Saturday, June 30, 2018


FANTAZIAS
Henry Purcell
Rose Consort of Viols

Naxos

EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS
Bill Evans - piano
Sam Jones - bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums

Riverside

Friday, June 29, 2018


CHANTERAI
Music of Medieval France
Sonus - ensemble

Dorian

Thursday, June 28, 2018


QUERCUS
June Tabor - vocals
Iain Ballamy - saxophone
Huw Warren - piano

ECM

ANGEL SONG
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, flugelhorn
Lee Konitz - alto saxophone
Dave Holland - double-bass
Bill Frisell - electric guitar

ECM

DE PROFUNDIS
De Profundis (Psalm 129) - Missa Sillabica - Solfeggio - "And One Of The Pharisees" - Cantate Domino (Psalm 95) - Summa (Credo) - Seven Magnificat Antiphons - The Beatitudes - Magnificat    
Arvo Pärt
Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier - director

Harmonia Mundi USA

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

ECM New Series

TRACING ASTOR
Gidon Kremer plays Astor Piazzolla
Astor Piazzolla
Kremerata Baltica
Gidon Kremer - violin, direction
Ula Ulijona - viola
Marta Sudraba  - cello
Sol Gabetta - cello
Leonid Desyatnikov - piano
Horacio Ferrer - voice

Nonesuch

LACHRIMÆ
John Dowland
Thomas Dunford - lute & direction
Ruby Hughes - soprano
Reinoud Van Mechelen - tenor
Paul Agnew - tenor
Alain Buet - bass

Alpha

Wednesday, June 27, 2018


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

Blue Note

Tuesday, June 26, 2018


TRIO
Marcin Wasilewski - piano
Slawomir Kurkiewicz - double bass
Michal Miskiewicz - drums

ECM

Monday, June 25, 2018


THE LONGEST RIVER
Olivia Chaney

Nonesuch

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

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

ECM

STOA
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin

ECM

Friday, June 22, 2018


FOR HAMP, RED, BAGS, AND CAL
Gary Burton

Concord Jazz

THE AGE OF ELEGANCE
18th Century Music for Flute & Strings
J.C. Bach - F.J. Hatden - J.S. Bach - F.A. Hoffmeister - I. Pleyel
The Galeazzi Ensemble

London Independent

Thursday, June 21, 2018


THE SERMON!

Jimmy Smith – organ
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Tina Brooks – tenor saxophone
George Coleman – alto saxophone
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Eddie McFadden – guitar
Donald Bailey – drums
Art Blakey – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Blue Note

Wednesday, June 20, 2018


THE ROSARY SONATAS  
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Andrew Manze - violin
Richard Egarr - organ, harpsichord

Harmonia Mundi

Monday, June 18, 2018


AHN-PLUGGED
Henji Bunch - Astor Piazzolla - Leonard Bernstein - Eric Ewazen - Michael Nyman - David Bowie/Pat Metheny
Ahn Trio
Maria Ahn - cello
Lucia Ahn - piano
Angella Ahn - violin

EMI Classics

SOMETHIN' ELSE
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Miles Davis – trumpet
Hank Jones – piano
Sam Jones – bass
Art Blakey – drums

Blue Note

MISSA CUM JOCUNDITATE
Visions of Joy – The Chapel of Hieronymous Bosch
Pierre de la Rue
Cappella Pratensis
Stratton Bull - director
Wim Diepenhorst - organ

Challenge Classics

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

Olde Focus

COMÉDIE ET TRAGÉDIE, VOL. 1
Orchestral Music for the Theatre
Jean-Baptiste Lully - Marin Marais - Jean-Féry Rebel
Tempesta di Mare
Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra
Gwyn Roberts, Richard Stone - directors
Emlyn Ngai - concertmaster

Chaconne

Sunday, June 17, 2018


MUSIC IS
Bill Frisell - electric & acoustic guitars, loops, bass, ukulele, music boxes

OKeh

CHANTS DU SUD ET DU NORD
Norway and Catalan
Hirundo Maris
Arianna Savall - voice, harp
Petter Udland Johansen - voice, hardingfele, mandolin
Sveinung Lilleheir - guitar, voice, dobro
Miquel Angel Cordero - double-bass, voice
David Mayoral - percussion, voice

ECM New Series

Saturday, June 16, 2018


KISS OF PEACE
Songs from the Dendermonde Manuscript
Hildegard von Bingen
PER-SONAT
Sabine Lutzenberger - soprano, bells
Baptiste Romain - medieval vielles, bowed lyre

Christophorus

MASS IN B MINOR
J.S. Bach
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner - director

Archiv Produktion

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


DU TEMPS & DE L'INSTANT
Moments in Time
Jordi Savall - viele and violes de gambe
Montserrat Figueras - vocals
Arianna Savall - vocals, harps
Ferran Savall - vocals and lute
Pedro Estevan - percussion

Alia Vox

Friday, June 15, 2018


CHANGING PLACES
Tord Gustavsen Trio

ECM

THE CRIES OF LONDON
Orlando Gibbons - William Cobbold - Thomas Weelkes - Richard Dering - Michael East - Thomas Ravenscroft
Various and Anonymous - libretto
Theatre of Voices - vocal ensemble
Paul Hilllier - director
Fretwork - viol consort

Harmonia Mundi USA

Thursday, June 14, 2018


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

ECM

Tuesday, June 12, 2018


ASHORE
June Tabor - voice
Andy Cutting - diatonic accordion
Mark Emerson - viola & violin
Tim Harries - double bass
Huw Warren - piano

Topic

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

Winter & Winter Music Edition

17th-CENTURY FUNERAL MUSIC
Schütz - Praetorius - Schein - Demantius
Schütz-Akademie
Howard Arman - director

Brilliant Classics

Monday, June 11, 2018



THE ART OF FUGUE
J. S. Bach
Brecon Baroque
Rachel Podger - violin, director
Johannes Pramsohler - violin, viola
Alison McGillivray - cello
Marcin Świątkiewicz - harpsichord

Channel Classics

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

GOOD DOG / HAPPY MAN
Bill Frisell – electric and acoustic guitars, loops and music boxes
Greg Leisz – pedal steel, Dobro, lap steel, Weissenborn, National steel guitar and mandolin
Wayne Horvitz – organ, piano, samples
Viktor Krauss – bass
Jim Keltner – drums and percussion
Ry Cooder – guitar

Nonesuch

Sunday, June 10, 2018




BEAUTIFUL DREAMERS
Bill Frisell - guitar
Eyvind Kang - viola
Rudy Royston - drums

Savoy Jazz


SIGN OF LIFE
Music for 858 Quartet
Bill Frisell - guitar, composer
858 Quartet - string quartet

SLG

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Friday, June 8, 2018


SYMPHONIAE
Spiritual Songs, 12th Century
Hildegard von Bingen
Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Thursday, June 7, 2018


KISS OF PEACE
Songs from the Dendermonde Manuscript
Hildegard von Bingen
PER-SONAT
Sabine Lutzenberger - soprano, bells
Baptiste Romain - medieval vielles, bowed lyre

Christophorus

Wednesday, June 6, 2018


QUEEN KATHERINE PARR & SONGS OF REFORMATION
Thomas Tallis
Alamire - vocal ensemble
Fretwork - viol consort
David Skinner - director

Obsidian

Monday, June 4, 2018


LINCOLNSHIRE POSY
Music for Band
Percy Grainger
Dallas Wind Symphony
Jerry Junkin - director

Reference

Friday, June 1, 2018


COMÉDIE ET TRAGÉDIE, VOL. 1
Orchestral Music for the Theatre
Jean-Baptiste Lully - Marin Marais - Jean-Féry Rebel
Tempesta di Mare
Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra
Gwyn Roberts, Richard Stone - directors
Emlyn Ngai - concertmaster

Chaconne