ALFRED
Excerpts from an Early English Opera (1740/53)
Thomas Arne
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Diana Montague - Mezzo-Soprano
Mark Padmore - Tenor
Catherine Pierard - Soprano
Nicholas Sears - Tenor
Stephen Wallace - Counter Tenor
Nicholas Kraemer - Conductor

BBC Music

 
SYMPHONY NO. 5 FOR BIG BAND, ELECTRIC GUITAR, AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROPHECY FOR ACCORDION AND ORCHESTRA
Errik-Sven Tüür
Nguyên Lê - electric guitar
Mika Väyrynen - accordion
UMO Jazz Orchestra
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Olari Elts - conductor

Ondine

FOUR LAUDS - FIGMENT I - REMEMBERING MR. IVES - TRE DUETTI
Elliot Carter
Caroline Chin - violin
Brian Snow - cello

Centaur

 

COMPLETE MUSIC FOR SOLO LUTE

John Dowland

Jakob Lindberg - lutes

Brilliant Classics via BIS

4 CDs

AGUAS DA AMAZONIA  
Ballet Score  
Philip Glass
Uakti  

Point

TRISTAN ET ISEULT
A Medieval Romance in Music and Poetry
Anne Azéma
Henri Ledroit
Andrea von Ramm
The Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen - transcription, realization, director

Erato

FIVE TUDOR PORTRAITS - BENEDICITE - FIVE VARIANTS OF 'DIVES AND LAZARUS'
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Elizabeth Bainbridge - contralto
John Carol Case - baritone
Heather Harper - soprano
Bach Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
The Jacques Orchestra
Sir David Wilcox - conductor

EMI

NIGHT SESSIONS
Ancient Fragments with Improvisation
The Dowland Project 
John Potter - tenor, direction
John Surman - saxophones, bass clarinet, percussion
Stephen Stubbs - lute, chitarrone, baroque guitar, vihuela
Maya Homburger - violin
Miloš Valent - violin, viola
Barry Guy - double bass

ECM New Series

PAVANS AND FANTASIES FROM THE AGE OF DOWLAND
John Dowland, Henry Purcell, William Lawes, John Jenkins, Thomas Morley, Matthew Locke
John Holloway - violin, viola
Monika Baer - violin, viola
Renate Steinmann - viola
Susanna Hefti - viola
Martin Zeller - bass violin

ECM New Series

ROMARIA
Love songs, chants and motets from the 12th century to the present by Oswald von Wolkenstein, Orlando di Lasso, Josquin Desprez and others including the anonymous composers of the Carmina Burana manuscript. 
The Dowland Project
John Potter - tenor
Miloš Valent - violin, viola
John Surman - soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, tenor and bass recorders
Stephen Stubbs - baroque guitar, vihuela

ECM New Series

PIANO WORKS
Erik Satie
Daniel Varsano - piano
Philippe Entremont - piano

Sony Classical

SPEM IN ALIUM
Thomas Tallis
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips - director

Gimell

ORFF-SCHULWERK
Volume One / Musica Poetica
Carl Orff
Gunild Keefman

Celestial Harmonies

ONES ALL
Solo
Dave Holland - double bass

Dare2

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

Jazz Boot

CARMINA BURANA
Medieval Poems and Songs
Ensemble Unicorn
Michael Posch - director
Ensemble Oni Wytars
Marco Ambosini - director

Naxos

ANIMA MEA
Sacred Music of the Middle Ages
Ensemble Cosmedin

Naxos

INSTRUMENTS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE
The Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow - director

Erato Veritas X2

REQUIEM
Maurerische Trauermusik
W.A. Mozart
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Le Concert des Nations
Montserrat Figueras - soprano
Stephan Schreckenberger -  bass
Claudia Schubert - alto
Gerd Türk - tenor
Jordi Savall - conductor

Astrée - Naïve

CELLO SUITES
Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012
Johann Sebastian Bach
Lynn Harrell - cello

London

MISERERE
Arvo Pärt
The Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier - director
Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor

ECM New Series

OLD GAUTIERS NIGHTINGHALL
French & English Lute Music
Nicolas Bouvier, Pierre Gaultier, Simon Ives, Thomas Mace, Rene Mesangeau
Anthony Bailes - lute

Ramée

ORGAN AND OBOE
Telemann, Handel, Bach, Muffat, Krebs, Lübeck
Daniel Matrone - organ at the Cathedral d'Agde
Jérôme Simonpoli - oboe

Jade

AHMAD JAMAL
Priceless Jazz Collection
Ahmad Jamal

GRD - Universal

SOIR, DIT-ELLE
O. Harkavvy, L. Power, G. Bryars, A. Smith, I. Moody
Trio Mediæval

ECM New Series

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

ECM New Series

AMERICAN ANGELS
Songs of Hope, Redemption, & Glory
Anonymous 4

Harmonia Mundi

THE ENCHANTED ISLES
Harp Music of Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales
Carol Thompson - harps

Dorian

BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY
Current 93

Durtro Jnana

THE MOAT RECORDINGS
Jospeh Holbrooke Trio
Derek Baily - guitars
Gavin Bryars - double bass
Tony Oxley - percussion

Tzadik

WHAT ARTEMISIA HEARD
Music and Art from the Time of Caravaggio and Gentilesch
Uccellina, Kapsberger, Frescobaldi, Casccini, Monteverdi, Falconieri, Rossi
El Mundo
Richard Savino - director

Sono Luminus

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

PALO SANTO
Shearwater

Matador

PAVANS AND FANTASIES FROM THE AGE OF DOWLAND
John Dowland, Henry Purcell, William Lawes, John Jenkins, Thomas Morley, Matthew Locke
John Holloway - violin, viola
Monika Baer - violin, viola
Renate Steinmann - viola
Susanna Hefti - viola
Martin Zeller - bass violin

ECM New Series

COLOURS IN THE DARK
The Instrumental Music of...
Alexander Agricola
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon - director

Christophorus

LES FANTAISIES DE JOSQUIN
The Instrumental Music
Josquin Desprez
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon - director

Christophorus

HEROES SYMPHONY
THE LIGHT
Philip Glass
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop - conductor

Naxos

PANAGIA
Six Byzantine Greek prayers to the Panagia, one of the names of the Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ, set to music.
Stephan Micus - Bavarian zither, dilruba, chitrali sitar, sattar, 14-string guitar, nay, voice

ECM

LIGETI PROJECT III
Cello Concerto - Clocks and Clouds, for female voices & orchestra, Violin Concerto - Sippal, dobbal, nádihegeduvel
György Ligeti
Capella Amsterdam
Amadinda Percussion Group
ASKO/Schonberg Ensemble
Katalin Károlyi - mezzo-soprano
Siegfried Palm - cello
Frank Peter Zimmerman - violin

Teldec

CAPTAIN HUMES POETICALL MUSICKE
Music for Viols, and Lute: Volume 2
Tobias Hume
Les Voix Humaines - viols
Stephen Stubbs - lute

Naxos

CAPTAIN HUMES POETICALL MUSICKE
Music for Viols, Lute, and Voice: Volume 1
Tobias Hume
Les Voix Humaines - viols
Stephen Stubbs - lute
Daniel Taylor - vocal

Naxos

EPIPHANY MASS
as it may have been celebrated in St. Thomas, Leipzig, c. 1740
Johann Sebastian Bach
Anonymous,  Johann Pachelbel,  Michael Praetorius
James Johnstone,  Timothy Roberts,  Peter Harvey,  Angus Davidson - soloists
Paul McCreesh - conductor
Gabrieli Consort and  Players
Congregational Choirs of Freberg and Dresden

Archiv Produktion

WEIHNACHTSORATORIUM
Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
Johann Sebastian Bach
Theo Adam, Peter Schreier, Annelies Burmeister, Arleen Auger
Dresdner Kreuzchor, Dresdner Philharmonie
Martin Flämig - conductor

Berlin Classics

AN AMERICANA CHRISTMAS
Vassar Clements
Norman & Nancy Blake
Roy Huskey, Jr. & Friends

Koch

A TOOLBOX CHRISTMAS
Woody Philips

Gourd Music





Sort of a sentimental, melodic Einstürzende Neubauten for the Holidays.

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

Christophorus

TRANSMIGRATION OF THE MAGUS
John Zorn
Bill Frisell - guitar
John Medeski - organ
Kenny Wollesen, Al Upowski - vibes, bells
Carol Emanuel, Bridget Kibby - harps

Tzadik

ROBIN IS TO THE GREENWOOD GONE
Elizabethan Lute Music
Batchelar - Cuttinge - De Countie - Holborne - Huwet - Robinson
Paul O'Dette - lute

Nonesuch

WHAT ARTEMISIA HEARD
Music and Art from the Time of Caravaggio and Gentilesch
Uccellina, Kapsberger, Frescobaldi, Casccini, Monteverdi, Falconieri, Rossi
El Mundo
Richard Savino - director

Sono Luminus

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

ECM