Sunday, May 31, 2015


DREAMS AND ALL THAT STUFF
Leo Kottke

Capitol

THE SERVICE OF VENUS AND MARS
Music for the Knights of the Garter, 1340-1440
Gothic Voices
Andrew Lawrence-King - medieval harp
Christopher Page - director

Hyperion

TRIO SONATAS
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Heinz Holliger oboe
Maurice Bourgue - oboe
Thomas Zehetmair - violin
Klaus Thunemann - bassoon
Klaus Stoll - double-bass
Jonathan Rubin - lute
Christiane Jaccottet - harpsichord

ECM New Series

Saturday, May 30, 2015


ALINA
Spiegel im Spiegel, Für Alina
Arvo Pärt
Vladimir Spivakov - violin
Sergev Bezrodny - piano
Alexander Malter - piano
Dietmar Schwalke - cello

ECM New Series

INSTRUMENTS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE
The Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow - director

Erato Veritas X2

AUDIVI VOCEM
Latin Church Music from 16th-century England
Thomas Tallis, Christopher Tye, John Sheppard
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

Friday, May 29, 2015


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

CONCERTI PER OBOE
Georg Philipp Telemann
Heinz Holliger - oboe
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Iona Brown - conductor

Philips

ORGAN AND OBOE
Telemann, Handel, Bach, Muffat, Krebs, Lübeck
Daniel Matrone - organ at the Cathedral d'Agde
Jérôme Simonpoli - oboe

Jade

OUVERTÜREN
Music for the Hamburg Opera
G.C. Schürmann, P.H. Erlebach, R. Keiser, G.F. Haendel, J.C. Schieferdecker
Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin

Harmonia Mundi

NEW CHAUTAUQUA
Pat Metheny - solo guitar(s)

ECM

THE ENCHANTED DAWN
Works for Flute and Marimba
Tim Brady, Michio Miyagi, Arvo Pärt, Ravi Shankar, Makoto Shinohara, Haseo Sugiyama, Rentaro Taki
Lise Daoust - flute
Marie-Josée Simard - marimba, vibraphone

Atma Classique

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Wednesday, May 27, 2015


SERENADE TO MUSIC
Libretto by William Shakespeare
SINFONIA ANTARTICA
Symphony No.7
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Alison Hargan - soprano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Ian Tracey - organ, chorus master
Vernon Handley - conductor

EMI

SYMPHONY NO.3
A Pastoral Symphony
SYMPHONY NO.5
Ralph Vaughan Williams
New Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult - conductor

EMI

DAY IS DONE
Brad Mehldau Trio
Brad Mehldau - piano
Larry Grenadier - double bass
Jeff Ballard - drums

Nonesuch

Tuesday, May 26, 2015


LIGHT IN DARKNESS
Cenas amerisdias: no 2, Eldorado by Ney Rosauro
Dream of the Cherry Blossoms by Keiko Abe
Marimba Dances by Ross Edwards
Marimba Spiritual by Minoru Miki
Light in Darkness by Evelyn Glennie
Movements (2) for Marimba by Toshimitsu Tanaka
The Song of Dionysius by John McLeod

Evelyn Glennie - marimba, percussion
Philip Smith - piano
Gary Kettel, Stephen Henderson, Gregory Knowles - drums

RCA Victor Red Seal

Monday, May 25, 2015


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

SKOGEN, FLICKAN OCH FLASKAN
Woods, Women and Wine
From Piæ Cantiones (1582)
Joculatores Upsalienses

BIS

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

SYMPHONY NO.7
Ludwig van Beethoven
English Chamber Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas - conductor

CBS Masterworks

THE WOUND-DRESSER
Libretto by Walt Whitman
FEARFUL SYMMETRIES
John Adams
Sanford Sylvan - baritone
Orchestra of St. Luke's
John Adams - conductor

Nonesuch

DONNERSÖHNE
Music for Saint James the Apostle
Codex Calixtinus, Santiago de Compostela, 12th century

Sequentia
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi - WDR

Sunday, May 24, 2015


DE PROFUNDIS
CÆCILLA VIRGO ET MARTYR
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Gents Madrigaalkoor
Cantabile-Gent
Musica Polyphonica
Louis Devos - director

Erato

ROTHKO CHAPEL
WHY PATTERNS?
Morton Feldman
California EAR Unit
UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus

New Albion

Saturday, May 23, 2015


BEYOND THE MISSOURI SKY
(short stories)
Charlie Haden - double bass
Pat Metheny - guitar

Verve

OLD SCHOOL
Focus6, Five, Hymnkus
John Cage
Zeitkratzer - transcription, realization, performance
Reinhold Friedl - artistic director

Zeitkratzer Records

ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCES
17th C. Music from the Publications of
John Playford
David Douglas - violin
Paul O'Dette - theorbo, cittern, Baroque guitar
Andrew Lawrence-King - harp, double harp, Irish harp, guitar

Harmonia Mundi

MASSES BY TALLIS & SHEPPARD
Mass: Salve Intemerata Virgo
Thomas Tallis
Mass: The Western Wind
John Sheppard
The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
George Guest - director
Ian Shaw - organ

Musical Heritage

Friday, May 22, 2015


SEVEN TRIO SONATAS, OP. 2
Dietrich Buxtehude
John Holloway - violin
Jaap ter Linden - viola de gamba
Lars Ulrik Mortensen - harpsichord

Naxos

A RED SCORE IN TILE
William Basinski

Streamline

Thursday, May 21, 2015


ROSENKRANZ-SONATEN
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Musica Antqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel - violin, director

Archiv Produktion

REMEDE DE FORTUNE
Guillaume de Machaut
Ensemble PAN

New Albion

OLD SCHOOL
Critical Band, Harmonium #2, Having Never Written A Note For Percussion
James Tenney
Zeitkratzer - transcription, realization, performance
Reinhold Friedl - artistic director

Zeitkratzer Records

ROBIN IS TO THE GREENWOOD GONE
Elizabethan Lute Music
Paul O'Dette - lute

Nonesuch

Wednesday, May 20, 2015


'ROUND MIDNIGHT
Alan Broadbent - piano
Brian Bromberg - double bass
Joe LaBarbera - drums

Artistry

VIOLIN CONCERTO TRILOGY  
No.1 - On the Nature of Love 
No.2 - On the Nature of Harmony 
No.3 - On the Nature of Peace  
Robert Kyr
Third Angle New Music Ensemble Pacific Rim Gamelan
Ron Blessinger, Denise Huizenga - solo violins
Robert Kyr - conductor

New Albion

Tuesday, May 19, 2015


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

Virgin Veritas

THE HOUR IS NOW
Collie Ryan

Yoga Records

WHATEVER
Danny Thompson
Danny Thompson - double bass
Tony Roberts - saxophones, northumbrian pipes, whistle
Bernie Holland - guitars

Hannibal

IN LAMBETH
Visions from the Walled Garden of William Blake
John Zorn
The Gnostic Trio
Carol Emanuel - harp
Bill Frisell - guitar
Kenny Wollesen - vibraphone, bells
with Ikue Mori - electronics

Tzadik

LOS PÁJAROS PERDIDOS
The South American Project
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar - director

Erato

Monday, May 18, 2015


6 SUITEN FÜR VIOLONCELLO SOLO
BWV 1007–1012
Johann Sebastian Bach
Pierre Fournier - cello

Archiv Produktion

OBOE CONCERTOS
Antonio Vivaldi
Stephen Hammer, Frank De Bruine - oboes
Eric Hoeprich, Antony Pay - clarinets
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood - director

Editions L'Oiseau-Lyre

VOX COSMICA
Hildegard von Bingen
Hirundo Maris
Arianna Savall – Voice, Medieval Harp, Italian Triple Harp, Lyra, Tibetan Singing Bowl
Petter Udland Johansen – Voice, Hardingfele, Lyra, Fiddle, Monochord
Andreas Spindler – Flutes, Fiddle, Romain Bells, Colascione, Tromba Marina, Voice
Anke Spindler – Nyckelharpa, Fiddles, Viola da Gamba, Voice
David Mayoral – Santur, Percussion, Romain Bells, Voice

Carpe Diem Records

Saturday, May 16, 2015


IN LAMBETH
John Zorn
The Gnostic Quartet
Carol Emanuel - harp
Bill Frisell - guitar
Kenny Wollesen - vibraphone, bells
Ikue Mori - electronics

Tzadik

TINTO
Iberian music of the 16th and 17th centuries
Los Otros
Hille Perl; Viola de Gamba
Lee Santana; Chitarrone
Steve Player; Baroque Guitar

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Friday, May 15, 2015


MUSICA DEL DELPHIN
Luys de Narváez
Pablo Marquez, guitar

ECM New Series

Thursday, May 14, 2015