimming in a cool stream.

Woo Hoo! I'm gonna see & hear Jordi Savall, Montserrat Figueras, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI, and Tembembe Ensamble Continuo this October (they're playing in Houston and Austin... and Washington DC the week before).

Monday, August 23, 2010


LAWES
Fantasia-Suites No. 1-8 for 2 violins, bass viol & organ continuo
William Lawes
London Baroque

Harmonia Mundi

SOMETHING OF TIME
Nightnoise

Windham Hill

Sunday, August 22, 2010


MISSA L'HOMME ARMÉ
Guillaume Dufay
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, dir.

Naxos

A L'ESTAMPIDA
Medieval Dance Music
The Dufay Collective

Avie

MIRI IT IS
Songs and Instrumental Music from Medieval England
The Dufay Collective
with John Potter

Chandos

THE COURTS OF LOVE
Music from the Time of Eleanor of Aquitane
Sinfonye
Stevie Wishart, dir.

Hyperion

Saturday, August 21, 2010


MISSA MEXICANA
17th Century Mexican Baroque Mass
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King, dir.

Harmonia Mundi

CRUEL SISTER
Pentangle

Line

THE ART OF THE LUTE
Renaissance and Baroque Masterpieces from France, England and Germany
Attaignant, Besard, Bittner, Mace
Walter Gerwig, lutenist

RCA Victrola

Friday, August 20, 2010


CONTINUM; ZEHN STÜCK FÜR BLÄSERQUINTET; ARTIKULATION; GLISSANDI; ETÜDEN FÜR ORGEL; VOLUMINA FÜR ORGEL
György Ligeti
Southwest German Radio Wind Quintet, Baden-Baden Bläserquintett des Südwestfunks, Antoinette Vischer, Zsigmond Szathmáry, Karl-Erik Welin

WERGO

SONGS AND DANCES FROM THE SPANISH RENAISSANCE
Camerata Iberia

M+A Recordings

MOODS
Erroll Garner

Mercury Wing

AT YOUR BIRTHDAY PARTY
Steppenwolf

Dunhill

JONAH JONES/GLEN GRAY
Jonah Jones Quartet
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra

Columbia

Thursday, August 19, 2010


ANNIVERSARY!
Stan Getz

EmArcy

CONCIERTO
Jim Hall
Paul Desmond
Chet Baker
Ron Carter

CTI

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The United States of America

Columbia

THE LEGEND OF PELE
Sounds of Arthur Lyman

High Fidelity Recordings

THE RED LANTERN
An Outstanding Example of Theatrical Art on Revolutionary, Contemporary Themes
The No. 1 Company of the China Peking Opera Theatre

China Record Company

Wednesday, August 18, 2010


THE IMAGINED VILLAGE
English Folk Music Re-imagined by a Collaboration of Various Artists

Real World

IN GOTTES NAMEN FAHREN WIR
Pilgerlieder aus Mittelalter und Renaissance
Odhecaton, Ensemble für alte Musik, Köln

Fono

Monday, August 16, 2010


MUD ACRES
Music Among Friends
Happy Traum, Jim Rooney, Artie Traum, Bill Keith, Maria Muldaur, Tony Brown, John Herald, Lee Berg, Eric Kaz

Rounder

VOODOO SUITE
Plus Six All-Time Greats!
Perez Prado & Shorty Rogers

RCA Victor

CARMINA BURANA
Carl Orff, composer
Ray Manzarek, arranger
Philip Glass, producer

A&M

ENGLISH COUNTRY MUSIC FROM EAST ANGLIA
Field Recordings
Billy Bennington, hammer dulcimer
Percy Brown, melodeon accordion
Harold Covill, mouth organ
Oscar Woods, melodeon accordion

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