Friday, November 30, 2012


THE CRIMINAL UNDER MY OWN HAT
T Bone Burnett

Columbia

SIGN OF LIFE
Music for 858 Quartet
Bill Frisell
858 Quartet

Savoy Jazz

Thursday, November 29, 2012


THE TRUE FALSE IDENTITY
T Bone Burnett

DMZ/Columbia

SAD DAYS LONELY NIGHTS
Junior Kimbrough
and the Soul Blues Boys

Fat Possum

ACCORDION DREAMS
Mingo Saldivar, Eva Ybarra, Valerio Longoria, Los Laytons, Albert Zamora, Tony De La Rosa, Ruben Vela, Flaco Jimenez, Los Dos Gilbertos, Los Chachos, Victoria y Sus Chikos, Santiago Jimenez, Jr., and Tropa F-Los Hermanos Farias

Hacienda Records

THE GRACEFUL GHOST
Grey De Lisle

Sugar Hill

BEAUTIFUL DREAMERS
Bill Frisell

Savoy Jazz

RITE
Unni Løvlid

Grappa

L'HOMME DE ARMÉ MASSES
Josquin des Prés
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, dir.

Gimell

OBOEN-KONZERTE
Antonio Vivaldi
Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe
Neus Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig
Max Pommer, dir.

Cappricio

Tuesday, November 27, 2012


OUT OF THIS WORLD
Kenny Burrell

Prestige

DUETS 1976
Anthony Braxton
with Muhal Richard Abrams

Arista

TROUVÈRES
Courtly Love Songs from Northern France ca. 1175-1300
Chansons, Motets, Chansons de Toile, Estampie, Jeu-Parti, Rondeaux
Sequentia

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

SHINING LIGHT
Music for Advent from Aquitanian Monasteries (12th c.)
Sequentia

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Monday, November 26, 2012


TRIODION
Arvo Pärt
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, dir.

Hyperion

ALL NIGHT LONG
Junior Kimbrough
& The Soul Blues Boys

Fat Possum

Saturday, November 24, 2012


SHADES OF JADE
Marc Johnson – double bass
Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
John Scofield – guitar
Eliane Elias – piano
Joey Baron – drums
Alain Mallet – organ

ECM

SOME KAZOOS
Temple City Kazoo Orchestra

Rhino


GOOD RAIN
Solveig Slettahjell
Slow Motion Quintet

ACT

BEING THERE
Tord Gustavsen Trio

ECM

Friday, November 23, 2012


TRILOBYTE
Uakti

Point Music

DREAMS SO REAL
Music of Carla Bley
Gary Burton Quintet

ECM

CELLO SYMPHONY, SINFONIA DA REQUIEM, CANTATA MISERICORDIUM
Benjamin Britten
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Peter Pears, tenor
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
English Chamber Orchestra
New Philharmonia Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Britten, con.

London

Thursday, November 22, 2012


SIMPLE GIFTS
Shaker Chants and Spirituals
Shakers of Sabbathday Lake
The Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen dir.

Erato

THE GOLDEN HARVEST
More Shaker Chants and Spirituals
The Shakers of Sabbathday Lake
The Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen

Glissando

LIVE IN AMERICA
The John Renbourn Group

Flying Fish

TRAV'LING HOME
American Spirituals 1770-1870
The Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen, dir.

Erato

Wednesday, November 21, 2012


VIRTUOSO RECORDER MUSIC
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

L'Oiseau Lyre

A CELEBRATION FOR HARP
Three Centuries of Music
Nancy Allen

Angel EMI

AINES
Medieval Provençal Mystery Play, 14th-15th Century
Ensemble Catilena Antiqua
Stefano Albarello, dir.

Symphonia

BILL EVANS TRIO
At Shelly's Manne-Hole, Hollywood, California
Bill Evans Trio

Riverside

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Monday, November 19, 2012


CARE-CHARMING SLEEP
The Dowland Project
John Potter

ECM New Series

Saturday, November 17, 2012


AMERICA
John Fahey

Takoma

LA SULTANNE
François Couperin
Capriccio Stravagante
Jay Bernfeld, viola de gamba
Skip Sempé, harpsichord, director

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

CARMINA BURANA
Carl Orff
Elfride Trötschel · Paul Kuen · Hans Braun · Karl Hoppe
Chor Und Sinfonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Eugen Jochum, dir.

Deutsche Grammophon

MUSICA POETICA: ORFF-SCHULWERK 8
Moll Unterdominanten; Lydisch; Mixolydisch
Carl Orff
Instrumental Ensemble and Overall Direction by Gunild Keetman and Carl Orff
Der Tolzer Knabenchor; Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, director
Der Kammerchor der Staatlichen Hochschule fur Musik, Munchen; Fritz Schieri, director
Stuttgarter Sprechchor; Heinz Mende, director
Godela Orff-Büchtemann, speaker

Harmonia Mundi - BASF

Friday, November 16, 2012


EXTEMPORE II
A modern Mass for the Feast of St. Michael based upon the medieval melody L'homme Armé
Orlando Consort, vocal ensemble
Perfect Houseplants, jazz quartet

Harmonia Mundi

Thursday, November 15, 2012


MUSICA POETICA 9
Orff-Schulwerk, Tanzstücke für Bläser und Schlagwerk
(Dance Pieces for Winds and Percussion)
Carl Orff
Instrumental Ensemble and Overall Direction by Gunild Keetman and Carl Orff
Der Tolzer Knabenchor; Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, director
Der Kammerchor der Staatlichen Hochschule fur Musik, Munchen; Fritz Schieri, director
Stuttgarter Sprechchor; Heinz Mende, director
Godela Orff-Büchtemann, speaker

Harmonia Mundi - BASF

Wednesday, November 14, 2012


ORFF SCHULWERK 10
Sprechszenen; Laudi; Balladen
(Speech Pieces; Laments; and Ballads)
Carl Orff
Instrumental Ensemble and Overall Direction by Gunild Keetman and Carl Orff
Der Tolzer Knabenchor; Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, director
Der Kammerchor der Staatlichen Hochschule fur Musik, Munchen; Fritz Schieri, director
Stuttgarter Sprechchor; Heinz Mende, director
Godela Orff-Büchtemann, speaker

BASF - Harmonia Mundi

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

MSR Classics