Monday, April 30, 2018


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

EXTEMPORE II
A modern Mass for the Feast of St. Michael based on the medieval melody L'homme Armé
The Orlando Consort
Perfect Houseplants


Harmonia Mundi

XANTHE TERRA
In Memorium, John Fahey (1939-2001)
Charlie Schmidt - acoustic 6-string and 12-string guitar
Strange Attractions

Sunday, April 29, 2018


HYMNODY OF EARTH
A Ceremony of Songs for Choir, Hammer Dulcimer, and Percussion
Malcolm Dalglish - hammer dulcimer
Wendell Barry - librettist
The Ooolites - vocals
Glen Velez - percussion

OM

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

Riverside

LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD
Keith Dewhurst 
The Albion Band

Talking Elephant

THE PLAY OF DANIEL
13th-century Biblical drama written by students at the school of Beauvais Cathedral
The Dufay Collective
William Lyons - director

Harmonia Mundi USA

Saturday, April 28, 2018


PULSE / QUARTET
Steve Reich
International Contemporary Ensemble
Colin Currie Group

Nonesuch

Friday, April 27, 2018


ALL IN A GARDEN GREEN
Pavan - Newarke Seidge - Four-part ayres - Fantasia-suite
John Jenkins
Rose Consort of Viols

Naxos

Wednesday, April 25, 2018


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

Tuesday, April 24, 2018


RESPONSORIA PRO HEBDOMADA SANCTA
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capella Montana Gambenensemble
Capella Montana
Ludwig Gossner - conductor

MDG

Saturday, April 21, 2018


LEON RUSSELL
Leon Russell

Shelter

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

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, director
  • Miloš Valent - violin, viola
  • John Surman - soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, tenor and bass recorders
  • Stephen Stubbs - baroque guitar, vihuela

ECM New Series

IN DARKNESS LET ME DWELL
John Dowland
The Dowland Project
  • John Potter - voice
  • Stephen Stubbs - lute
  • John Surman - saxophone and clarinet
  • Maya Homburger - baroque violin
  • Barry Guy - double-bass

ECM New Series

Friday, April 20, 2018


CARE-CHARMING SLEEP
Songs and Madrigals by:  
John Dowland, Robert Johnson, Giovanni Felice Sances, John Wilbye, Cherubino Busatti, Benedetto Ferrari, Cipriano da Rore
The Dowland Project
  • John Potter - tenor, direction
  • Barry Guy - double-bass
  • Maya Homburger - baroque violin
  • Stephen Stubbs - baroque guitar, chitarrone
  • John Surman - bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
ECM New Series

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

Nonesuch


CEREMONY
and other works
Barry Guy
ANNUNCIATION
Praeludium of Mystery Sonata No. 1
Heinrich Ignaz Frans Biber
Maya Homburger - baroque violin
Barry Guy - double-bass

ECM New Series

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Monday, April 16, 2018




MEMORYHOUSE
Max Richter
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and soloists
Rumon Gamba - conductor

Fatcat Records - BBC Radio 3

Sunday, April 15, 2018


MAPA
Uakti

Point Music

TRANEING IN
John Coltrane

United Audio Holland
Not the same as Prestige catalogue 7651.

WALKIN'
Miles Davis All Stars
Miles Davis — trumpet
Lucky Thompson — tenor saxophone on side one
J. J. Johnson — trombone on side one
David Schildkraut — alto saxophone on side two
Horace Silver — piano
Percy Heath — bass
Kenny Clarke — drums

Prestige

Saturday, April 14, 2018


MUSICA DEL DELPHIN
Luys de Narváez
Pablo Marquez - guitar

ECM New Series

ONE MOMENT MORE
Mindy Smith

Vanguard

STRANGE PLACE FOR SNOW
Esbjörn Svensson Trio

Columbia



MEMORYHOUSE
Max Richter
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and soloists
Rumon Gamba - conductor

Fatcat Records - BBC Radio 3

O CIECO MONDO
The Italian Lauda, c. 1400–1700
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul Van Nevel - director

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

MUSIC FOR 18 MUSICIANS
1998 Version
Steve Reich
Steve Reich and Musicians

Nonesuch

LOCKERBIE MEMORIAL CONCERT
Westminster Cathedral, December 21, 1998
Gavin Bryars, Antoine Busnois, Henry Purcell, Nicolas Gombert, John Jenkins
Hilliard Ensemble - vocal ensemble
Fretwork - string ensemble
Gavin Bryars - double bass

GB Records

Friday, April 13, 2018


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

MDG

MNEMOSYNE
Repertoire spanning twenty two centuries, from the "Delphic Paean" of Athenaeus to the "Estonian Lullaby" of Veljo Tormis, via folk song fragments from North and South America and Spain, pieces by Tallis, Dufay, Brumel, Hildegard von Bingen, Jan Garbarek, a Russian psalm, a Scottish ballad of the 16th century, and more.
Jan Garbarek - tenor, soprano saxophones
The Hilliard Ensemble
 David James - countertenor
 Rogers Covey-Crump - tenor
 John Potter - tenor
 Gordon Jones - baritone

ECM New Series

THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Brian Eno

Editions E'G

Wednesday, April 11, 2018


THE MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE HARP
Elena Polanska - harp
La Camerata

Vox Turnabout

JOE PASS IN HAMBURG
Joe Pass - guitar
NDR Bigband
Radio Philharmonie Hannover

ACT

Monday, April 9, 2018


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

Astrée

PRIME CUTS 1998
Folk / Song / World Music in Germany
Various Artists

ProFolk / MDR Kulture / Heideck Records

Sunday, April 8, 2018


A WORCESTER LADYMASS
"A reconstruction of a 13th century votive Mass to the Virgin Mary, based on surviving manuscripts from a Benedectine Abbey in the English Midlands. Inserted amid the medieval music are a Credo and Benedicamus Domino specially composed for this programme."
Worcester Manuscript - Gavin Bryars
Trio Medieval
Anna Maria Friman - voice
Linn Andrea Fuglseth - voice
Torunn Østrem Ossum - voice

ECM New Series

Saturday, April 7, 2018


PROENSA
Songs of the Troubadours
Paul Hillier - voice, direction
Stephen Stubbs - lute, psaltery
Andrew Lawrence-King - harp, psaltery
Erin Headley - vielle

ECM New Series

KILN HOUSE
Fleetwood Mac

Reprise

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

MDG

EARLY VENETIAN LUTE MUSIC
Joan Ambrosio Dalza, Francesco Spinacino, Franciscus Bossinensis, Vincenzo Capirola
Christopher Wilson - solo lute
Shirley Rumsey - lute duettist

Naxos

Thursday, April 5, 2018


RENAISSANCE WINDS
Regal and Popular 16th Century Music for Wind Band
Alamire - Du Tertre - Gervaise - Henry VIII (King of England) - Antonio - Heinrich - Clément - Josquin des Prez - Phalese - Senfl
Ensemble Doulce Mémoire

Dorian

Tuesday, April 3, 2018


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

NUOVE MUSICHE
G.G. Kapsberger - D. Pelligrini - A. Piccinini - L. de Narvarez - G. Frescobaldi - B. Gianoncelli
Ensemble Kapsberger
Rolf Lislevand - archlute, baroque guitar, theorboe, director
Arianna Savall - triple harp, voice
Pedro Estevan - percussion
Bjørn Kjellemyr - colascione, double-bass
Guido Morini - organ, clavichord
Marco Ambrosini - nyckelharpa (viola d’amore a chiavi)
Thor-Harald Johnsen - chitarra battente

ECM New Series

SOL DO MEIO DIA
Egberto Gismonti - piano, guitar, flute, bottle
Nana Vasconcelos - percussion, miscellaneous
Ralph Towner - 12-string guitar, bottle

ECM

MISERERE - FESTINA LENTE - SARAH WAS NINETY YEARS OLD
Arvo Pärt
The Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier - director
Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor

ECM New Series

MUSIC FOR COMPLINE
Thomas Tallis - William Byrd - John Sheppard - Robert White - Hugh Aston
Stile Antico

Harmonia Mundi