Thursday, May 31, 2018


THE VIOLA IN MY LIFE
Morton Feldman
Marek Konstantynowicz - viola
Cikada Ensemble
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Christian Eggen - conductor

ECM New Series

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

THE LONGEST RIVER
Olivia Chaney

Nonesuch

Wednesday, May 30, 2018


IN SEARCH OF DOWLAND
Consort Music of John Dowland and Carl Rütti
Lachrimae
John Dowland
Dowland-Suite
Carl Rütti
bFIVE Recorder Consort

Coviello

PIANO AND STRING QUARTET (1985)
Morton Feldman
Kronos Quartet
Aki Takahashi - piano

Nonesuch

SYMPHONY NO. 9
mit Originalinstrumenten
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

John Eliot Gardiner - conductor

Archiv Produktion

Tuesday, May 29, 2018


SMILE
Franz Schubert - Arvo Pärt - Olivier Messiaen - Astor Piazzolla - Charlie Chaplin - Japanese Traditional 
Anne Akiko Meyers - violin
Akira Eguch - piano

Koch International Classics

Monday, May 28, 2018


EVERYBODY'S BROTHER
Billy Joe Shaver

Compadre

AVALON BLUES
A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Chris Smither, Bruce Cockburn, Lucinda Williams, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Justin Townes Earle / Steve Earle, Dave Alvin / Peter Case, Ben Harper, Geoff Muldaur / Clare Muldaur / Jenni Muldaur, Mark Selby, Beck, Victoria Williams, Bill Morrissey, Taj Mahal, Gillian Welch / David Rawlings, John Hiatt

Vanguard

THE GLORY OF PURCELL
Purcell 300th Celebration
Henry Purcell 
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood - Conductor, Organ
Catherine Bott - Soprano
James Bowman - Counter Tenor
Catherine Mackintosh - Violin
Richard Campbell - Bass Viol
Paula Chateauneuf - Theorbo
Christophe Coin - Bass Viol
Martyn Hill - Tenor 
Monica Huggett - Violin
William Kendall - Tenor 
Christopher Keyte - Vocals
Emma Kirkby - Soprano
Anthony Rooley - Lute
Taverner Choir
Andrew Parrott - Director
Alfred Deller - Counter Tenor
John Whitworth - Counter Tenor
L'Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre Ensemble
St. Anthony Singers Ensemble
Anthony Lewis - Conductor 
Stephen Roberts - Bass
Christopher Robson - Alto
Brandenburg Consort 
Winchester Cathedral Choir
David Hill - Director

Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre

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

CBS Masterworks

Sunday, May 27, 2018


SKULL AND ROSES*
The Grateful Dead

Warner Bros. - Rhino




*GRATEFUL DEAD (official title, original title NSFW)

LIVE AT MOERS
Recorded live at Moers Festival, Moers Germany, May 23, 2010
Arve Henriksen - trumpet, electronics, vocal
Bill Frisell - guitar
Eyvind Kang - violin
Rudy Royston - percussion

JZM Transcription Services

AMERICA: A PROPHECY
Thomas Adès
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Susan Bickley - mezzo-soprano
Thomas Adès - conductor

EMI

Saturday, May 26, 2018


PROMISES KEPT
Steve Kuhn - piano
w/Strings

ECM

PULSE / QUARTET
Steve Reich
International Contemporary Ensemble
Colin Currie Group

Nonesuch


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

Columbia

HIS MAJESTY'S HARPER
Airs & Dances, Fancies & Farewells, from the Royal Courts of 17th-century England
John Dowland - William Byrd - Cormack MacDermott - Jean le Flelle
Andrew Lawrence-King - baroque harps

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Thursday, May 24, 2018


ALONG THE DOWNS
The Countryside Collection Album
Ashley Hutchings

Mooncrest

Wednesday, May 23, 2018


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

Sunday, May 20, 2018


FOR JEAN ON HER BIRTHDAY
Violin Sonata in A minor - String Quartet No.2 in A minor (For Jean on her Birthday) - Six Studies in English Folk-Song - Phantasy Quintet
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Music Group of London
Hugh Bean - violin, director

EMI

ELEMENTE
Trigonale 2007, Festival Der Alten Musik
Various and Many Composers
Live recording, performances by:
CD 1
La Fenice
Ensemble Unicorn
The Hilliard Ensemble
Harmony of Nations Baroque Orchestra

CD 2
Concertino Amarilli
il Giardino Armonico
Christine Schornsheim


Edition Raumklang

CHANGING PLACES
Tord Gustavsen Trio

ECM

Saturday, May 19, 2018




LIFT EVERY VOICE
Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone
Geri Allen - piano
John Abercrombie - guitar
Marc Johnson - double-bass
Larry Grenadier - double-bass
Billy Hart - drums

ECM

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

Atlantic

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

Friday, May 18, 2018


WHATEVER
Danny Thompson - double bass
Tony Roberts - saxophones, northumbrian pipes, whistle
Bernie Holland - guitars

Hannibal

NIGHTFALL
Quercus
June Tabor - vocals
Iain Ballamy - saxophone
Huw Warren - piano

ECM

RESPONSORIA
SACRAE CANTIONES
Carlo Gesualdo
Centro Musica Antica di Padova
Livio Picotti - director

Argo

Thursday, May 17, 2018


CHET BAKER
Compilation
Chet Baker

Jazz Manifesto

OFFICIUM NOVUM
Komitas - Perotin - Pärt - Garbarek - Anonymous
The Hilliard Ensemble
Jan Garbarek - saxophones

ECM New Series

INDUSTRY
Richard Thompson - Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Danny Thompson - Composer, Double Bass
Paul Clarvis  - Drums, Percussion
Christine Collister - Vocals
Paul Dunmall - Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Dylan Fowler - Cor Anglais, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm)
Peter Knight - Violin
Dave Mattacks - Drums, Percussion
Tony Roberts - Arranger, Clarinet (Bass), Flute, Harmonium, Pipe, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor) Albert Thompson - Trombone (Tenor)
Harold Thompson - Trombone (Tenor)

Hannibal

Wednesday, May 16, 2018


ENGLISH MUSIC FOR VIOLS
John Jenkins, William Lawes, Matthew Locke, Henry Purcell
Fretwork

Virgin Classics
5-CD set

Tuesday, May 15, 2018


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

NEW CHAUTAUQUA
Pat Metheny - solo guitar(s)

ECM

Monday, May 14, 2018


HOVHANESS COLLECTION
Volume 2 
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony no 50, Op. 360 "Mount St. Helens" - Symphony no 2, Op. 132 "Mysterious Mountain"  - And God Created Great Whales, Op. 229 - Prelude and Quadruple Fugue, Op. 128 - Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 208 no 1 "Reflections on my Childhood" - Symphony no 53, Op. 377 "Star Dawn" - Alleluia and Fugue for String Orchestra, Op. 40b - Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 147: Suite - Celestial Fantasy, Op. 44 - Meditation on Orpheus, Op. 155
Seattle Symphony Orchestra - Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Ohio State University Concert Band - Keith Brion, conductor
Shanghai String Quartet

Delos

DIMINUITO
16th century madrigals, chansons, and instrumentals re-imagined
Rolf Lislevand - lutes, vihela da mano, and direction
Anna Maria Friman - voice
Linn Andrea Fuglseth - voice
Giovanna Pessi - triple harp
Michael Behringer - clavichord, organ
Bjørn Kjellemyr - colascione, double-bass
Marco Ambrosini - nyckelharpa
Thor Harald Johnsen - chitarra battente, vihela da mano, lutes
David Mayoral - percussion

ECM New Series

Sunday, May 13, 2018


LA LIRA D'ESPÉRIA
The Medieval Fiddle
Jordi Savall - lira, rebab, vièles
Pedro Estevan - percussion

Astrée

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

DEPTH OF MERCY
Red Mountain Church Hymn Project

Red Mountain

PARTITAS FOR SOLO CELLO
Philip Glass
Matt Haimovitz - cello

Orange Mountain

Friday, May 11, 2018


LA LIRA D'ESPÉRIA II
Galacia
Dancas, Cantigas & Cantos da terra
Alfonso X El Sábio, Anônimos
Jordi Savall - rebec, vièle & rebab
Pedro Estevan - percussion
David Mayoral - percussion

Alia Vox

Monday, May 7, 2018


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

Olde Focus

Sunday, May 6, 2018


QUEEN KATHERINE PARR & SONGS OF REFORMATION
Thomas Tallis
Alamire - vocal ensemble

Fretwork - viol consort

David Skinner - director

Obsidian

Saturday, May 5, 2018


ALINA
Spiegel im Spiegel, Für Alina
Arvo Pärt
Vladimir Spivakov - violin
Sergev Bezrodny - piano
Alexander Malter - piano
Dietmar Schwalke - cello

ECM New Series

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 
  • Martin Adámek - klarinet 
  • Veronika Vitázková - flauta, pikola 
  • Fabian Franco Ramirez - flauta
  • Robert Kolář - trúbka 
  • Lenka Novosedlíková - marimb 
  • Branislav Dugovič - klarinet, basklarinet 

Hevhetia


Disc Three of Cluster Ensemble Plays Philip Glass

Wednesday, May 2, 2018


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

Cluster Ensemble

Hevhetia

CONSORT MUSIC FOR VIOLS, LUTES AND THEORBOS
William Lawes
Rose Consort of Viols
Jacob Heringman - lute, theorbo
David Miller - lute, theorbo
Timothy Roberts - organ

Naxos

PARTITAS FOR SOLO CELLO
Philip Glass
Matt Haimovitz - cello

Orange Mountain

Tuesday, May 1, 2018