Monday, November 30, 2015




LE NYMPHE DI RHENO, OP.8, VOL.2
The Nymphs of the Rhine
Johannes Schenck
Les Voix Humaines

Naxos

SACRED AND SECULAR MUSIC FROM RENAISSANCE GERMANY
Heinrich Isaac, Nicolaus Grenon, Guillaume Dufay, Heinrich Finck, Jacob Barbireau, Adam von Fulda, Anonymous
Ciaramella Instrumental and Vocal Ensemble
Adam Gilbert, Rotem Gilbert - directors

Naxos

EARLY MUSIC LATE
Jordi Savall
Simon Heighes - presenter
Catalan viola da gamba virtuoso Jordi Savall plays works by Marais, Sainte-Colombe and Bach, in a concert recorded at the Fundacion Juan March in Madrid.

BBC Radio 3

Sunday, November 29, 2015


MUSIC FOR COMPLINE
Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, John Sheppard, Robert White, Hugh Aston
Stile Antico

Harmonia Mundi

ILLUMINA
The Theme of Light in the Christian Tradition
Einojuhani Rautavaara, György Ligeti, William Byrd, Anonymous, Hildegard of Bingen, Thomas Tallis, Robert White, Sergei Rachmaninov, John Rutter, Gustav Holst, Giovanni Palestrina, Josquin Des Préz, Alexander Gretchaninov, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, William Henry Harris, Charles Wood
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Timothy Brown - director

Collegium

ON THE WAY TO BETHLEHEM
Music of the Medieval Pilgrim
14th-15th Century English, Macedonian, Syrian, Croatian, Turkish, Flemish
Ensemble Oni Wytars
Ensemble Unicorn


Naxos

DARKNESS INTO LIGHT
The Bridegroom & Other Works
John Tavener
Anonymous 4
Chilingirian Quartet

Harmonia Mundi

Friday, November 27, 2015




JIM HALL QUARTET WITH KENNY BARRON, 1997
Jim Hall - guitar
Kenny Barron - piano
Scott Coley - double bass
Terry Clarke - drums

Blue Note - Tokyo

THE BANKS OF GREEN WILLOW
And Other Works by English Contemporaries
George Butterworth, E.J. Moeran, Frank Bridge, Arnold Bax
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate - conductor

EMI

Thursday, November 26, 2015




POUR LA VIOLLE ET LE THÉORBE
Marin Marais
Hille Perl - viola da gamba
Lee Santana - Théorbe

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

HOME TO THANKSGIVING  
Songs of Thanks and Praise
Various Composers - Medieval to Early American
His Majestie's Clerkes
Theatre of Voices  
Paul Hillier - director

Harmonia Mundi

IN DARKNESS LET ME DWELL
John Dowland
John Potter - voice
Stephen Stubbs - lute
John Surman - saxophone and clarinet
Maya Homburger - baroque violin
Barry Guy - double-bass

ECM New Series

ROTHKO CHAPEL
WHY PATTERNS?
Morton Feldman
David Abel - Viola
Philip Brett - Director
California EAR Unit - Ensemble
Deborah Dietrich - Soprano (Vocal)
Karen Rosenak - Celeste
University of California Berkeley Chamber Chorus
William Winant - Percussion

New Albion

IN SEARCH OF DOWLAND
Consort Music of...
John Dowland 
Carl Rütti
bFIVE Recorder Consort

Coviello

Wednesday, November 25, 2015



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

LET IT BE
The Beatles

Apple

SPOOKED
Robyn Hitchcock

Yep Roc

COME SUNDAY
Charlie Haden
Hank Jones


Emarcy

THE COSMOPOLITAN
Songs by
Oswald von Wolkenstein
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon - director

Christophorus

PARIS, TEXAS
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Ry Cooder

Warner Bros.

UAKTI
Uakti

Verve

Monday, November 23, 2015


"LES PLAISIRS"
Chamber Concertos
Georg Philipp Telemann
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Monica Huggett - director

Harmonia Mundi

FALL 2015 MIXTAPE 
Various Artists

I Care If You Listen

MARIAN CANTATAS & ARIAS
George Frideric Handel
Anne Sofie von Otter - mezzo-soprano
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel - director

Archiv Produktion

ELIZABETHAN CONSORT MUSIC
1558 - 1603
Innocentio Alberti, William Daman, William Mundy, Robert Parsons, Nicholas Strogers, John Taverner, Robert White, Clement Woodcock & Anonymes
Hespèrion XX
Jordi Savall - director, viola de gamba

Alia Vox

Sunday, November 22, 2015


ALCHEMIST
Monteverdi, Du Prez, Mainerio, Anonymous, Ortiz, Le Jeune, Pickett
Philip Pickett - arrangements, recorders, crumhorns, curtals, racketts, shawms, cornamusen, pan pipes, organ, gittern, symphony, chalumeau
Catherine Bott - soprano
Stephen Henderson - percussion, xylophone, bells, timpani
David Roblou - organ & harpsichord
Pavlo Beznosiuk - medieval fiddle & baroque violin/viola
Tom Finucane - lute & gittern
Anthony Pleeth - baroque cello

Decca

SYMPHONY NO.6
FANTASIA ON A THEME BY THOMAS TALLIS
THE LARK ASCENDING*
Ralph Vaughan Williams
*Tasmin Little - violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis - conductor

Apex

Friday, November 20, 2015


ELIZABETHAN CONSORT MUSIC
1558 - 1603
Innocentio Alberti, William Daman, William Mundy, Robert Parsons, Nicholas Strogers, John Taverner, Robert White, Clement Woodcock & Anonymes
Hespèrion XX
Jordi Savall - director, viola de gamba

Alia Vox



VIGILIA
All-Night Vigil in Memory of St. John the Baptist for mixed choir and soloists
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Finnish Radio Chamber Choir
Timo Nuoranne - conductor
Petteri Salomaa - baritone
Jyrki Korhonen - bass
Lilli Paasikivi - mezzo-soprano
Pia Freund - soprano
Topi Lehtipuu - tenor

Ondine

Thursday, November 19, 2015


THE LONG SURRENDER
Over the Rhine

Great Speckled Dog

CANTICUM CANTICORUM
The Song of Songs
Orlando de Lassus, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Heinrich Schutz, Domenico Mazzocchi, Healey Willan, William Walton, Thomas Tomkins, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Marin Marais, John Dunstable, Henry Purcell
Les Voix Baroques, with instrumental ensemble
Matthew White & Stephen Stubbs - musical directors

ATMA Classique

Wednesday, November 18, 2015




JESUS' BLOOD NEVER FAILED ME YET
Gavin Bryars
Anonymous London Tramp, field recording - vocal
Tom Waits - additional vocal
Orchestra
Gavin Bryars - conductor

Point Music




SPEAKING OF NOW
Pat Metheny Group

Warner Bros.

ALONE TOGETHER
Dave Mason

MCA via Blue Thumb

Tuesday, November 17, 2015




NIGHT SONGS
Helen Grime
Hallé
Hallé Soloists
Lynsey Marsh - clarinet
Jamie Phillips, Sir Mark Elder - conductors

NMC

Monday, November 16, 2015


DIE ROSENKRANZ-SONATEN
The Mystery Sonatas 
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
John Holloway - violin
Davitt Moroney - chamber organ, harpsichord
Tragicomedia (Stephen Stubbs, Erin Headley, Andrew Lawrence-King)

Erato Veritas

FRESH AS A SWEET SUNDAY MORNING
Recorded Live on April 22nd 2006 at Sheffield Memorial Hall, England
Bert Jansch

Mooncrest

NIGHT SONGS
Helen Grime
Hallé
Hallé Soloists
Lynsey Marsh - clarinet
Jamie Phillips, Sir Mark Elder - conductors

NMC

Sunday, November 15, 2015


DIMINUITO
16th century madrigals, chansons, and instrumentals re-imagined
Rolf Lislevand; lute and direction
with instrumental and vocal ensemble

ECM New Series

Saturday, November 14, 2015


FRERE DE TAIZE
A L'Orgue de L'Eglisle de la Reconcilliation de Taize
Jean-François Dandrieu, André Raison, Gaspard Corette, Jacques Boyvin, Georg Boehm
Jean-Luc Jaquenod - orgue

SM 5

LAGRIME DI SAN PIETRO
Orlando di Lasso
Ars Nova
Bo Holten - director

Naxos

Thursday, November 12, 2015


LE NYMPHE DI RHENO, OP.8, VOL.2
The Nymphs of the Rhine
Johannes Schenck
Les Voix Humaines

Naxos

VICTORIA
Missa Dum complerentur
Missa Simile est regnum cœlorum

Tomas Luis de Victoria
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
Stephen Darlington - director

Nimbus

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Tuesday, November 10, 2015


KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
Heinrich Laufenbergand his contemporaries
Ensemble Dragma
Marc Lewon - direction

RAMÉE

Monday, November 9, 2015


LE NYMPHE DI RHENO, OP.8, VOL.1
The Nymphs of the Rhine
Johannes Schenck
Les Voix Humaines

Naxos

Sunday, November 8, 2015


RYPDAL/VITOUS/DeJOHNETTE
Terje Rypdal - guitar
Miroslav Vitous - bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums

ECM

Saturday, November 7, 2015


KINGDOM OF HEAVEN  
Heinrich Laufenbergand his contemporaries
Ensemble Dragma
Marc Lewon - direction

 RAMÉE

Thursday, November 5, 2015


MINNEAPOLIS
Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis 2014
Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau

Pirates of the Innerwebs/Jazzboot