Saturday, November 30, 2013


THE GROUND
Tord Gustavsen Trio

ECM

LE VERGINE
Cipriano de Rore
The Hilliard Ensemble

Harmonia Mundi

ROBIN IS TO THE GREENWOOD GONE
Elizabethan Lute Music
Paul O'Dette

Nonesuch

Friday, November 29, 2013

Thursday, November 28, 2013


JIM HALL & PAT METHENY
Jim Hall
Pat Metheny


Nonesuch

STEAL AWAY  
Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs
Charlie Haden
Hank Jones

Verve

COMPOSITEUR DE MUSIQUE
Erik Satie
Teodoro Anzellotti: accordion

Winter & Winter

SIMPLE GIFTS
Shaker Chants and Spirituals
Shakers of Sabbathday Lake
Schola Cantorum
The Boston Camerata

Joel Cohen, director

Erato

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

Erato

THE AMERICAN VOCALIST
Spirituals and Folk Hymns, 1850-1870
Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen, director

Erato

Wednesday, November 27, 2013


SUITES POUR LUTH BAROQUE
BWV 1010 & 1012
J.S. Bach
Hopkinson Smith

Astrée

BIRTHDAY BLUES
ROSEMARY LANE
Bert Jansch

Transatlantic

STARS IN MY CROWN
Jorma Kaukonen

Red House

ODES FOR ST. CECELIA'S DAY
MUSIC FOR QUEEN MARY
Henry Purcell
Taverner Consort, Choir & Players
Andrew Parrott, direction

Veritas x2

Tuesday, November 26, 2013


IN C
for unspecified performers
Terry Riley
Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) Ensemble
Raôul Duguay, vocalization
Walter Boudreau, director

ATMA

OFFICIUM DEFUNTORUM, MISSA PRO DEFUNCTIS
Cristóbal de Morales
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hespèrion XX
Jordi Savall, dir.

Astrée

Monday, November 25, 2013


REINHARDT & CHRISTIAN
Original Artists Recordings
Django Reinhardt
Charlie Christian


United Audio

MUSIC BY RY COODER
Music for Films
Ry Cooder

Warner Bros.

THE ENCHANTED DAWN
Works for Flute and Marimba
Tim Brady, Michio Miyagi, Arvo Pärt, Ravi Shankar, Makoto Shinohara, Haseo Sugiyama, Rentaro Taki
Lise Daoust: flute
Marie-Josée Simard: marimba, vibraphone

Atma Classique

THE ACADEMY IN PERIL
John Cale

Edsel

Sunday, November 24, 2013


CONSORT MUSIC
John Jenkins
The Consort of Musicke
Trevor Jones, director

Explore Music / Decca

LA SCALA: CONCERT 03 03 03
Ludovico Einaudi
Ludovico Einaudi, piano

Sony Classical

Saturday, November 23, 2013


SHADES OF JADE
Marc Johnson
Joe Lovano
John Scofield
Elaine Elias
Joey Baron
Alain Mallet

ECM

GHOSTS
English Acoustic Collective

R.U.F.

UAKTI
Uakti

Verve

PENGUIN EGGS
Nic Jones

Shanachie

AMNESIAC
Radiohead

EMI

BEING DUFAY
Music Based on Vocal Fragments by Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474)
Ambrose Field
Ambrose Field, electronics
John Potter, tenor

ECM New Series

Friday, November 22, 2013

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Wednesday, November 20, 2013


TITULI
CATHEDRAL IN THE THRASHING RAIN
Stephen Hartke
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

PALERMO SNOW
John Renbourn

Shanachie

MUSIC FOR QUEEN MARY
A Celebration of the Life and Death of Queen Mary
Henry Purcell and John Blow, James (Jacques) Paisible, Thomas Morley
Stephen Richardson (Bass Baritone)
Michael Chance (Countertenor)
Stephen Prevost (Organ)
Simon Birchall (Bass)
Evelyn Tubb (Soprano)
Paula Chateauneuf (Theorbo)
Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
Westminster Abbey Choir
New London Consort
Martin Neary, director

Sony Classical

FAREWELL TO PHILOSOPHY
Gavin Bryars, all compositions
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
English Chamber Orchestra
James Judd, conductor
ONE LAST BAR, THEN JOE CAN SING
Nexus, percussion ensemble
BY THE VAAR
Charlie Haden, double bass
English Chamber Orchestra
James Judd, conductor

Point

MAN WITH THE WOODEN FLUTE
Traditional Flute Music of The British Isles, America, Quebec and Cape Breton
Chris Norman
Robin Bullock, Ann Marie Morgan, Pete Sutherland

Dorian

Tuesday, November 19, 2013


ABOVE THE STARRS
Thomas Tomkins
Fretwork
Catherine King, Emma Kirkby, Richard Wistreich, Donald Greig, Jonathan Arnold, Charles Daniels: vocals

Harmonia Mundi

UNDERCURRENT
Bill Evans
Jim Hall


Blue Note

MARTINIS & BIKINIS
Sam Phillips

Virgin

Saturday, November 16, 2013



FOLK SONGS
Trio Mediaeval

ECM New Series

CARE-CHARMING SLEEP
The Dowland Project
John Potter

ECM New Series

MUSIC FOR A GREAT CASTLE
Medieval and Renaissance Sources
The Broadside Band
Christ Church Cathedral Choir
The Henrician Consort
Matthew Spring
The Monks & Novices of St Frideswide
Magdala
The Elizabethan Consort

The Gift of Music



THE MOAT RECORDINGS
Joseph Holbrooke Trio

Tzadk

Friday, November 15, 2013


'ROUND MIDNIGHT
Alan Broadbent

Artistry

BONGOS/FLUTES/GUITARS
Los Admiradores
Enoch Light, producer/director

Command

NEW ENGLAND HYMNS
An instrumental recording featuring: Renaissance Harp, Recorder, Irish Drum, Accordion, Hammered Dulcimer, Autoharp, Fiddle, Mandolin and Acoustic Guitar
Uncredited Artists

Brentwood Music

Wednesday, November 13, 2013


A FEATHER ON THE BREATH OF GOD
Sequences and Hymns
Abbess Hildegard von Bingen
Gothic Voices
Emma Kirkby
Christopher Page, director

Hyperion

OUT OF THE NIGHT
John Tavener, Arvo Pärt
Taverner Choir
Andrew Parrott, director

Sony