Saturday, March 31, 2018


SORROW
A Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki - Colin Stetson
Matt Bauder - saxophone
Dan Bennett - saxophone
Ryan Ferreira - guitar
Rebecca Foon - cello
Greg Fox - drums
Shahzad Ismaily - synthesizer
Grey McMurray - guitar
Sarah Neufeld - violin
Colin Stetson - arranger, saxophone
Megan Stetson - vocals
Gyða Valtýsdóttir - cello
Justin Walter - keyboards, EVI

52Hz

REQUIEM
Manuel Cardoso - Alonso Lobo, Duarte Lobo - Tomas Luis de Victoria
The Tallis Scholars

Gimell

THE STONE
David Olney

Bandcamp

STABAT MATER
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Alessandro Scarlatti
Gemma Bertagnolli - soprano
Sara Mingardo - contralto
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini - director

Naïve

THE PASSION
According to the Four Evangelists
Robert Kyr
Back Bay Chorale
Back Bay Orchestra
Carole Haber - soprano
Gloria Haymond - alto
William Hite - trombone
David Murray - baritone
Beverly Taylor - director

IODA - New Albion

PASSIONSMUSIK
O Bone Jesu, Fili Mariae
Heinrich Schütz
Membra Jesu Nostri
Dietrich Buxtehude
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
Fretwork

John Eliot Gardiner - director

Archiv Produktion

SCATTERED ASHES
Josquin's Miserere and the Savonarolan Legacy
Josquin Des Prez, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Orlande de Lassus, Claude Le Jeune, Jean Lhéritier, Nicolas Gombert, Jacobus Clemens Non Papa, William Byrd
Magnificat
Philip Cave - director

Linn

PASSIO
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Joannem
Arvo Pärt
The Hilliard Ensemble
    Rogers Covey-Crump - Tenor
    Lynne Dawson - Soprano
    Michael George - Bass
    David James - Counter Tenor
    Gordon Jones - Baritone
    John Potter - Tenor
Catherine Duckett - Bassoon
Elizabeth Layton - Violin
Melinda Maxwell - Oboe
Elisabeth Wilson - Cello
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent - Organ
Western Wind - Choir/Chorus
Paul Hillier - Conductor

ECM New Series

Friday, March 30, 2018


SYMPHONY NO.3
Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Ingrid Perruche - soprano
Sinfonia Varsovia
Alain Altinoglu - conductor

Naïve



STABAT MATER
O quam tristis et afflicta fuit illa benedicta, mater Unigeniti!
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Arvo Pärt - John Browne
Taverner Consort and Choir
Fretwork
Andrew Parrott - director

Virgin Classics

PASSION  
Lamentationes Jeremiae  
Johannes Tinctoris  
Victimae paschali  
Guillaume Dufay  
Victimae paschali  
Josquin des Prez 
Easter Mass Proper: Introitus, Graduale, Prosa, Communio  
Heinrich Isaac  
Crux triumphans 
Loÿset Compère 
Vexilla regis  
Guillaume Dufay 
Salve crux  
Jacob Obrecht
Orlando Consort

Metronome

JOHANNES-PASSION, LUKAS-PASSION, MATTHÄUS PASSION, DIE SIEBEN WORTE
Heinrich Schütz
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Paul Hillier - director

Dacapo

MUSIC FOR HOLY WEEK
Anonymous
In Proportional Rhythm
Schola Antiqua
Barbara Katherine Jones, John Blackley - directors

L'Oiseau Lyre Florilegium

THE LAST WORDS OF CHRIST
Max Reger - Joseph Haydn - Anton Weber - Jean Sibelius - Dmitri Shostakovich
Petrus Herbert - spoken text
Ebonit Saxophone Quartet
Claron McFadden - voice

Challenge Classics

TENEBRAE RESPONSORIA
Don Carlo Gesualdo
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

Thursday, March 29, 2018


LAMENTA
The Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah
Ferrabosco the Elder, Thomas Tallis, Antoine Brumel, Robert White, Palestrina
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Philips - director

Gimell

LAMENTATIONS
Holy Week in Provence
Bouzignac, Ceppede, Carpentras, Gilles, Vitre, Godolin, Gregorian chant
Schola Cantorum of Boston
Boston Camerata

Joel Cohen - director

Apex

BATTAGLIE E LAMENTI
16th & 17th Century Venetian Compositions
Hespèrion XX
Montserrat Figueras - soprano
Graham Pushee - countertenor
Harry van der Kamp - bass
Ton Koopman - organ, harpsichord
Bruce Dickey - cornett
Jordi Savall - bass viol, director

Archiv Produktion

Tuesday, March 27, 2018


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

London

Monday, March 26, 2018


"QUARTET"
Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny - guitars
Lyle Mays - piano
Steve Rodby - bass
Paul Wertco - drums

Geffen

KLEINE GEISTLICHE KONZERTE SWV 282-304
Little Sacred Concertos
Heinrich Schütz
Solisten des Tölzer Knabenchors
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden - direction

Capriccio

STELLA MARIS
Missa Lumen de Lumine (2002)
Sungji Hong
12th - 13th Century Music from England and France
Perotin - Anonymous
Trio Mediaeval

ECM New Series

ESBJÖRN SVENSSON TRIO PLAYS MONK
Thelonious Monk
Esbjörn Svensson Trio

ACT

NEO-MEDIEVAL
Medieval Improvisations for a Postmodern Age
Mostly Anonymous
Hesperus

Dorian Discovery

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

Olde Focus

Sunday, March 25, 2018


SUITES POUR LUTH BAROQUE
BWV 1010 & 1012
J.S. Bach
Hopkinson Smith

Astrée

Saturday, March 24, 2018


EL NUEVO MUNDO
Folias Criollas
Tembembe Ensamble Continuo
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hespèrion XXI
Montserrat Figueras - soprano
Jordi Savall - director

Alia Vox

Friday, March 23, 2018


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, psaltery
Margit Üebellacker - dulce melos
Martin Novák - percussion

PHI - Outthere

Thursday, March 22, 2018


VOX COSMICA
Hildegard von Bingen
Hirundo Maris
Arianna Savall – voice, medieval harp, Italian triple harp, lyra, Tibetan singing bowl
Petter Udland Johansen – voice, hardingfele, lyra, fiddle, monochord
Andreas Spindler – flutes, fiddle, Romain bells, colascione, tromba marina, voice
Anke Spindler – nyckelharpa, fiddles, viola da gamba, voice
David Mayoral – santur, percussion, Romain bells, voice

Carpe Diem Records

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

ECM

CLARIFICA ME
Léon Berben Plays The Historical Organ At Oosthuizen (c. 1521)
William Byrd
Léon Berben - organ

Ramée

LLIBRE VERMELL DE MONTSERRAT
Medieval Pilgrim Songs from Spain
Sarband
Osnabrücker Jugend Chor


Jaro

NEW FOLK SONGS
Perfect Houseplants

Linn Records

NEW YORK COUNTERPOINT - EIGHT LINES - FOUR ORGANS
Steve Reich
Bang On A Can

Nonesuch

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

New Albion

Wednesday, March 21, 2018


DIE KUNST DER FUGE
Johann Sebastian Bach
Berliner Saxophon Quartett

CPO

"QUARTET"
Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny - guitars
Lyle Mays - piano
Steve Rodby - bass
Paul Wertco - drums

Geffen

PULSE / QUARTET
Steve Reich
International Contemporary Ensemble
Colin Currie Group

Nonesuch

UNICORN
Medieval, Appalachian, and World Music in Fusion
Hesperus

Dorian

Tuesday, March 20, 2018


IN PRAISE OF SAINT COLUMBA
The Sound World of the Celtic Church
7c. Hymns from Iona, 10c. Irish-foundation Chants, 14c. Inchcolm Antiphoner
Choir of Gonville & Caius College Cambridge
Barnaby Brown - triplepipes, lyre
Geoffrey Webber - director

Delphian

Monday, March 19, 2018


JASMINE
Keith Jarrett - piano, scat vocals
Charlie Haden - double-bass

ECM

WAYFARING STRANGER
Folksongs
Andreas Scholl - countertenor

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Decca

Sunday, March 18, 2018


MOTETTEN
BWV 225-230
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

THE FIRE AND THE ROSE
Aquitanian Chant & Polyphony from the 9th – 11th centuries
Heliotrope
Joyce Todd - soprano/director/founder

Koch

Friday, March 16, 2018


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

Winter & Winter Music Edition

Thursday, March 15, 2018


GERMAN MUSIC FOR VIOLS & HARPSICHORD
Theodor Schwartzkopff - Johann Jacob Froberger - Carlo Farina - Johann Schenck - Samuel Scheidt
Les Filles de Sainte Colombe

Magnatune

BEING THERE
Tord Gustavsen Trio

ECM

Wednesday, March 14, 2018


THE ART OF FUGUE  
J.S. Bach  
Les Voix Humaines – Consort of Viols  

ATMA Classique

Monday, March 12, 2018


VIRTUOSO CHAMBER MUSIC FROM THE 16TH CENTURY
Bassano - Bovicelli - De Cabeźon - Ortiz - Coelho - Taeggio - Luzzaschi - Rognoni
Schola Cantorum Basilienis
Montserrat Figueras - soprano
Rene Jacobs - alto
Bruce Dickey - cornetto
Anthony Bailes, Hopkinson Smith - lutes
Jordi Savall - viola da gamba

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Sunday, March 11, 2018


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


Red Baron