Wednesday, September 30, 2015


A CRACK WHERE THE LIGHT GETS IN
Steve Lawson

Bandcamp

SACRED AND SECULAR MUSIC
Guillaume de Machaut
Ensemble Gilles Binchoit
Dominique Vellard - director

Brilliant Classics 3CD set via Cantus

Monday, September 28, 2015






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

TOO LATE OR TOO DEAD
90 Day Men

Southern Records

Sunday, September 27, 2015



MAN WITH THE WOODEN FLUTE
Traditional Flute Music of The British Isles, America, Quebec and Cape Breton
Chris Norman - flute
Robin Bullock - Cittern, Fiddle, Guitar
Ann Marie Morgan - Viola da Gamba
Pete Sutherland - Fiddle

Dorian

Saturday, September 26, 2015


HOME STRETCH
Home Stretch - Mozart Coronation Concerto Recomposition - Paraphrase on Themes of Brian Eno
Timo Andres
Metropolis Ensemble
Timo Andres - piano
Andrew Cyr - conductor

Nonesuch

Friday, September 25, 2015




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)

TOCCATEN & FUGEN
J.S. Bach
The Organ of the Grote Kerk, Maassluis
Ton Koopman - organist

Arkiv Produktion

Thursday, September 24, 2015


WHATEVER NEXT / ELEMENTAL
Danny Thompson

Eagle

BAGS GROOVE
Miles Davis – trumpet
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Horace Silver – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
Milt Jackson* – vibraphone
Thelonious Monk* – piano
*"Bags' Groove"

Prestige



A TEMPORARY DIVE
AneBrun

DetErMine

Wednesday, September 23, 2015


THE RODEO ERODED
Tin Hat Trio

ropeadope

MUSICAL BOOK OF HOURS
Holy Office Works
Guillaume Du Fay, Josquin Desprez, Johannes Ockeghem, Antoine Busnoys
Pomerium
Alexander Blachly - director

Archiv

Tuesday, September 22, 2015


BITTER BALLADS
Ancient and Modern Poetry Sung to Medieval and Traditional Melodies
Paul Hillier - voice
Andrew Lawrence-King - harps, psaltery

Harmonia Mundi

REGARDS FROM CHUCK PINK
Leo Kottke

Private Music

Monday, September 21, 2015


SCHUBERT
Trout Quintet; Arpeggione Sonata; Die Forelle
Franz Schubert
Yo-Yo Ma - violoncello
Emanuel Ax - piano
Pamela Frank - violin
Rebecca Young - viola
Edgar Meyer - double bass
Barbara Bonney - soprano

Sony Classical

VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA
Morton Feldman
Carolin Widmann - violin
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Emilio Pomàrico - conductor

ECM New Series

Saturday, September 19, 2015


NEW CHAUTAUQUA
Pat Metheny - solo guitar(s)

ECM

SYMPHONY NO.2
THE UNANSWERED QUESTION
CENTRAL PARK IN THE DARK*
Charles Ives
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein - conductor
Seiji Ozawa* - conductor

Sony Classical

THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT THOMAS BECKET
The Unfinished Vespers: December 29 1170
Gregorian Chant from Canterbury Cathedral
Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge
Mary Berry - director

Herald

MUSIQUE DE LA GRÈCE ANTIQUE
Greek Anonymous
Atrium Musicæ de Madrid
Gregorio Paniagua - director

Harmonia Mundi

JOSQUIN
Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae / Motets
Josquin Desprez
The Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier - director

Erato Veritas x2

Thursday, September 17, 2015


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

Telarc

ORGELMUSIK
Johann Pachelbel
Werner Jacob - organ (Mollau, Alsace)

Virgin Classics

SECOND SIGHT
Marc Johnson's Bass Desires
Marc Johnson – bass
Bill Frisell – guitar
John Scofield – guitar
Peter Erskine – drums

ECM

Wednesday, September 16, 2015



SVYATI
John Tavener
Kiev Chamber Choir
Moscow Virtuosi
Patricia Rozario - soprano
Steven Isserlis - cello

Red Seal

MARY'S MUSIC
Songs and Dances from the Time of Mary Queen of Scots
Scottish Early Music Consort
Warwick Edwards - director

Chandos

THAT'S WHAT
Leo Kottke

Private Music

PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, Gaspard Le Roux, Marin Marais
Kenneth Gilbert - harpsichord

Arkiv Produktion

Tuesday, September 15, 2015


6 SUITES FOR CELLO SOLO
Johann Sebastian Bach
Matt Haimovitz - cello

Oxingale

Monday, September 14, 2015


CANCIONERO
Music for the Spanish Court 1470-1520
The Dufay Collective

Avie

THE LIFE OF MARY
Cantigas for the Feasts of Holy Mary
Alfonso X "The Wise" 1221 - 1284
Música Antigua
Valle de los Caídos Monastery Children's Choir
Eduardo Paniagua - director

Sony - Hispainica

Sunday, September 13, 2015


THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
A Bunyan Sequence
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sir John Gieguld - narration
Corydon Singers
The City of London Sinfonia
Matthew Best - conductor

Hyperion

3 SONATEN FÜR VIOLINE SOLO
Transkription für Gitarre
J.S. Bach
Frank Bungarten - guitar

MD+G

Saturday, September 12, 2015


RESURRECTION PART II
20th Century Improvised Music Works
Ernst Reijseger
Noël Akchoté
Uri Caine
Dave Douglas
Paul Motian Trio
Gary Thomas Quarte
t

Winter & Winter - Special Edition

Friday, September 11, 2015


I HAVE THE ROOM ABOVE HER
Paul Motian - drums
Bill Frisell - electric guitar
Joe Lovano - tenor saxophone

ECM

BEATUS
Choral and Organ Works
Statuit ei Dominus, for 2 choruses & 2 organs - Missa sillabica, for chorus - Magnificat Antiphones (7), for chorus 
Arvo Pärt
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, Ene Salumae - organs
Tonu Kaljuste - director

Virgin via Erato

TENEBRAE RESPONSORIA
Don Carlo Gesualdo
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

ON THE TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS
John Adams
New York Philharmonic
New York Choral Artists
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Lorin Maazel - conductor

Nonesuch

Thursday, September 10, 2015


OCKEGHEM
Requiem - Missa 'Mi-mi' - Missa Prolationum
Johannes Ockeghem
Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier - director

Veritas

Wednesday, September 9, 2015


BILL EVANS TRIO
At Shelly's Manne-Hole, Hollywood, California
Bill Evans Trio

Riverside

CONCERTS AVEC PLUSIEURS INSTRUMENTS – V
Johann Sebastian Bach
Café Zimmerman
Pablo Valetti - konzertmeister

Alpha

Tuesday, September 8, 2015


SONGS AND DANCES FROM THE SPANISH RENAISSANCE
Camerata Iberia

M-A Recordings

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

Verve

THINGS YOU ALREADY KNOW
Chris Campbell
Ensemble Musicians

innova

Monday, September 7, 2015


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

Artistry

DANCING DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN
The Albion Dance Band

Talking Elephant

DIFFERENT TRAINS
Steve Reich
Kronos Quartet
ELECTRIC COUNTERPOINT
Steve Reich
Pat Metheny - guitar

Nonesuch

INDUSTRY
Richard Thompson
Danny Thompson


Hannibal