Thursday, November 30, 2017


MUSIC OF BILL EVANS
Bill Evans
Kronos Quartet
Eddie Gomez - double bass
Jim Hall - guitar

Landmark

HOME STRETCH
Home Stretch - Mozart Coronation Concerto Recomposition - Paraphrase on Themes of Brian Eno
Timo Andres
Metropolis Ensemble
Timo Andres - piano
Andrew Cyr - conductor

Nonesuch

Wednesday, November 29, 2017


AT THE GATES OF PARADISE
John Zorn
John Medeski - piano, organ
Kenny Wollesen - vibes
Trevor Dunn - bass
Joey Baron - drums

Tzadik

Tuesday, November 28, 2017


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

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Monday, November 27, 2017


DEPTH OF MERCY
Red Mountain Church Hymn Project

Red Mountain

THE KING'S MUSICK
Aus Der Zeit Henry VIII
Henry VIII, A. de Fevin, J. Dunstable, R. Cooper, W. Cornish, and Hayne van Ghizeghem, and anonymous 
James Bowman - contratenor
Nigel Rogers - tenor
Ricercare-Ensemble für Alte Musik, Zürich

Reflexe - EMI

Sunday, November 26, 2017


PIANO SONGS
Meredith Monk
Ursula Oppens - piano
Bruce Brubaker - piano

ECM New Series


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

ECM

Saturday, November 25, 2017


OCKEGHEM
Requiem - Missa 'Mi-mi' - Missa Prolationum
Johannes Ockeghem
Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier - director

Virgin Veritas

Thursday, November 23, 2017


PASSENGERS
The Gary Burton Quartet
with Eberhard Weber

ECM

CROSSING BRIDGES
Mark O'Connor
Appalachia Waltz Trio
Mark O'Connor - violin
Carol Cook - cello
Natalie Haas - viola

OMAC

CANCIONERO
Music for the Spanish Court 1470-1520
The Dufay Collective

Avie

TRAV'LING HOME
American Spirituals 1770-1870
The Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen - director

Erato

THE AMERICAN VOCALIST
Spirituals and Folk Hymns, 1850-1870
Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen - director

Erato

SIMPLE GIFTS
Shaker Chants and Spirituals
Shakers of Sabbathday Lake
Schola Cantorum
The Boston Camerata

Joel Cohen - director

Erato

Wednesday, November 22, 2017


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

New Albion

Tuesday, November 21, 2017


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

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

Monday, November 20, 2017


MORIMUR
Partita d-Moll BMV 1004 für Violine solo
Choräle

J.S. Bach
Christoph Poppen - violin
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

Sunday, November 19, 2017


MOTETTEN
BWV 225-230
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

Saturday, November 18, 2017


JEANNE LA PUCELLE
Bande Originalle du Film
Jordi Savall, Guillaume Dufay, Anonymous 15th Century
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hespèrion XX

Jordi Savall - music direction

Auvidis

GUILLAUME DU FAY
Motets - Hymns - Chansons - Sanctus Papale
Guillaume Du Fay
Blue Heron
Scott Metcalf - director

Blue Heron

Friday, November 17, 2017




SPIRITS
Richard Stolzman

RCA Victor

PÄRT - BYRD
Arvo Pärt, William Byrd
Calefax Reed Quintet
Kai Wessel, alto

MDG

BATTALIA À 10
REQUIEM À 15 IN CONCERTO
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Le Concerts des Nations
Jordi Savall - director

Alia Vox

Thursday, November 16, 2017


DREAMS SO REAL
Music of Carla Bley
Gary Burton Quintet
Gary Burton—vibraphone
Mick Goodrick—guitar
Pat Metheny—guitar
Steve Swallow—electric bass
Bob Moses—drums

ECM

Wednesday, November 15, 2017


PROMISES KEPT
Steve Kuhn - piano
w/Strings

ECM

CONSORT MUSIC FOR 4, 5, AND 6 VIOLS
William Cranford
LeStrange Viols

Olde Focus

Tuesday, November 14, 2017


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


Red Baron

Monday, November 13, 2017

Sunday, November 12, 2017


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

Erato

Saturday, November 11, 2017


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

Dorian

SYMPHONY NO.7
Ludwig van Beethoven
English Chamber Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas - conductor

CBS Masterworks

Friday, November 10, 2017


WOOD
Brian Bromberg

A440

VENI, VENI, EMMANUEL*
"...AS OTHERS SEE US..."**
James MacMillan
Evelyn Glennie - solo percussion
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste - conductor*
James MacMillan - conductor**

Catalyst

Sunday, November 5, 2017


III.
Music With Changing Parts (1970)
Philip Glass
Cluster Ensemble
Ivan Šiller - artistic director, elektrický organ
Fero Király - intermedia director, elektrický organ
Zuzana Biščáková - elektrický organ
Nikolaj Nikitin - tenor a soprán saxofón
Branislav Dugovič - klarinet, basklarinet
Martin Adámek - klarinet
Veronika Vitázková - flauta, pikola
Fabian Franco Ramirez - flauta
Robert Kolář - trúbka
Lenka Novosedlíková - marimba


Hevhetia


Disc Three of Cluster Ensemble Plays Philip Glass

II.
Music In Contrary Motion (1969) 
Music In Similar Motion (1969) 
Philip Glass 
Ivan Šiller - artistic director, elektrický organ
Fero Király - intermedia director, elektrický organ
Cluster Ensemble

Hevhetia


Disc Two of Cluster Ensemble Plays Philip Glass

TWO PAGES (1968)
MUSIC IN FIFTHS (1969)
Philip Glass
Ivan Šiller - artistic director, elektrický organ
Fero Király - intermedia director, elektrický organ 

Cluster Ensemble

Hevhetia

Saturday, November 4, 2017


ELEMENTS
Fire - Earth - Water - Air (a mother-daughter-project)
Marthe Perl - Irish Traditional - Antonio Soler - Michel Farinel - Marin Marais - Tobias Hume - Richard Sumarte - John Dowland - Thomas Ford - Francis Poulenc
Hille Perl - viola da gamba
Marthe Perl - viola da gamba, treble viol

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

RETROSPECTIVE
The Best of
Buffalo Springfield

ATCO

BRAZIL BOSSA NOVA & BLUES
Herbie Mann - flute
Hagood Hardy - vibraphone
Billy Bean - guitar
Bill Salter - bass
Willie Bobo - drums
Carlos "Patato" Valdes - congas
Carmen Costa - maracas
José de Paula - tambourine

United Artists Jazz

Friday, November 3, 2017


MUSIC OF THE CRUSADES
Songs of Love and War
Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow - director

Argo

GO AWAY FROM MY WORLD
Marianne Faithfull

London

Thursday, November 2, 2017


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

Naxos

Wednesday, November 1, 2017


FOREIGN LEGION
Tin Hat

BAG Production

WORLDBEAT BACH
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jeremy Wall - arranger, keyboards
Richard Stoltzman - clarinet
Gary Burton - vibes, marimba
Eddie Gomez - double bass

RCA Victor


1588
Music from the time of The Spanish Armada
The York Waits: Renaissance Town Band


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