Wednesday, August 31, 2016


QUERCUS
June Tabor - vocals
Iain Ballamy - saxophone
Huw Warren - piano

ECM

Tuesday, August 30, 2016


BECOME OCEAN
John Luther Adams
Seattle Symphony
Ludovic Morlot - conductor

Cantaloupe Music

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

EMI

Monday, August 29, 2016


PRIME CUTS 1998
Folk / Song / World Music in Germany
Various Artists

ProFolk / MDR Kulture / Heideck Records

Sunday, August 28, 2016


PAUL DESMOND & THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET
Recorded Live on December 25, 1971 at Town Hall/NYC
Paul Desmond
The Modern Jazz Quartet


Red Baron

Friday, August 26, 2016


WHATEVER NEXT / ELEMENTAL
Danny Thompson

Eagle


GUITAR CONCERTOS
Antonio Vivaldi
Los Romeros - guitar ensemble
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Iona Brown - director

Philips

Thursday, August 25, 2016


THE SILENT MAJORITY
(Terry Allen's Greatest Missed Hits)
Terry Allen

Sugar Hill

JOE PASS IN HAMBURG
Joe Pass - guitar
NDR Bigband
Radio Philharmonie Hannover

ACT

Wednesday, August 24, 2016


WHICH WAY IS EAST
Charles Lloyd
Billy Higgins


ECM

WORDS OF THE ANGEL
Ivan Moody
MESSE DE TOURNAI
Anonymous
Trio Mediæval

ECM New Series

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Monday, August 22, 2016


PIÈCES EN TRIO
Pour les flûtes, violon et dessus de viole
Marin Marais
Aux Pieds du Roy
- Michael Form and Dirk Boerner

Ambronay

BECOME OCEAN
John Luther Adams
Seattle Symphony
Ludovic Morlot - conductor

Cantaloupe Music

Sunday, August 21, 2016


THE FIVE SACRED TREES
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra*
John Williams

TREE LINE
Toru Takemitsu

SYMPHONY NO.2, MYSTERIOUS MOUNTAIN
Alan Hovhaness

OLD AND LOST RIVERS
Tobias Picker

London Symphony Orchestra
Judith LeClair - bassoon*
John Williams - conductor

Sony Classical

Saturday, August 20, 2016




A CHOICE COLLECTION
Music of Purcell's London
Matthew Locke, Nicola Matteis, Thomas Baltzar, John Weldon, John Blow, Henry Butler, John Banister (the elder), Anonymous
Palladian Ensemble

Honest / Linn Records

NEXT GENERATION
Gary Burton

Concord Jazz

Friday, August 19, 2016


LAST OF THE RED HOT BURRITOS
The Flying Burrito Bros

A&M

GOOD DOG HAPPY MAN
Bill Frisell

Nonesuch

SONGS OF MYSELF
Oswald von Wolkenstein
Andreas Scholl - counter tenor
Shield of Harmony - ensemble
Crawford Young - director

Harmonia Mundi

Thursday, August 18, 2016


VALE OF TEARS
A Minnesinger's Songs and Interludes
Neidhart
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon - director

Naxos

Sunday, August 14, 2016


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

Ricercar

FROM ME FLOWS WHAT YOU CALL TIME
TWILL BY TWILIGHT (In Memory of Morton Feldman)
REQUIEM
Toru Takemitsu
Nexus Percussion Ensemble
Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Carl St.Clair - conductor

Sony Classical

Saturday, August 13, 2016

Friday, August 12, 2016


APOKALYPSIS 

Oratorio in Ancient Greek, from the Revelation to St. John, for 5 soloists, women's chorus, brass, double basses & percussion 
René Clemencic
Wolfgang Bankl - bass baritone
Christian Bauer - tenor
Johannes Chum - tenor
Clemencic Consort Orchestra
René Clemencic - conductor, composer
Jeffrey Gall Counter - tenor
Bernhard Landauer - counter tenor
Women of the Vienna Chamber Choir

Arte Nova


Wednesday, August 10, 2016


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

Chandos

UNAM CEYLUM
From Sonata Violine solo 1681
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
John Holloway - violin
Aloysia Assenbaum - organ
Lars Ulrik Mortensen - harpsichord

ECM New Series

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

Monday, August 8, 2016


OVERTIME
Dave Holland Big Band
Dave Holland - double bass, composer, arranger, bandleader
Antonio Hart - alto saxophone, flute
Mark Gross - alto saxophone
Chris Potter - tenor saxophone
Gary Smulyan - baritone saxophone
Alex Sipiagin - trumpet
Duane Eubanks - trumpet
Taylor Haskins - trumpet
Robin Eubanks - trombone
Josh Roseman - trombone
Jonathan Arons - trombone
Steve Nelson - vibraphone & marimba
Billy Kilson - drums

Dare2

DANSES DANSERYES
Michael Praetorius, Giorgio Mainerio, Jacques Moderne, Claude Gervaise, Tielman Susato, Anonymous Medieval Dances
Muisca Antiqua Toulon
Christian Mendoze - director

Disques Pierre Verany

Sunday, August 7, 2016


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

STRING QUARTETS
String Quartet No.1 "From My Life"
Bedřich Smetana
String Quartets Nos.1 & 2
Leoš Janáček
Jerusalem Quartet

Harmonia Mundi

Saturday, August 6, 2016


REQUIEM MASS
Officium Defunctorum, 1605
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Westminster Cathedral Choir
David Hill - Master of Music

Hyperion

Friday, August 5, 2016


NEW FOLK SONGS
Perfect Houseplants

Linn Records

4'33"
John Cage - 4'33" - Third Construction - Amores

Edgard Varèse - Ionisation
Carlos Chávez - Toccata
Amadinda Percussion Group
Zoltán Kocsis - piano & prepared piano

Hungaroton

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Dona Nobis Pacem - Four Hymns - Toward The Unknown Region - O Clap Your Hands - Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge
Ralph Vaughan Williams
John Mark Ainsley - tenor
Judith Howarth - soprano
Thomas Allen - baritone
Matthew Souter - viola
Corydon Singers
Corydon Orchestra Orchestra
Joseph Frohlich, Elizabeth Layton - co-leaders
Matthew Best - conductor

Hyperion

LUMINESSENCE
Music for String Orchestra and Saxophone
Keith Jarrett
Jan Garbarek - saxophone improvisation
Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester
Mladen Gutesha - conductor

ECM

Thursday, August 4, 2016


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




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

Blue Note - Tokyo

Wednesday, August 3, 2016


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

BILL FRISELL, RON CARTER, PAUL MOTIAN
Bill Frisell - guitar
Ron Carter - double bass
Paul Motian - drums

Nonesuch

Tuesday, August 2, 2016


I, FLATHEAD
The Songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns
Ry Cooder

Nonesuch - Perro Verde

NOVEMBER
John Abercrombie - guitar
Marc Johnson - double bass
Peter Erskine - drums
John Surman - saxophone and clarinet

ECM

THE CHRISTMAS STORY
Told in Plainchant, Motets, Dialogues & Traditional Folk Carols
Theatre of Voices
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Paul Hillier - director

Harmonia Mundi

THREE STRING QUARTETS, OP 30
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
The Delmé String Quartet

Hyperion

THE REPENTANT THIEF
John Tavener
London Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Marriner - clarinet
Neil Percy - handbells
Michael Tilson Thomas - conductor

Collins

Monday, August 1, 2016


DELIRIUM TREMOLOS
Ray Wylie Hubbard

Philo

KAPSBERGIANA
Libro Terzo
Girolamo Kapsberger
Los Otros
 Hille Perl - viola da gamba, lirone
 Lee Santana - chitarrone
 Steve Player - chitarrone, guitar

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

VALE OF TEARS
A Minnesinger's Songs and Interludes
Neidhart
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon - director

Naxos