Sunday, August 31, 2014


WORDS OF THE ANGEL
Works by Anonymous, Traditional, and Ivan Moody
Trio Mediæval

ECM New Series

EXPLORATIONS
Bill Evans Trio

Riverside

Saturday, August 30, 2014


MAMBO SINUENDO
Ry Cooder
Manuel Galbán


Nonesuch / Perro Verde

GLORIA TIBI TRINITAS
Taverner & Tudor Music II
John Taverner, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Robert Fayrfax, Robert White
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Paul Hillier, director

Dacapo

Friday, August 29, 2014


VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on Greensleeves; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; The Lark Ascending; Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1; In the Fen Country; Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The New Queen's Hall Orchestra
Hagai Shaham, violin
Barry Wordsworth, conductor

Argo via Decca UK

THE SAD MACHINERY OF SPRING
Tin Hat

Ryko Hannibal

O CIECO MONDO
The Italian Lauda, C. 1400–1700
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul Van Nevel, director 

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

CHANT MOZARABE
Mozarabic Chant, 11 c., Recorded at the monastery of Santa Maria de El Parral
Schola Antiqua de Espana
Padre Laurentino Saenz de Buruaga OSB, director

Jade

Thursday, August 28, 2014


HIGH, LOW, AND IN BETWEEN
THE LATE GREAT TOWNES VAN ZANDT
Townes Van Zandt

Acoustic Highway via Tomato

LET IT BE
The Beatles

Apple/EMI

MISHIMA
Philip Glass
Kronos Quartet
A Contracted Ensemble of Musicians
Michael Reisman, conductor

Nonesuch

DELUSION OF THE FURY
A Ritual of Dream and Delusion
First Recording: Supervised by the Composer
Harry Partch
Ensemble of Unique Instruments
Danlee Mitchell; conductor

Sony
via Columbia Masterworks

LA SULTANNE
François Couperin
Jay Bernfeld; viola da gamba
Skip Sempé; harpsichord
Capriccio Stravagante

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Tuesday, August 26, 2014


HARMONIA ARTIFICIOSO-ARIOSA
Diversi Mode Accordata
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel, director

Archiv

Monday, August 25, 2014


ROMARIA
Love songs, chants and motets from the 12th century to the present by Oswald von Wolkenstein, Orlando di Lasso, Josquin Desprez and others including the anonymous composers of the Carmina Burana manuscript.
The Dowland Project
John Potter; tenor, director
Miloš Valent; violin, viola
John Surman; soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, tenor and bass recorders
Stephen Stubbs; baroque guitar, vihuela

ECM New Series

Saturday, August 23, 2014


FILMS FOR RADIO
Over The Rhine

Back Porch

GETZ/GILBERTO #2
Live at Carnegie Hall
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto
with Gary Burton

Verve

STANDARDS
Jimmy Smith

Riverside

DEEP LISTENING
Pauline Oliveros
Pauline Oliveros; accordion
Stuart Dempster; trombone
Panaiotis; voice, sounds

New Albion

Friday, August 22, 2014


THE NORTH STAR GRASSMAN AND THE RAVENS
Sandy Denny

Island

TIME OUT
The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Columbia

FALLING OFF THE ROOF
Ginger Baker Trio
Ginger Baker, drums
Bill Frisell, guitars
Charlie Haden, bass
w/Bela Fleck, banjo
Jerry Hahn, electric guitar

Atlantic

25 YEARS: CEDILLE RECORDS
25 Years of Recording Chicago's Finest Classical Musicians
Sampler
Various Artists

Cedille Records

AFTER BATHING AT BAXTER'S
Jefferson Airplane

RCA Victor

THE ROOTS OF THE MOMENT
Pauline Oliveros

Hathut

Thursday, August 21, 2014


PIÈCES EN TRIO
Pour les Flûtes, Violon & Dessus de Viole
Marin Marais
Musica Pacifica

Virgin Veritas

ARKANSAS TRAVELER
Michelle Shocked

Mercury

PRIVATE ASTRONOMY
A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke
Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble

EDGE

SKULL AND ROSES*
The Grateful Dead

Warner Bros. - Rhino




*GRATEFUL DEAD (official title, original title NSFW)

SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
John Abercrombie Trio

ECM

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Monday, August 18, 2014


TURANGALȊA-SYMPHONIE
Olivier Messiaen
Yvonne Loriod, piano
Jeanne Loriod, ondes Martenot
Bastille Opera Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

Deutsche Grammophon

SPANISH DANCES
Selections from 'Luz y Norte'
Ruiz de Ribayaz
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King, director

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Saturday, August 16, 2014


LOCKERBIE MEMORIAL CONCERT
Westminster Cathedral, December 21, 1998
Gavin Bryars, Antoine Busnois, Henry Purcell, Nicolas Gombert, John Jenkins
Hilliard Ensemble
Fretwork
Gavin Bryars

GBR

Wednesday, August 13, 2014


CONCERTI DI FLAUTI
Baroque Recorder Concertos
Heinichen, Schickhardt, Telemann, Marcello, Vivaldi
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, director

L'Oiseau-Lyre

BAGS MEETS WES!
Milt Jackson
Wes Montgomery

Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Philly Joe Jones

Riverside

IF MOUNTAINS COULD SING
Terje Rypdal, electric guitars
Bjørn Kjellemyr, bass
Audun Kleive, drums
Terje Tønnesen, violin
Lars Anders Tomter, viola
Øystein Birkeland, cello
Christian Eggen, conductor

ECM

THE LIGETI PROJECT IV
Hamburg Concerto, Double Concerto, Ramifications, Requiem
György Ligeti
Marie-Luise Neunecker, horn
Caroline Stein, soprano
Margriet van Reisen, mezzo soprano
Heinz Holliger, oboe
Jacques Zoon, flute
London Voices
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Jonathon Nott, conductor
ASKO Ensemble / Schönberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor

Teldec

CRY
Scott Amendola Band

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