Friday, July 31, 2015



AT THE SIGN OF THE CRUMHORN
Amourus songs in our Netherlandish tongue, composed by divers composers, very pleasing to sing and play on all musical instruments, printed in Antwerp by Tielman Susato, residing at the sign of the Crumhorn
Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense
Sven Berger - director
Andreas Edlund - organ

Naxos

VOCI
(Folk Songs II)
NATURALE
Luciano Berio
Radio Symphonieorchester Wien
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor
Kim Kashkashian - viola
Robyn Schulkowsky - percussion

ECM New Series

Thursday, July 30, 2015


UTOPIA TRIUMPHANS
The Great Polyphony of the Renaissance
Thomas Tallis, Costanzo Porta, Josquin Desprez, Johannes Ockeghem, Pierre de Manchicourt, Giovanni Gabrieli, Allesandro Striggio
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul Van Nevel - director

Sony Vivarte

NUOVE MUSICHE
G. G. Kapsberger, D. Pelligrini, A. Piccinini, L. de Narvarez, G. Frescobaldi, B. Gianoncelli
Ensemble Kapsberger
Rolf Lislevand - lute, arrangements, director

ECM New Series








JAZZ PROFILE
No. 22
Sarah Vaughan

Blue Note

O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM
Morten Lauridsen
Chamber Choir of Europe
Nicol Matt - conductor

Hänssler

GP / GRIEVOUS ANGEL
Gram Parson

Reprise

SONGS FOR A TUDOR KING
Robert Fayrfax - William Cornysh - John Browne - Sherynham - Anonymous
The Hilliard Ensemble

SAGA Classics

XANTHE TERRA
In Memorium, John Fahey (1939-2001)
Charlie Schmidt

Strange Attractions

Wednesday, July 29, 2015


ENGLISH MADRIGALS
William Byrd - Thomas Morley - Thomas Tomkins - Thomas Weelkes - John Wilbye - Francis Pilkington - Thomas Bateson - John Farmer
Quink Vocal Ensemble

Telarc

FRIDAY NIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO
Live
Al DiMeola
John McLaughlin
Paco DeLucia


Columbia

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Monday, July 27, 2015


LUBBOCK (ON EVERYTHING)
Terry Allen
    Terry Allen- piano, vocals
    Lloyd Maines - pedal steel, guitars, dobro, mandolin, banjo, bell tree, harmony vocals
    Kenny Maines - bass, harmony vocals
    Curtis McBride - drums
    Allan Shinn - percussion, marimba, jawbone, skin castanets
    Richard Bowden - fiddle
    Ponty Bone - accordion
    Don Caldwell - saxophone, string arrangements
    Joe Ely - harmonica
    Luis Martinez - jazz guitar
    Jessie Taylor - "flatland guitar"
    Tommie Anderson - trumpet
    Mark Anthony - trombone
    Russ Standefer - tuba
    Ruth Ann Truncale - violin
    Susan Allen - violin
    Karen Blalack - cello
    Leslie Blackburn - viola
    Monterey High School Marching Band - school song
    Sylvester "band-aid" Rice, Gwen Hewitt, Suzanne Paulk, Jo Harvey Allen - harmony vocals
    Freddy Pride, Mike Austin, Vincent Thomas, Jimmy Sampson - "whooooit" harmony

Fate Records

RUBBER SOUL
The Beatles

Parlophone

A CELEBRATION OF SENSUALITY
Baroque and Renaissance Vocal Settings of The Song of Songs
John Dunstable, Jacques Arcadelt, Martin de Rivafrecha, Antoine Brumel, Thomas Tomkins, Adriano Banchieri, Melchior Franck, Heinrich Schütz, William Billings
The Sine Nomine Singers
Harry Saltzman - conductor

Newport Classic

HYMNUS PARADISI, AN ENGLISH MASS
Herbert Howells
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Vernon Handley - conductor

Hyperion

TALESCAPES
Perttu Haapanen
Other works by Tapio Tuomela, Erik Bergman, Tarik O'Regan, Mikko Heinö, Riikka Talvite
YL Male Voice Choir
Matti Hyökki - conductor

Ondine

Sunday, July 26, 2015


GRANDE LITURGIE ORTHODOXE SLAVE
Volume 2
Chœurs D'Homme de la RTV Bulgare
Mikhail Milkov - director

Harmonia Mundi France


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

TRESPASSER
Chris Wood

R.U.F

ENGLISH ROYAL FUNERAL MUSIC
Henry Purcell, Thomas Morley, Thomas Tomkins, Thomas Weelkes
Vov Luminis
Lionel Meunier - direction

Ricercar

GRATEFUL DEAD
Grateful Dead

Warner Bros.

METROPOLIS
Turtle Island String Quartet

Windham Hill

Saturday, July 25, 2015


THE GREAT ORGAN AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Works by Franck - Widor - Dupre - Bach - Dunstable - Purcell - Others
Michael Murray

Telarc

THE HERMIT
Guitar Artistry
John Renbourn

Shanachie

CHANGING PLACES
Tord Gustavsen Trio

ECM

Friday, July 24, 2015




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


EXTENDED CIRCLE
Tord Gustavsen Quartet

ECM
 


WATCHING THE WELL
John Thorne
Danny Thompson


Naim

Thursday, July 23, 2015


STABAT MATER
Salve Regina, Magnificat, Woefully Arrayed, Stabat Mater
William Cornysh
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips - director

Gimell


LES GRANDES EAUX MUSICALES DE VERSAILLES
Chefs-d’œuvre des règnes de Louis XIII et Louis XIV
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Marin Marais, Mr. de Sainte-Colombe, others
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall - director

Alia Vox

Wednesday, July 22, 2015


QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME
Quatuor pour la fin du temps, for violin, cello, clarinet & piano
Olivier Messiaen
Tashi
(Richard Stoltzman, Ida Kavafian, Fred Sherry, Peter Serkin)

RCA Red Seal

OBRIGADO BRAZIL
Yo-Yo Ma - Cello
Helio Alves – Piano
Odair Assad – Guitar
Sergio Assad – Guitar, Arranger
Cyro Baptista – Percussion
Paulinho Braga – Drums
Jose DaSilva – Percussion
Jose DeFaria – Percussion
Paquito D'Rivera – Clarinet
Egberto Gismonti – Flute, Guitar, Piano, Arranger
Romero Lubambo – Guitar, Cavaquinho
Cesar Camargo Mariano – Piano
Nilson Matta – Bass
Rosa Passos – Guitar, Vocals
Kathryn Stott – Piano

Sony Classical

HAYDN CONCERTOS
Concertos for Oboe, Trumpet, Harpsichord 
Joseph Haydn
Paul Goodwin - oboe
Mark Bennett - keyed trumpet
Trevor Pinnock - harpsichord
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock - director

Archiv Produktion

JS BACH, DEBUSSY, CHOPIN
Italian Concerto, for solo keyboard in F major, BWV 971
J.S. Bach
Pour le piano, suite for piano, L. 95 - Images-I - L'Isle joyeuse
Claude Debussy
Three Mazurkas for piano - Tarantelle for piano in A flat major, Op. 43
Frédéric Chopin
Vlado Perlemuter - piano

Nimbus

Tuesday, July 21, 2015


MISSA SALISBURGENSIS
Heinrich I.F. Biber
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel - director
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh - director

DGG Archiv

KONZERTE FÜR BLOCKFLÖTE
Antonio Vivaldi
Camerata Bern
Michael Copley - altoblockflöte
Thomas Füri - Konzertmeister und Leitung

Deutsche Grammophon

STAR WARS
Wilco

dBpm Records

Monday, July 20, 2015


ODDITIES & TRIFLES
The Very Peculiar Instrumental Music of
Giovanni Valentini, c.1582–1649
ACRONYM

Olde Focus Records

LAST DANCE
Keith Jarrett - piano
Charlie Haden - double bass

ECM

MUSIC OF ELGAR AND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Introduction and Allegro / Serenade / Elegy for Strings
Edward Elgar
Tallis Fantasia / Greensleeves Fantasia
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon

Sunday, July 19, 2015


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

E Deutsche Grammophon E

WEST TEXTURES
Robert Earl Keen, Jr.

Sugar Hill

DEEP RIVER
The Spirit of Gospel Music in Jazz
The Jim Cullum Jazz Band
with Clark Terry, Nicholas Payton, Topsy Chapman, Nina Ferro

Riverwalk

LUTE MUSIC, VOL. II
Lute Suite No. 4 In E Major, BWV 1006a - Chaconne, Prelude, Fugue And Allegro In E Flat Major, BWV 998 - Bouress I and II (From Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009) - Wachet Auf! (From Cantata 140)* - Fugue in G Major ('Guige Fugur'), BWV 877* - Adagio (From Violin Sonata No. 4, BWV 1017)* - Trio Sonata No.6 In G Major, BWV 530* - Allegro (From The Italian Concerto, BWV 971)* 
J.S. Bach
John Williams - guitar
Peter Hurford - organ*

Sony Classical

SEI SONATE Ò PARTITE
August Kühnel
Consort Les Voix Humaines

ATMA Classique

Saturday, July 18, 2015


AMERICA
John Fahey

Takoma

LITANY
Prayers of St John Chrysostom for each hour of the day and night
PSALOM, TRISAGION
Arvo Pärt
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Saulius Sondeckis - conductor
The Hilliard Ensemble
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste - conductor

ECM New Series