Friday, February 28, 2014


MISSA MEXICANA
17th Century Hispanic Baroque
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, Latin-American and African Folk Dances
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King, director

Harmonia Mundi

TEXAS
Original Soundtrack Recording
Various Artists

Legacy/Columbia/Okeh

Thursday, February 27, 2014


DU TEMPS & DE L'INSTANT
Moments in Time
Jordi Savall, viele and violes de gambe
Montserrat Figueras, vocals
Arianna Savall, vocals, harps
Ferran Savall, vocals and lute
Pedro Estevan, percussion

Alia Vox

ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL REMEMBERS THE ALAMO
Asleep at the Wheel

Shout! Factory

Tuesday, February 25, 2014


LA TARANTELLA
Antidotum Tarantulae
Italian Traditional, Athanasius Kircher, Matteo Salvatore, Alfio Antico, Lucilla Galeazzi, Ambrogio Sparagna, Don Francisco Xavier Cid, Giuseppe De Vittorio 
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, director

Alpha

THE RAIN IS A HANDSOME ANIMAL
17 Songs from the Poetry of E.E. Cummings
Tin Hat

New Amsterdam

SYMPHONIA ANGELICA
Symphonia Angelica di Diversi Eccellentissimi Musica a IV. V. et VI. Voci
Various Composers
Konrad Junghänel, director
Ensemble

MHS via Accent

COLD SPELL
Wayne Horvitz & Zony Mash

Knitting Factory

THE CROCKETT CHRONICLES
K.R. Woods

Texanna Records

THE GROUND
Tord Gustavsen Trio

ECM

Monday, February 24, 2014


UNCOMMON RITUAL
Edgar Meyer
Béla Fleck
Mike Marshall

Sony

VESPERS OF 1610
Claudio Monteverdi
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, director

Telarc

MUSIC OF THE ALAMO
Book and CD
Various Artists
Compiled by William R. Chemerka, Allen J. Wiener; authors
Fess Parker, Phil Collins; introductions and commentary

Bright Sky Press

Sunday, February 23, 2014


EXTEMPORE II
A Modern Mass for the Feast of St. Michael Based on the Medieval Melody L'Homme Armé
Orlando Consort
Perfect Houseplants


Harmonia Mundi

Saturday, February 22, 2014


AT THE SIGN OF THE CRUMHORN
Amourus songs in our Netherlandish tongue, composed by divers composers, very pleasing to sing and play on all musical instruments, printed in Antwerp by Tielman Susato, residing at the sign of the Crumhorn
Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense
Sven Berger, director
Andreas Edlund, organ

Naxos

CANSÓS DE TROBAIRITZ
Songs of the Women Troubadours c. 1200
Hespèrion XX
Montserrat Figueras, soprano
Jordi Savall, director/vielle

EMI Reflexe

BABY
Bosque Brown

Burnt Toast Vinyl

Friday, February 21, 2014


HARP CONSORTS
William Lawes
Maxine Eilander, harp
Stephen Stubbs, lute
Les Voix Humanies

ATMA Classique

Wednesday, February 19, 2014


THE RESURRECTION OF BLIND WILLIE AND OLD TIME SPIRITUALS
K.M. Williams

Self Published

EXTENDED CIRCLE
Tord Gustavsen Quartet

ECM

TERPSICHORE
Tanzmusik der Renaissance
Tannzmusik des Frühbarock

Ulsamer-Collegium
Konrad Ragossnig, lute
Josef Ulsamer, director

Archiv Produktion

Tuesday, February 18, 2014


PETITS MOTETS
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie, director

Harmonia Mundi

TITULI
CATHEDRAL IN THE THRASHING RAIN
Stephen Hartke
The Hilliard Ensemble
David James, countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
Steven Harrold, tenor
Andreas Hirtreiter, tenor
Gordon Jones, baritone
with Michelle Makarski, violin
Lynn Vartan, marimba, cymbals, shaker, cup bells, wood block
Javier Diaz, marimba, cymbals, shaker, cup bells, wood block
Donald Crockett, conductor

ECM New Series

Monday, February 17, 2014


SPIRIT OF THE ZITHER
Sister Claire Bénédicte
Carmelite Nun of Luçon

Jade

Saturday, February 15, 2014


SUMER IS ICUMEN IN
Medieval English Songs
The Hilliard Ensemble

Harmonia Mundi

Friday, February 14, 2014

Thursday, February 13, 2014


INSPIRATION
Lynne Arriale Trio

TCB

BLUE COUNTRY HEART
Jorma Kaukonen
The Nashville All-Stars: Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Byron House, Béla Fleck

Columbia

AVALON BLUES
A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt, compositions
Chris Smither, Bruce Cockburn, Lucinda Williams, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Justin Townes Earle / Steve Earle, Dave Alvin / Peter Case, Ben Harper, Geoff Muldaur / Clare Muldaur / Jenni Muldaur, Mark Selby, Beck, Victoria Williams, Bill Morrissey, Taj Mahal, Gillian Welch / David Rawlings, John Hiatt

Vanguard

NEW CHAUTAUQUA
Pat Metheny, solo guitar

ECM

Wednesday, February 12, 2014


I AM THE TRUE VINE
Arvo Pärt
Theatre of Voices
The Pro Arte Singers
Paul Hillier, director

Harmonia Mundi

Tuesday, February 11, 2014


PEROTIN
Magister Perotin
The Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier, director

ECM New Series

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Friday, February 7, 2014


'ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT
Miles Davis

Columbia

'THE DREAM OF HEROD'
Tenebrae
Nigel Short, director

Signum

CONCERTS AVEC PLUSIEURS INSTRUMENTS – V
Johann Sebastian Bach
Café Zimmerman
Pablo Valetti, konzertmeister

Alpha

MASSES FOR FOUR AND FIVE VOICES
William Byrd
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, conductor

Naxos

Thursday, February 6, 2014


GUIDED TOUR
The New Gary Burton Quartet

Mack Avenue

PIANO SONATAS OPP. 109, 110 & 111
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mitsuko Uchida

Philips

VOICE IN THE NIGHT
Charles Lloyd: tenor saxophone
John Abercrombie: guitar
Dave Holland: double-bass
Billy Higgins: drums, percussion

ECM

TRIOS FOR 4
George Frideric Handel, George Philipp Telemann, Jean-Marie LeClair, Johann Joachim Quantz
Palladian Ensemble

LINN - Honest

PUSH PULL
Salvatore Sciarrino, Rolf Riehm, Younghi Pagh-Paan, Vinko Globokar, Toshio Hosokawa
Teodoro Anzellotti, accordion

Hat Hut

LE MAITRE DE "FRICASSÉE"
Secular Music of Jean Japart (15th century)
J. Japart, J. Desprez, J. Obrecht, A. Busnoys, J. Martini, A. De Vigne, H. Van Ghizeghem
Les Flamboyants
Michael Form, director

Christophorus

SOIR, DIT-ELLE
O. Harkavvy, L. Power, G. Bryars, A. Smith, I. Moody
Trio Mediaeval

ECM New Series

EXTEMPORE
Medieval Liturgical Music and Jazz
Orlando Concert
Perfect Houseplants


Linn Records

THE ISLAND OF ST. HYLARION
Music of Cryprus, 1413-1422
Ensemble Projects Ars Nova (PAN)

New Albion