Monday, February 29, 2016


A SEA SYMPHONY
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Shiela Armstrong - soprano
John Carol Case - baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
Frederic Jackson - chorus master
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult - conductor

EMI

M:FANS
A remake of 1983's Music for a New Society that re-contextualises the original songs into radical new forms to resonate with the digital age.
John Cale

Domino / Electric Drone

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Saturday, February 27, 2016


AL ANDALUS
Musique Arabo-Andalouse
Atrium Musicae Madrid
Gregorio Paniagua - director, compiler, realization

Harmonia Mundi / Musique D'Abord

CHANTS DU SUD ET DU NORD
Norway and Catalan
Hirundo Maris
Arianna Savall - voice, harp
Petter Udland Johansen - voice, hardingfele, mandolin
Sveinung Lilleheir - guitar, voice, dobro
Miquel Angel Cordero - double-bass, voice
David Mayoral - percussion, voice

ECM New Series

Friday, February 26, 2016


NINNA NANNA
Berceuses, Lullabies, Nanas, Wiegenlieder, ca. 1500-2002
William Byrd, Arvo Pärt, Darius Milhaud, Manuel de Falla, Paul Badura-Skoda, Modest Mussorgsky, Anonymous
Montserrat Figueras - soprano
Arianna Savall, Jordi Savall, Pedro Estevan, Hesperion XXI, performers

Alia Vox

Wednesday, February 24, 2016




PARIS ENCOUNTER
Stephane Grappelli - violin

Gary Burton - vibraphone

Steve Swallow - bass
Bill Goodwin - drums


Label M

THE BEST OF MILT JACKSON
Milt Jackson - vibraphone

Riverside

ALPHA AND OMEGA
Antony Pitts
Tonus Peregrinus

Hyperion

MY FAVORITE THINGS
Virtuoso Encores 
Works by Rodgers, Saint-Saëns, Chopin, Liszt, & Others
Stephen Hough - piano

Music Masters

DUO FÜR VIOLIN UND CELLO; STUDIE ÜBER MEHRKLÄNGE FÜR OBOE SOLO; TREMA FÜR VIOLONCELLO SOLO
Heinz Holliger
SUITE FOR SOLO CELLO NO. 4
J.S. Bach
Thomas Demenga - violoncello
Catrin Demenga - violin
Heinz Holliger - oboe

ECM New Series

Tuesday, February 23, 2016



THE COMPLETE VILLAGE VANGUARD RECORDINGS, 1961
Bill Evans
Scott LaFaro
Paul Motian

Riverside

ANNUM PER ANNUM
Arvo Pärt
Plus works by
John Cage and Giacinto Scelsi
Christoph Maria Moosmann - organ

New Albion

REQUIEM
Johann Joseph Fux
Clemencic Consort
René Clemencic - director

Arte Nova

THE LAST SLEEP OF THE VIRGIN
A veneration for string quartet and handbells.
THE HIDDEN TREASURE
John Tavener
Chilingirian Quartet

Virgin Classics

Monday, February 22, 2016


CADENZA ON THE NIGHT PLAIN
SUNRISE OF THE PLANETARY DREAM COLLECTOR
MYTHIC BIRDS WALTZ
Terry Riley
The Kronos Quartet

Gramavision

CAPE TOWN REVISITED
Abdullah Ibrahim Trio

Tip Toe

Sunday, February 21, 2016


HAMBURGER RATSMUSIK
Consort Music c. 1600
William Brade
Hespèrion XX
Jordi Savall - director, viola da gamba

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET
A Celebration of the Concerto Grosso
Steve Reich, J.S. Bach, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Jacobsen/Siamak Aghaei, The Knights
The Knights - orchestral collective

Warner Classics

Saturday, February 20, 2016


SACRED MUSIC FROM NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL
Leonin (1163-1190)
Perotin (1180-1225)
Tonus Peregrinus
Antony Pitts - director

Naxos

Friday, February 19, 2016


WATER MUSIC - ROYAL FIREWORKS - CONCERTO GROSSI OP.3
George Frideric Handel
Linde Consort
Hans-Martin Linde - director

Virgin Veritas

Thursday, February 18, 2016




DIE KUNST DER FUGUE
Johann Sebastian Bach
Calefax Reed Quintet

MDG

Wednesday, February 17, 2016


BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini - director

Naïve

EIRIK THE VIKING
Works by Aagaard-Nilsen, Gudim, Bull, Clarke, Thingnaes, Von Koch
Eirik Gjerdevik - tuba
Stavanger BrassBand - Morten Hansen, director
Bergen Tuba Quartet

Lawo

Tuesday, February 16, 2016


PASSENGERS
The Gary Burton Quartet
with Eberhard Weber

ECM

Monday, February 15, 2016


6 SONATE A DUE HAUTBOIS ET BASSON
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Paul Dombrecht - oboe
Marcel Ponseele - oboe
Ku Ebbinge - oboe
Danny Bond - bassoon
Chiara Banchini - violin
Richte Van Der Meer - violoncello
Robert Kohnen - harpsichord

Accent

A VAUGHAN WILLIAMS HYMNAL
21 Hymns and 3 Organ Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow - director
Organ Scholars - Christopher Allsop, Andrew Lamb

Conifer

Sunday, February 14, 2016


IN C
Terry Riley
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Percurama Percussion Ensemble
Paul Hillier - director

Ars Nova

STRING QUARTETS 2, 3, 4, 5
Philip Glass
Kronos Quartet

Nonesuch


L'HOMME ARMÉ MASSES
Josquin des Prés
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips - director

Gimell

Saturday, February 13, 2016


THE APPEARANCE OF COLOR
John Metcalfe

Realworld

MASS FOR FOUR VOICES - INFELIX EGO - MASS FOR FIVE VOICES
William Byrd
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly - director

Naxos

Friday, February 12, 2016



SOLOS AND DUETS
Köln, November 9th, 1985
Dave Holland - double bass
Marc Johnson - double bass

Jazz Boot

MUSIQUE POUR LA VIOLE
Marin Marais
Charivari Agréable

ASV - Gaudeamus

Thursday, February 11, 2016


MISERERE - FESTINA LENTE - SARAH WAS NINETY YEARS OLD
Arvo Pärt
The Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier - director
Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor

ECM New Series

PROVENCE MYSTIQUE
Sacred Songs of the Middle Ages from the South of France
Anne Azéma - programming, research, text translation, transcription, soprano
Laurence Brisset, Annelies Coene, Catherine Jousselin, Pasquale Mourey - voices
Kit Higginson - psaltery, recorder
Shira Kammen - medieval fiddle
Margriet Tindemans - harp, medieval fiddle

Apex via Erato

Tuesday, February 9, 2016


DIE KUNST DER FUGE
J.S. Bach
Hespèrion XX
Bruce Dickey - cornetto, Paolo Grazzi - oboe da caccia, Charles Toet - trombone, Claude Wassmer - basson, Jordi Savall - viole de gambe soprano, Christophe Coin - viole de gambe altus, Roberto Gini - viole de gambe ténor, Paolo Pandolfo - viole de gambe basse
Jordi Savall - director

Alia Vox

Monday, February 8, 2016


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 Shaha - violin
Barry Wordsworth - conductor

Argo

PROVERB*
NAGOYA MARIMBAS**
CITY LIFE***
Steve Reich
Theatre of Voices*
Paul Hillier - conductor
Bob Becker, James Preiss** - marimbas
The Steve Reich Ensemble***
Bradley Lubman - conductor

Nonesuch

Sunday, February 7, 2016


OSTINATO
Includes works by Antonio Falconiero, Francesco Maria Marini, Johann Pachelbel, Henry Purcell, various composers
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall

Alia Vox

SUNSHINE SUPERMAN
Donovan

EMI - Capitol

Friday, February 5, 2016


HOT BURRITOS!
Anthology 1969-1972
The Flying Burrito Brothers

A&M

Thursday, February 4, 2016


CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARIS
Alfonso X El Sabio
Salah Chraki,  Shira Kammen,  Mohammed Briouel,  Mustapha Amri, 
Camerata Mediterranea
Joel Cohen - director
Abdelkrim Rais Andalusian Orchestra of Fés
Mohammed Briouel - director

Erato

CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARIA
Recorded at the 'Church of Our Lady Beneath the Chain at the End of the Bridge', Prague
Hana Blažíkova - soprano, harp, musical direction 
Barbora Kabátková - soprano, harp, and psaltery
Margit Üebellacker - dulce melos
Martin   Novák - percussion

PHI - Outthere

Wednesday, February 3, 2016


VARIATIONS FOR WINDS, STRINGS AND KEYBOARDS
Steve Reich
SHAKER LOOPS
John Adams
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart - conductor

Philips

Tuesday, February 2, 2016


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

ECM New Series