Tuesday, September 30, 2014


A CHOICE COLLECTION
Music of Purcell's London
Matthew Locke, Nicola Matteis, Thomas Baltzar, John Weldon, John Blow, Henry Butler, John Banister (the elder), Anonymous
Palladian Ensemble

Honest / Linn Records

Monday, September 29, 2014


VIOLIN CONCERTO - LONELY WATERS - WHYTHORNE'S SHADOW - CELLO CONCERTO
Ernest John Moeran
Ulster Orchestra
Vernon Hadley, conductor

Chandos

Sunday, September 28, 2014


FRAGMENTS OF A PRAYER
Original Motion Picture Score for Children of Men
John Tavener
Plus other works and works by G.F. Handel, Gustav Mahler, Krzysztof Penderecki
Various and Sundry Gifted Performers

Varése Sarabande

Saturday, September 27, 2014


STANDARDS
Jimmy Smith, organ
Kenny Burrell, guitar
Donald Bailey, drums

Blue Note

Friday, September 26, 2014


TRILOBYTE
Uakti

Point

MASSES BY OCKEGHEM AND DES PREZ
L'homme armé
Johannes Ockeghem
Malheur me bat
Josquin des Prez
Capella Alamire
Peter Urquhart, director

Musical Heritage Society

APOLLON ORATEUR
17th Century French Lute Music
Denis Gaultier
Anthony Bailes, lute

Ramée

Wednesday, September 24, 2014


REQUIEM
Manuel Cardoso, Alonso Lobo, Duarte Lobo, Tomas Luis de Victoria
The Tallis Scholars

Gimell

Tuesday, September 23, 2014


EARLY MUSIC
(Lachrymæ Antiquæ)
Guillaume de Machaut, Christopher Tye, David Lamb, Arvo Part, Harry Partch, John Cage, Louis Hardin, Hildegard von Bingen, Perotin, Henry Purcell, Alfred Schnittke
Kronos Quartet

Nonesuch

Monday, September 22, 2014


ROLL AWAY THE STONE
Kelly Joe Phelps

Rykodisc

LAMENTA
The Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah
Ferrabosco the Elder, Thomas Tallis, Antoine Brumel, Robert White, Palestrina
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Philips, director

Gimell

Sunday, September 21, 2014


DANCES
A Renaissance Revel
Calliope

Nonesuch

ESBJÖRN SVENSSON TRIO PLAYS MONK
Thelonious Monk
Esbjörn Svensson Trio

ACT

Saturday, September 20, 2014


PARIS - LA BELLE ÉPOQUE
Gabriel Faure, Cesar Franck, Jules Massenet, Camille Saint-Saëns
Kathryn Stott, piano
Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Sony

Thursday, September 18, 2014


SUITES FOR SOLO CELLO 1-6
Johann Sebastian Bach
Lynn Harrell

London

Wednesday, September 17, 2014


MASS FOR THE FEAST OF ST. ISADORE OF SEVILLE
Missa "Mille Regretz"
Cristóbal de Morales
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh, director

Archiv

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

Tuesday, September 16, 2014


NUESTRO SON BARROCO
Diferencias e Invenciones
Embembe Ensamble Continuo

FONCA/Conaculta

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

Explore Music / EMI Decca

Monday, September 15, 2014


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

ECM

HEAVENLY HARMONIES
William Byrd, Thomas Tallis
Stile Antico

Harmonia Mundi

VERACINI SONATAS
Francesco Maria Veracini (1690 - 1768)
John Holloway, violin
Japp ter Linden, violoncello
Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord

ECM New Series

DANSES DANSERYES
Praetorius, Mainerio, Moderne, Gervaise, Susato, Anonymous Medieval Dances
Muisca Antiqua
Christian Menoze, director

Disques Pierre Verany

ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCES
17th Century Ballads and Dance Tunes from the Publications of John Playford
David Douglass, violin
Paul O'Dette, theorbo
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

Harmonia Mundi

Sunday, September 14, 2014


PAUL DESMOND & THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET
Recorded Live on December 25, 1971 at Town Hall/NYC
Paul Desmond
The Modern Jazz Quartet


Red Baron

STARS IN MY CROWN
Jorma Kaukonen

Red House

Saturday, September 13, 2014


VEGAS
Two Tons of Steel

Palo Duro Records




produced by Lloyd Maines

COLD MOUNTAIN
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Stuart Duncan, Reeltime Travelers, Cassie Franklin, Dirk Powell, Tim Eriksen, Riley Baugus, Tim O'Brien, Alison Krauss, Jack White, Sacred Harp Singers (at Liberty Church)
T Bone Burnett, producer

DMZ/Columbia

TARENTULE - TARENTELLE
Atrium Musicae de Madrid
Gregorio Paniagua, director/realization

Harmonia Mundi

JOB
A Masque for Dancing
Ralph Vaughan Williams
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor

Musical Heritage Society via EMI

Friday, September 12, 2014


PASSENGERS
The Gary Burton Quartet
with Eberhard Weber

ECM

SHAPES OF THINGS
The Best of the Yardbirds, Disc Two
The Yardbirds

Music Club

THE COMPLETE RECORDER SONATAS
Georg Friedrich Händel
Clas Pehrsson, recorder
Bengt Ericson, baroque cello
Thomas Schuback, harpsichord

BIS

MOTETS
Guillaume de Machaut
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

Thursday, September 11, 2014


OI ME LASSO
Gavin Bryars
Anna Maria Friman, soprano
John Potter, tenor

GB Records

BUDDY & JULIE MILLER
Buddy Miller
Judy Miller


Hightone Records

SOUL JOURNEY
Gillian Welch
Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings

Acony

CLOSE TO PICTURE
Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge

Noisetrade

SEXTET - SIX MARIMBAS
Steve Reich
Steve Reich and Musicians
with
Manhattan Marimba Quartet
Members of Nexus Percussion Ensemble

Nonesuch

ON THE TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS
John Adams
New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor

Nonesuch

'58 SESSIONS
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Cannonball Adderley
Bill Evans
Jimmy Cobb
Paul Chambers

Columbia

Wednesday, September 10, 2014


THE HARP CONSORTS
William Lawes
Maxine Eilander, harp
Les Voix Humaines

ATMA

THE ART OF THE TRIO, VOLUME TWO
Live at The Village Vanguard
Brad Mehldau
Larry Grenadier
Jorge Rossy

Warner Bros.

EXPLORATIONS
Bill Evans Trio

Riverside

THE MYSTIC AND THE MUSE
Ensemble Galilei

Dorian