Sunday, November 30, 2014


DEPTH OF MERCY
Red Mountain Church Hymn Project

Red Mountain Church

MOUTH MUSIC  
Mouth Music

Ryko

CYPRIOT ADVENT ANTIPHONS
Anonymous C.1390
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul Van Nevel, director
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Saturday, November 29, 2014

CANZONI E DANZE
Wind Music from Renaissance Italy
Piffaro 

Archiv Produktion

UNCOMMON RITUAL
Edgar Meyer, double bass
Béla Fleck, banjo
Mike Marshall, mandolin

Sony

MASS FOR FOUR VOICES - INFELIX EGO - MASS FOR FIVE VOICES
William Byrd
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, conductor

Naxos

Thursday, November 27, 2014


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

GB Records

GLORYLAND
Traditional and Anonymous
Anonymous 4
Darol Anger
Mike Marshall


Harmonia Mundi

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

Erato

THE GOLDEN HARVEST
More Shaker Chants and Spirituals
The Shakers of Sabbathday Lake
The Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen, director

Glissando

SYMPHONY NO.3 'PALO DURO CANYON'
CONCERTO FOR TUBA AND ORCHESTRA
Samuel Jones
Christopher Olka, tuba
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor

Naxos

Wednesday, November 26, 2014


WORKS FOR TWO GUITARS, VOL. 1
Hans Werner Henze
Ensemble Villa Musica
Jürgen Ruck, guitar
Elena Casoli, guitar

MD&G

Tuesday, November 25, 2014


THE HARROW & THE HARVEST
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Acony

URUBU
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Claus Ogerman; arranger, conductor

Warner Bros.

TEXAS SHEIKS
Geoff Muldaur and the Texas Sheiks

Tradition & Moderne GmbH

AVE MARIS STELLA
Missa 'Ave Maris Stella', Marian Motets
Josquin Desprez
Weser-Renaissance Bremen
Manfred Cordes, director

CPO / Radio Bremen

Monday, November 24, 2014


PIXIEDUST
Solveig Slettahjell
Slow Motion Quintet

ACT

EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS
Bill Evans; piano
Sam Jones; bass
Philly Joe Jones; drums

Riverside

I HAVE HEARD IT SAID THAT A SPIRIT ENTERS
Gavin Bryars
Holly Cole; voice
Gwen Hoebig; violin
Gavin Bryars; double-bass solo
CBC Radio Orchestra
Owen Underhill; conductor

GB Records (2)

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

ATMA

WORKS FOR STRING ORCHESTRA
Benjamin Britten
Roger Best, viola
English String Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor

Nimbus

ORGUES D'ALLEMAGNE
Trebel: Orgue Johann George Stein pere (1777) de l'église paroissale
Johann Pachelbel
Altenbruch: Orgue Coci-Klapmeyer (1498-1730) de l'église Saint-Nicolas
Nikolaus Bruhns
Helmut Winter; orgue

Harmonia Mundi

Sunday, November 23, 2014


THE SEED-AT-ZERO
Robin Williamson; compositions, vocals, guitar, harp, mandolin

ECM

CHOMINCIAMENTO DI GIOIA
Virtuoso dance-music from the time of Boccaccio's Decamerone
Ensemble Unicorn

Naxos

Saturday, November 22, 2014


NEW JAZZ FRONTIERS FROM WASHINGTON
The "JFK" Quintet

Riverside

CODEX FAENZA
Instrumental Music of the Early XVth Century
Ensemble Unicorn
Michael Posch, director

Naxos

Friday, November 21, 2014


EL NUEVO MUNDO
Folias Criollas
Montserrat Figueras, Tembembe Ensamble Continuo, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall, director

Alia Vox

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

Virgin Veritas

Thursday, November 20, 2014


VILLANCICOS Y DANZAS CRIOLLAS
De la Iberia Antigua al Nuevo Mundo, 1550 - 1750
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hespèrion XXI

Jordi Savall, director

Alia Vox

Wednesday, November 19, 2014


AN ENGLISH FANCY
William Byrd, Tobias Hume, William Lawes, John Jenkins, Christopher Simpson, Thomas Baltzar, Matthew Locke, Henry Purcell
Trio Settecento

Cedille Records

JASMINE
Charlie Haden
Keith Jarrett


ECM

SCHUBERT
Piano Trios in E-Flat Major, D. 929 and D. 897
Franz Schubert
Stuttgart Piano Trio

Naxos

BOOK OF SILK
Tin Hat Trio

Ropeadope

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Monday, November 17, 2014


TARPAN SEASONS
Solveig Slettahjell
Slow Motion Orchestra

Jazzland

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

GBR

SHORT RIDE IN A FAST MACHINE
SHAKER LOOPS
THE WOUND-DRESSER
John Adams
Nathan Gunn, baritone
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor

Naxos

MIRACLES OF SANT'IAGO
Medieval Chant & Polyphony for St. James from the Codex Calixtinus
Various and Anonymous
Anonymous 4

Harmonia Mundi

Saturday, November 15, 2014


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

Ramée

FOUR SEASONS
Lawrence Ashmore
CLARINET CONCERTO, OP. 31
Gerald Finzi
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Guildhall String Ensemble
Robert Salter, leader/director

RCA Victor Red Seal

PASSENGERS
The Gary Burton Quartet
with Eberhard Weber

ECM

SANTIAGO DE MURCIA CODEX
Mexico, C. 1730
Ensemble Kapsberger
Rolf Lislevand, lute - director

Naïve

TRIO SONATAS
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Maurice Bourgue, Klaus Stoll, Klaus Thunemann, Thomas Zehetmair, Jonathan Rubin, Christiane Jaccottet, Heinz Holliger

ECM New Series

6 PARTITAS
BWV 825-830
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gustav Leonhardt, cembalo

Virgin Veritas

CONSORT SETS IN FIVE & SIX PARTS
William Lawes
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall, director

Alia Vox

OUT OF THE NIGHT
Various Popular Works
John Tavener
Arvo Pärt

Taverner Choir
Andrew Parrott, director

Sony Classical

Friday, November 14, 2014


FRATRES
Six arrangements, plus Summa, Festina Lente, and Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Arvo Pärt
I Fiamminghi
Rudolf Werthen, conductor

Telarc

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

MSR

JIM HALL & PAT METHENY
Jim Hall
Pat Metheny


Nonesuch

EXTEMPORE  
Medieval Liturgical Music and Contemporary Jazz  
Orlando Concert Perfect Houseplants

Linn Records