Friday, August 31, 2012


SATAN'S CIRCUS
Death in Vegas

Drone

PARIS LA BELLE ÉPOQUE
Gabriel Faure, Cesar Franck, Jules Massenet, Camille Saint-Saëns
Kathryn Stott, piano
Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Sony

ENGLISH, FRENCH, & SCANDINAVIAN SONGS
Frederick Delius
Felicity Lott, soprano
Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Eric Fenby, piano.

Unicorn – Kanchana

THE MIRACULOUS HUMP RETURNS FROM THE MOON
Sopwith Camel

Warner Bros.

KURR
Amiina

Ever

Thursday, August 30, 2012


WHATEVER NEXT / ELEMENTAL
Danny Thompson

Eagle

RUBBER SOUL
The Beatles

EMI

BEYOND THE MISSOURI SKY
(short stories)
Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny

Verve

PERSONAL JESUS
Nina Hagen

Koch

IN A NUTSHELL
Percy Grainger
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, cond.

EMI

TO THE FORE!
Great Symphonic Band Music
Percy Grainger
Michigan State University Symphonic Band
Keith Brion, cond.

Delos

A RED SCORE IN TILE
William Basinski

Streamline

Wednesday, August 29, 2012


AMERICA
John Fahey

Takoma

SONATAS FOR 2 BASSOONS AND CONTINUO
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Musica Franca

MSR

CHAMBER MUSIC
Georg Philipp Telemann
The Amsterdam Baroque Soloists
Ton Koopman, dir.

Erato

TUGEND UND UNTUGEND
German Secular Songs and Instrumentals from the Time of Martin Luther
Convivium Musicum
Ensemble Villanella
Sven Berger, dir.

Naxos

Tuesday, August 28, 2012


MNEMOSYNE
Jan Garbarek
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

FROM THE SEA TO THE STARS
Straw Bear Band

Hobby-Horse

LA BELLE HOMICIDE
Ennemond Gaultier, René Mesangeau, François Dufaut, Jacques Gallot, Denis Gaultier, Charles Mouton, Charles Bocquet, Nicolas Dubut
Rolf Lislevand, lute

Naïve

NECK AND NECK
Chet Atkins
Mark Knopfler

Columbia

ENDZEITFRAGMENTE
Fragments for the End of Time: 9th-11th Centuries
Sequentia
Norbert Rodenkirchen: flutes, harp
Benjamin Bagby: voice, harps, symphonia, direction

Edition Raumklang

Monday, August 27, 2012


JAZZ PROFILE NO. 22
Sarah Vaughan

Blue Note

SWING IS HERE
Dick Hyman

Reference Recordings

TARPAN SEASONS
Solveig Slettahjell
Slow Motion Orchestra

Jazzland

ORGUES D'ALLEMAGNE
Johann Pachelbel, Nikolaus Bruhns
Trebel, Altenbruch: organs
Helmut Winter: organist

Harmonia Mundi

SYMPHONY 9
Historically Informed Performance and Instrumentation
Ludwig van Beethoven
The London Classical Players
The Schütz Choir of London
Roger Norrington, dir.

EMI Reflexe

"DISHED UP FOR PIANO"
Volume 1
Percy Grainger
Martin Jones, piano

Nimbus

Sunday, August 26, 2012


CANTICUM CANTICORUM
(Song of Songs)
Orlande de Lassus, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Heinrich Schutz, Domenico Mazzocchi, Healey Willan, William Walton, Thomas Tomkins, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Marin Marais, John Dunstable, Henry Purcell
Les Voix Baroques with instrumental ensemble
Matthew White & Stephen Stubbs, musical directors

ATMA Classique

BLUNT OBJECTS
Jonathan Matis
The Low End String Quartet

I.A.

WATER PASSION
After Saint Matthew
Tan Dun
Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart
RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin
Elizabeth Keusch, soprano; Stephen Bryant, bass-baritone; Mark O'Connor, violin; Maya Beiser, cello; David Cossin, percussion; Yuanlin Chen, sampler; David Sheppard, sound designer
Tan Dun, cond.

Sony Classics

Thursday, August 23, 2012


ROMARIA
Love Songs, Chants and Motets from the 12th Century to the Present
The Dowland Project
John Potter

ECM New Series

THE LIGETI PROJECT IV
Hamburg Concerto, Double Concerto, Ramifications, Requiem
György Ligeti
Marie-Luise Neunecker, Heinz Holliger, Jacques Zoon
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
ASKO Ensemble
Schönberg Ensemble
Reinbert de Leeuw, Jonathon Nott: conductors

Teldec

TWO SALZBURG SYMPHONIES
Wolfgang A. Mozart
Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn
Dennis Russell Davies, cond.

Musical Heritage Society

Wednesday, August 22, 2012


A DREAM
John Dowland
Hopkinson Smith, eight-course lute

Naïve

STRING QUARTET & OBOE QUARTET NO. 1
Rutland Boughton
The Rasumovsky Quartet
Sarah Francis, oboe

Helios

MODERNE CHORMUSIK
Two Poems For Chorus, David Bedford
Lux Aeterna, György Ligeti
Succsim, Arne Mellnäs
Matka , Marek Kopelent
Chor Des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg
Gerhard Otto, flute
Helmut Franz, dir.

Deutsche Grammophon

PIECES OF AFRICA
Contemporary African Compositions
Kronos Quartet
with African Soloists

Nonesuch

PEROTIN
Magister Perotin
The Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier, dir.

ECM New Series

Tuesday, August 21, 2012


THE KING'S MUSICK
Aus der Zeit Henry VIII
James Bowman, contratenor
Nigel Rogers, tenor
Ricercare-Ensemble Für Alte Musik, Zürich

EMI Electrola Reflexe

Monday, August 20, 2012


HARMONIA ARTIFICIOSA
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel, dir.

Archiv

WORKS FOR TWO GUITARS, VOL. 1
Hans Werner Henze
Ensemble Villa Musica
Jürgen Ruck, guitar
Elena Casoli, guitar

MD&G

MILLIONS NOW LIVING WILL NEVER DIE
Tortoise

Thrill Jockey

SOUTHLAND OF THE HEART
Maria Muldaur

Telarc

PROVERB
NAGOYA MARIMBAS
CITY LIFE
Steve Reich
Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, cond.
The Steve Reich Ensemble, Bradley Lubman, cond.
Bob Becker, James Preiss: marimbas

Nonesuch

VARIATIONS FOR WINDS, STRINGS AND KEYBOARDS
Steve Reich
SHAKER LOOPS
John Adams
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart, cond.

Philips

Sunday, August 19, 2012


CONSORT SETS IN FIVE & SIX PARTS
William Lawes
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall

Alia Vox

TRUE LOVE CAST OUT ALL EVIL
Roky Erikson
with Okkervil River

Anti-

MUSIC FOR 18 MUSICIANS
Steve Reich
Steve Reich and Musicians

ECM