Tuesday, July 30, 2013


THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET IN EUROPE
Dave Brubeck
Paul Desmond

Gene Wright
Joe Morello

Fontana

RUMOURS
Fleetwood Mac

Warner Bros.

FORCE MAJEURE
Tangerine Dream

Virgin

VINTAGE VIOLENCE
John Cale

Columbia

A LOVE SUPREME
John Coltrane
Jimmy Garrison – double bass
Elvin Jones – drums
McCoy Tyner – piano

Impulse!

Monday, July 29, 2013


MAMBO SINUENDO
Ry Cooder
Manuel Galbán


Nonesuch / Perro Verde

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

MSR

IN C
Terry Riley
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Percurama Percussion Ensemble
Paul Hillier, director

Ars Nova

Saturday, July 27, 2013


YOU MUST BELIEVE IN SPRING
Bill Evans

Warner Bros.

THE DOVE DESCENDING
Johannes Brahms; Paul Hindemith Don Carlo di Gesualdo di Venosa; Peter Warlock; Hans Leo Hassler; Paul Hindemith; Claudio Monteverdi; Elliott Carter; Johannes Brahms; Claudin de Sermissy; Igor Stravinsky
The Canby Singers
Edward Tatnall Canby, director

Nonesuch

Friday, July 26, 2013


MONK ALONE
The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings: 1962-1968
Thelonious Monk

Columbia

Wednesday, July 24, 2013


LES SIX CONCERTS BRANDEBOURGEOIS
J.S. Bach
Les Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall, director

Alia Vox

THE AMERICAN METAPHYSICAL CIRCUS
Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies

Columbia Masterworks

THE MELODIC STAN GETZ
Stan Getz

Metro

JOHN CALE COMES ALIVE
John Cale

Ze

Tuesday, July 23, 2013


SCOTLAND'S FIDDLE PIOBAIREACHD
Vol. 1
Bonnie Rideout

Tulloch

SECOND SIGHT
Marc Johnson's Bass Desires
Marc Johnson – bass
Bill Frisell – guitar
John Scofield – guitar
Peter Erskine – drums

ECM

ALL OF A SUDDEN I MISS EVERYONE
Explosions in the Sky

TRR99

Monday, July 22, 2013


GOOD DOG, HAPPY MAN
Bill Frisell

Nonesuch

SAKURA
Japanese Melodies for Flute and Harp
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
Lily Laskine, harp

Columbia Masterworks / Nippon Columbia

TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
Jerry Murad's Harmonicats

Columbia

MUSIC AT MAGDALEN   
Early English Music
John Mason, Richard Davy, Thomas Preston, John Mason
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Ian Crabbe, organ
Dr. Bernard Rose, director

Argo

Thursday, July 18, 2013


WORDS OF THE ANGEL
Ivan Moody
MESSE DE TOURNAI
Anonymous
Trio Medieval

ECM New Series

Wednesday, July 17, 2013


STEPS AHEAD
Steps Ahead
Michael Brecker: Sax (Tenor)
Eliane Elias: Keyboards, Piano
Peter Erskine: Drums
Eddie Gomez: Bass
Mike Mainieri: Marimba, Synthesizer Vibes, Vibraphone

Elektra Musician

THE BLACK BALLOON
John Renbourn

Kicking Mule

PLACES
Jan Gabarek

ECM

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Monday, July 15, 2013


THE ISLAND OF ST. HYLARION
Music of Cyprus 1413 - 1422
Ensemble PAN

 New Albion

Wednesday, July 10, 2013


FOUR MELODIC MASTERPIECES
Adagio for Strings, Second Essay for Orchestra, Overture to "The School for Scandal", Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
Samuel Barber
New York Philharmonic
Thomas Schippers, conductor

CBS Masterworks

LA CREATION DU MONDE
Darius Milhaud
L'HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT
Igor Stravinsky
The London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Group
John Carewe, conductor

Everest

REQUIEM
1893 Version, First Recording
Gabriel Fauré
The Cambridge Singers
City of London Sinfonia
John Rutter, conductor

Collegium

Tuesday, July 9, 2013


PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Al Stewart

Arista

MEET THE BEATLES!
The First Album by England's Phenomenal Pop Combo
The Beatles

Capitol

LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO 1969
The Plastic Ono Band

Apple

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Friday, July 5, 2013


ANTHEMS & SONGS OF PRAISE
Church Music of Jacobean England
Orlando Gibbons
The Clerkes of Oxenford
David Wulstan, director

Nonesuch via Calliope

WHAT GOES AROUND
Dave Holland Big Band

ECM

SECRET STORY
Pat Metheny

Geffen

DEPARTURE
Gary Burton & Friends

Concord