Thursday, June 30, 2016


SHEHERAZADE, OP.35
Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Czech Radio Symphony Bratislava
Ondrej Lenard - conductor

Naxos

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

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Wednesday, June 29, 2016


EL AIRE SE SERENA
Music from the Courts and Cathedrals of 16th-Century Spain
Seldom Sene - recorder quintet

Brilliant

CHAMBER MUSIC
Sonatas, Trio Sonatas, Quartets
Georg Philipp Telemann
The Amsterdam Baroque Soloists
Ton Koopman - director

Erato

Monday, June 27, 2016


COMMONER'S CROWN
Steeleye Span

Chrysalis

PRIME DIRECTIVE
Dave Holland Quintet

ECM

BATTAGLIE E LAMENTI
Various 16th & 17th Century Venetian Compositions
Hespèrion XX
Montserrat Figueras - soprano
Graham Pushee - countertenor
Harry van der Kamp - bass
Jordi Savall - director

Archiv Produktion

Saturday, June 25, 2016


THE SECRET HANDSHAKE
PASSWORD
Geoff Muldaur

Floating World

Thursday, June 23, 2016




A DREAM
John Dowland
Hopkinson Smith - lute

Naïve

TALES OF BEATRIX POTTER
Music from the Royal Ballet Film  
John Lanchbery - composer, conductor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

EMI Classics

PRIVATE ASTRONOMY
A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble

E Deutsche Grammophon E

Wednesday, June 22, 2016


A DYNAMIC NEW SOUND
Guitar/Organ/Drums
The Wes Montgomery Trio

Riverside

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

Gimell

SYMPHONY NO.7 LENINGRAD
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata - conductor

Dorian

Tuesday, June 21, 2016


CHANGING PLACES
Tord Gustavsen Trio

ECM

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

Arkiv Produktion

THE COMPLETE RECORDER SONATAS
Georg Friedrich Händel
Clas Pehrsson - recorder
Bengt Ericson - baroque cello
Thomas Schuback - harpsichord

BIS

SUNSHINE BOY
The Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos 1971-1972
Townes Van Zandt

Omnivore

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

Hyperion

UNSEEN RAIN
THREEFOLD VISION
SONGS OF THE SHINING WIND
Robert Kyr
Ensemble P.A.N.

New Albion

Monday, June 20, 2016


THE RAIN IS A HANDSOME ANIMAL
seventeen songs from the poetry of e.e. cummings
Tin Hat

New Amsterdam

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

ECM

LET'S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL
Ray Ellis
and his Orchestra

Columbia



IL VIAGGIO D'AMORE
Love songs from countries and centuries near and far...
Traditional songs, songs from Renaissance sources as well as compositions by Arianna Savall.
Hirundo Maris
Arianna Savall – soprano, baroque triple harp
Petter Udland Johansen – tenor, hardingfele, cittern
Michal Nagy – guitar, voice
Sveinung Lilleheier – guitar, dobro, voice
Miquel Angel Cordero – colascione, double base, voice
David Mayoral – percussion, voice

Carpe Diem

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

ECM

LE ROMAN DE FAUVEL
A Medieval fable in poetry and music from manuscript fr. 146 of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Boston Camerata
Ensemble P.A.N.
Joel Cohen - director

Apex

Sunday, June 19, 2016


JAZZ IMPRESSIONS OF JAPAN
The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Columbia

FOREST FLOWER
At Monterey
Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone, flute
Keith Jarrett - piano
Cecil McBee - bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums

Atlantic

Saturday, June 18, 2016


TARPAN SEASONS
Solveig Slettahjell
Slow Motion Orchestra

Jazzland

EL AIRE SE SERENA
Music from the Courts and Cathedrals of 16th-Century Spain
Seldom Sene - recorder quintet

Brilliant

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
Heinrich Laufenberg and his contemporaries
Ensemble Dragma
Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett - voice, harp
Jane Achtman - vielle
Marc Lewon  -voice, lute, vielle, direction
Elizabeth Rumsey - vielle
Hanna Marti - voice

RAMÉE - Outhere

Friday, June 17, 2016


AMERICAN DREAMS
Charlie Haden
Michael Brecker
Brad Mehldau
Brian Blade

Verve

EARLY ITALIAN MADRIGALS

Capella Antiqua München
Elisabeth Ruhland, Gustav Leonhardt - harpsichord
Franz Brüggen - flute
Michael Schäffer - lute
Wieland Kuijken - viol da gamba
Konrad Ruhland - director

Pro-Arte

SCHERZI MUSICALI
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - Johan Jacob Walther
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel - director

Archiv Produktion

THE MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE HARP
Elena Polanska - harp
La Camerata

Vox Turnabout

BILL EVANS
Compositions of Bill Evans
Paul Motian - drums
Bill Frisell - guitar
Joe Lovano - guitar
Mark Johnson - bass

Winter & Winter Music Edition

Thursday, June 16, 2016


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

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

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

Wednesday, June 15, 2016


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

ECM New Series

Tuesday, June 14, 2016


IL VIAGGIO D'AMORE
Love songs from countries and centuries near and far...
Traditional songs, songs from Renaissance sources as well as compositions by Arianna Savall.
Hirundo Maris
Arianna Savall – soprano, baroque triple harp
Petter Udland Johansen – tenor, hardingfele, cittern
Michal Nagy – guitar, voice
Sveinung Lilleheier – guitar, dobro, voice
Miquel Angel Cordero – colascione, double base, voice
David Mayoral – percussion, voice

Carpe Diem

Monday, June 13, 2016



THE RESOLUTION OF ROMANCE
Standard Time Vol. 3
Wynton Marsalis 
Ellis Marsalis

Columbia

HILDEGARD VON BINGEN UND IHRE ZEIT
Hildegard von Bingen and Her Time
Ensemble für Frühe Musik Augsburg

Musica Practica/Christophorus

MUSIC FOR QUEEN MARY
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary (1694)
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (1695)

Henry Purcell
Felicity Lott, Thomas Allen, Charles Brett, John Williams
Monteverdi Choir
Monteverdi Orchestra
Equale Brass Ensemble
John Eliot Gardiner - director

Erato

OBOE SONATAS
Vivaldi - Telemann - Handel - C.P.E. Bach
Heinz Holliger - oboe
Christane Jaccottet - harpsichord
Thomas Demenga - violoncello

Philips

6 SONATE A DUE HAUTBOIS ET BASSON
(6) Sonatas for Two Oboes and Bassoon with Two Obligato Basses
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

LA BELLE HOMICIDE
Manuscrit Barbe
Charles Bocquet, Nicolas Dubut, Jacques Gallot, Denis Gaultier, Charles Mouton
Rolf Lisleland - lute

Astrée