Monday, July 31, 2017


EARLY MUSIC
(Lachrymæ Antiquæ)
Guillaume de Machaut, Christopher Tye, David Lamb, Arvo Pärt, Harry Partch, John Cage, Louis Hardin, Hildegard von Bingen, Perotin, Henry Purcell, Alfred Schnittke
Kronos Quartet

Nonesuch

AVOCET
Bert Jansch - guitar, piano
Danny Thompson - double bass
Martin Jenkins - flute, mandocello, mandolin, violin

Castle

Sunday, July 30, 2017


CITÉ DE LA MUSIQUE
Dino Saluzzi - bandoneon
Marc Johnson - double-bass
José M. Saluzzi - guitar

ECM

Friday, July 28, 2017


EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU
Alan Broadbent

Artistry


CAPE TOWN REVISITED
Abdullah Ibrahim Trio
Abdullah Ibrahim - piano, composer
Marcus McLaurine - bass
George Gray - drums

Edition MAWI

Thursday, July 27, 2017


FORQUERAY
Pieces de viole avec la basse continuë
Antoine Forqueray & Jean-Baptiste Forqueray
Paolo Pandolfo - viola de gamba
Guido Balestracci - viola de gamba
Rolf Lislevand - theorbo & baroque guitar
Eduardo Egüez - theorbo & baroque guitar
Guido Morini - harpsichord

Glossa Cabinet


Disc 2


FORQUERAY
Pieces de viole avec la basse continuë  
Antoine Forqueray & Jean-Baptiste Forqueray
Paolo Pandolfo - viola de gamba
Guido Balestracci - viola de gamba
Rolf Lislevand - theorbo & baroque guitar
Eduardo Egüez - theorbo & baroque guitar 
Guido Morini - harpsichord

Glossa Cabinet

Wednesday, July 26, 2017


DAY IS DONE
Brad Mehldau Trio
  Brad Mehldau - piano
  Larry Grenadier - double bass
  Jeff Ballard - drums

Nonesuch

IMPRESSIONS FOR HARP AND MARIMBA
Ludwigsburger Festspiele: From Baroque to Rag
Georg Philipp Telemann, Leonardo Vinci, Angelo Conti, Jan Koestier, Jean-Michel Damase, Francois-Joseph Gossec, Tom Turpin
Duo Arparimba
   Babette Haag - marimba
   Gudrun Haag - harp 

Koch

IF MOUNTAINS COULD SING
Terje Rypdal - electric guitars
Bjørn Kjellemyr - bass
Audun Kleive - drums
Terje Tønnesen - violin
Lars Anders Tomter - viola
Øystein Birkeland - cello
Christian Eggen - conductor

ECM

Tuesday, July 25, 2017


FOR YE VIOLLS
Consort Setts for 5 & 6 Viols and Organ
William Lawes
Fretwork
Paul Nicholson - organ

Virgin Classics


DUKE OF LERMA
First Vespers and the Salve Service as Celebrated in October 1617, Music for the Translation of the Blessed Sacrament into the Collegiate Church of San Pedro in Lerma, Spain.
Cabezón - Victoria - Lobo - Romero - Guerrero
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh - director

Archiv Produktion

Monday, July 24, 2017


THE NEW CRYSTAL SILENCE
Duet
Chick Corea - piano
Gary Burton - vibes

Concord

WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR
Bill Frisell - electric and acoustic guitar
Petra Haden - voice
Eyvind Kang - viola
Thomas Morgan - bass
Rudy Boyston - drums, percussion

OKeh

TEATRO D'AMORE
Claudio Monteverdi
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar - direction

Erato

Sunday, July 23, 2017


JANUARY
Marcin Wasilewski Trio

ECM

THE MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE HARP
Elena Polanska - harp
La Camerata

Vox Turnabout

BACH CANTATAS, Vol. 14
For Christmas Day - For the Second Day of Christmas
BWV 91, 110, 40, 121
Johann Sebastian Bach
Joanne Lunn, Katharine Fuge - sopranos
Robin Tyson, William Towers - altos
James Gilchrist - tenor
Peter Harvey - bass
The Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner - conductor/director

Soli Deo Gloria

Saturday, July 22, 2017


IBERIAN GARDEN
Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Music in Medieval Spain, Vol. 1
Altramar Medieval Music Ensemble

Dorian

LES ROIS DE VERSAILLES
Germain Pinel, Robert de Visée
Miguel Yisrael - lute

Brilliant


THE BEST OF
Bert Jansch

Shanachie

QUOTATION OF DREAM
Toru Takemitsu
Paul Crossley - piano
Peter Serkin - piano
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen - conductor

Deutsche Grammophon

Friday, July 21, 2017


OUVERTÜREN
Music for the Hamburg Opera
G.C. Schürmann, P.H. Erlebach, R. Keiser, G.F. Haendel, J.C. Schieferdecker
Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin

Harmonia Mundi

SILVER
Solveig Slettahjell
Slow Motion Quintet

ACT

AS FALLS WICHITA, SO FALLS WICHITA FALLS
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays

ECM

Thursday, July 20, 2017


ANTHOLOGY
Nina Simone

RCA

OI ME LASSO
Gavin Bryars
Anna Maria Friman - soprano
John Potter - tenor
Gavin Bryars - double bass
Morgan Goff - viola
Nick Cooper - cello

GB Records

CELTIC WANDERERS
The Pilgrim's Road
Music from the Early Middle Ages
Altramar Medieval Music Ensemble

Dorian

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Tuesday, July 18, 2017


MUSIC FROM THE TIME OF RICHARD III
The York Waits
Renaissance Town Band

Saydisc

JS BACH, DEBUSSY, CHOPIN
Italian Concerto, for solo keyboard in F major, BWV 971
J.S. Bach
Pour le piano, suite for piano, L. 95 - Images-I - L'Isle joyeuse
Claude Debussy
Three Mazurkas for piano - Tarantelle for piano in A flat major, Op. 43
Frédéric Chopin
Vlado Perlemuter - piano

Nimbus

BECOME OCEAN
John Luther Adams
Seattle Symphony
Ludovic Morlot - conductor

Cantaloupe Music

BELOW THE SALT
Steeleye Span

Chrysalis

ADORATE DEUM
Gregorian Chant from the Proper of the Mass
Nova Schola Gregoriana
Alberto Turco - director

Naxos

Monday, July 17, 2017




GUIDED TOUR
The New Gary Burton Quartet

Mack Avenue

TRAVELLER'S PRAYER
John Renbourn

Shanachie

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

LEON RUSSELL
Leon Russell

Shelter

JOHN RENBOURN'S SHIP OF FOOLS
John Renbourn's Ship of Fools
John Renbourn - cittern, guitar, vocals
Maggie Boyle - bodhran, flute, whistle, vocals
Steve Tilston - guitar, mandolin, Spanish guitar, vocals
Tony Roberts - clarinet, flute, guitar, mandolin, Northumbrian smallpipes, recorder, saxophone

Flying Fish

FANTASY
An English Fantasy for Viola and Harp
Arnold Bax, Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten, Percy Grainger, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Doris Lederer - viola
Jude Mollenhauer - harp

Centaur

Friday, July 14, 2017


STANDARDS
Jimmy Smith - organ
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Donald Baily - drums

Blue Note

MOTETTEN
BWV 225-230
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

SANCTUARY
Various Works by Arvo Pärt, by Various Performers
Arvo Pärt
Bournemouth Sinfonietta - Richard Studt
Cambridge Choir of King's College - Stephen Cleobury
London Philharmonic Orchestra - Franz Welser-Möst
Estonion Philharmonic Chamber Choir - Tonu Kaljuste

Virgin EMI

MISSA PAPAE MARCELLI
MISSA AETERNA
CHRISTI MUNERA
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly - director

Naxos

Thursday, July 13, 2017


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, July 12, 2017


SCATTERED RHYMES
Tarik O'Regan, Guillaume de Machaut, Guillaume Dufay, Gavin Bryars
Orlando Consort
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier - director

Harmonia Mundi USA