Monday, March 30, 2015




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

Sunday, March 29, 2015


HOSANNA TO THE SON OF DAVID
Orlando Gibbons
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Fretwork
Richard Marlow - director

Conifer Classics

Friday, March 27, 2015


LIKE MINDS
Gary Burton
Chick Corea
Pat Metheny
Roy Haynes
Dave Holland

Concord Jazz

KEN BURNS JAZZ
The Story of America's Music
5-CD set of the music from the PBS series
Various Artists

Columbia Legacy - Verve - PBS

BANDONEON PURE
Dances of Uruguay
René Marino Rivero; bandoneon

Smithsonian Folkways

MERCY
Meredith Monk
Theo Bleckmann, Allison Easter, Katie Geissinger, Ching Gonzalez; Vocals
Bohdan Hilash; Clarinet, Clarinet (Bass), Clarinet (Contrabass), Composer
John Hollenbeck; Bell, Bells, Bowed Vibes, Composer, Cowbell, Cymbals, Drums (Bass), Gong, Marimba, Melodica, Metal Percussion, Percussion, Piano, Resonator, Triangle, Unknown Contributor Role, Vibraphone, Vocals, Xylophone
Meredith Monk; Composer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals
Allison Sniffin; Piano, Synthesizer, Viola, Violin, Vocals

ECM

ENDZEITFRAGMENTE
Fragments for the End of Time: 9th-11th centuries
Sequentia
Benjamin Bagby; vocalist/harper
Norbert Rodenkirchen; flautist

Raumklang - WDR Köln

Thursday, March 26, 2015


HARMONIELEHRE
John Adams
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart, conductor

Nonesuch

Wednesday, March 25, 2015


ROSENKRANZ-SONATEN
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Reinhard Goebel; violin and direction
Musica Antiqua Köln

Archiv Produktion

CARMINA BURANA
Anonymous Medieval
Oni Wytars Ensemble
Unicorn Ensemble 


Naxos

Monday, March 23, 2015


ANCIENT VOICES
Vox Sacra: Sampler of various works
Anonymous 4
Ensemble Organum
Sœur Marie Keyrouz


Harmonia Mundi

Sunday, March 22, 2015


HEROES SYMPHONY
THE LIGHT
Philip Glass
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor

Naxos

MNEMOSYNE
Repertoire spanning 22 centuries, from the "Delphic Paean" of Athenaeus to the "Estonian Lullaby" of Veljo Tormis, via folk song fragments from North and South America and Spain, pieces by Tallis, Dufay, Brumel, Hildegard von Bingen, Jan Garbarek, a Russian psalm, a Scottish ballad of the 16th century, and much more.
Jan Garbarek, tenor or soprano saxophones
The Hilliard Ensemble
David James, countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
John Potter, tenor
Gordon Jones, baritone

ECM New Series

WORLD'S BLISS
Medieval Songs of Love and Death
John Fleagle; bodhran, fiddle, harp, lute, vocals
Shira Kammen; fiddle, vielle

Magnatunes

THE WELL BELOW THE VALLEY
Planxty

Polydor

WALTZ FOR DEBBIE
Monica Zetterlund
Bill Evans


Philips

Saturday, March 21, 2015


THE VERY BEST OF NAXOS EARLY MUSIC
Thomas Tallis, Orlande de Lassus, Nicolas Grenon, Orlando Gibbons, William Byrd, John Dunstable, Girolamo Cavazzoni, Nicolas Gombert, Heinrich Isaac, Hildegard von Bingen, Anonymous
Various Naxos Artists

Naxos



SPIRITS
Richard Stolzman

RCA Victor

SPIRIT CANOES
Stag Hare

Inner Islands

Friday, March 20, 2015


SOWIESOSO
Cluster

Sky

THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC
JESUS' BLOOD NEVER FAILED ME YET
Gavin Bryars
Ensemble
Gavin Bryars; director

Obscure

SAD DAYS, LONELY NIGHTS
Junior Kimbrough

Fat Possum

THE SERMON ON EXPOSITION BOULEVARD
Rickie Lee Jones

New+West

THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Various Artists
Mutato Muzika Orchestra
Mark Mothersbaugh

Hollywood Records

THE REMINDER
Feist

Polydor

CHANGE OF HEART
Martin Speake
Bobo Stenson
Mick Hutton
Paul Motian

ECM

Thursday, March 19, 2015


THE POWER OF THE TRUE LOVE KNOT
Shirley Collins

Fledg'ling

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

THE ISLAND OF ST. HYLARION
Music of Cyprus 1413-1422
Ensemble Project Ars Nova

New Albion



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

MD&G

MISSA APOSTOLORUM (1568)  
Messa d'Intavolatura d'organo  
Claudio Merulo Frédéric Muñoz, organ
Grupo Vocal Grégor
Dante Andreo, director

 Naxos

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Monday, March 16, 2015


MAMBO SINUENDO
Ry Cooder
Manuel Galbán


Nonesuch - Perro Verde

LOVE & WAR
B-Sides & Remixes
Josh Garrels

Small Voice

CADENZA ON THE NIGHT PLANE
Live Performance for Terry Riley's 50th Birthday
Terry Riley
Kronos Quartet

Innerweb Downlode

LET'S MAKE A RECORD
Original recording remastered
Sister Gertrude Morgan

Rope-A-Dope

Sunday, March 15, 2015




LENTEN IS COME
13th Century Medieval English Songs
Briddes Roune

Magnatunes

THE LAUGHING STALK
Wovenhand

Sounds Familyre

Saturday, March 14, 2015


LAST EXIT TO HAPPYLAND
Gurf Morlix

Rootball

A L'ESTAMPIDA
Medieval Dance Music
The Dufay Collective

Avie

BBC RADIO 3
Jacques Loussier Trio

BBC Radio 3 Transcription

THE HANGMAN'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER
The Incredible String Band

Island

THE GROUND
Tord Gustavsen Trio

ECM

AINES
Medieval Provençal Mystery Play, 14th-15th Century
Ensemble Catilena Antiqua
Stefano Albarello, director

Symphonia

Friday, March 13, 2015


INTAVOLATURA DI LUTO  
Lute music by the younger brother of Galileo Galilei and their father Vincenzo
Michelagnolo Galilei (1775-1631)
Anthony Bailes, lute

 Ramée - Outhere Music

PASSENGERS
The Gary Burton Quartet with Eberhard Weber

ECM

SYMPHONY NO.3
Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Ingrid Perruche, soprano
Sinfonia Varsovia
Alain Altinoglu, conductor

Naïve

A FIX BACK EAST
Tarbox Ramblers

Rounder

FILMS FOR RADIO
Over the Rhine

Back Porch Records