Wednesday, August 29, 2018


TAKE TEN
Paul Desmond - alto saxophone 
Jim Hall - guitar

RCA Victor

Tuesday, August 28, 2018


SEEING IS BELIEVING
Nico Muhly
Aurora Orchestra
Thomas Gould - electric violin
Nicholas Collon - conductor

Decca

RECERCADAS DEL TRATADO DE GLOSAS
Roma 1553
Diego Ortiz
Jordi Savall - viola da gamba
Ton Koopman - clavicembalo, organo di legno
Rolf Lislevand - vihuela, guitare
Andrew Lawrence-King - arpa doppia

Alia Vox

Monday, August 27, 2018

Sunday, August 26, 2018


TEXAS SHEIKS
Geoff Muldaur
The Texas Sheiks

Tradition & Moderne GmbH

SPEAKING OF NOW
Pat Metheny 
Pat Metheny Group

Warner Bros.


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

AFTER BACH
J.S. Bach - Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau - piano solo

Nonesuch

Saturday, August 25, 2018


EDGELARKS
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin

Dragonfly Roots

VIA CRUCIS
Rappresentazione della gloriosa Passione di Cristo
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar - harp, director

Virgin Classics

Friday, August 24, 2018


MUSIQUE JUDÉO-BAROQUE
Carlo Grossi - Louis Saladin - Salomone De Rossi Ebreo
Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen - director

Harmonia Mundi

LADILIKAN
Trio Da Kali
Kronos Quartet

World Circuit

Thursday, August 23, 2018


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

HOUSE ON HILL
Brad Mehldau Trio
  Brad Mehldau – piano
  Larry Grenadier – bass
  Jorge Rossy – drums

Nonesuch

Wednesday, August 22, 2018


L'ARPEGGIATA
The Complete Alpha Recordings [6-CD Set]
1) La Villanella 
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger - Johanette Zomer*
2) Homo Fugit Velut Umbra (Passacaglia Della Vita)
Stefano Landi
3-4) Rappresentatione Di Anima, Et Di Corpo
Emilio De' Cavalieri
5) La Tarantella - Antidotum Tarantulae 
Various & Anonymous
6) All'Improviso 
Ciaccone, Bergamasche, & Un Po' Di Follie...
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar - harpe baroque, théorbe, guitare baroque, gitarra battente, & direction

Alpha

Tuesday, August 21, 2018


FOUR SEASONS
- Lawrence Ashmore
CLARINET CONCERTO, OP. 31
- Gerald Finzi
Richard Stoltzman - clarinet
Guildhall String Ensemble
Robert Salter - leader/director

RCA Victor Red Seal

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

Monday, August 20, 2018

Sunday, August 19, 2018


STORYTELLER
Jim Hall

Concord Jazz

TRIOS FOR 4
George Frideric Handel - George Philipp Telemann - Jean-Marie LeClair - Johann Joachim Quantz
Palladian Ensemble

LINN

QUOTATION OF DREAM
Toru Takemitsu
Paul Crossley - piano
Peter Serkin - piano
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen - conductor

Deutsche Grammophon

VESPERS FOR ST. MICHAEL'S DAY
Hieronymous Praetorius
Weser - Renaissance Bremen
Manfred Cordes - director

CPO

Saturday, August 18, 2018


ITALIAN MADRIGALS OF THE 14TH CENTURY
Jacopo da Bologna
Ensemble PAN
Project Ars Nova

Ars Musici
via Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Thursday, August 16, 2018


CRIES AND FANCIES
Fantasias, In Nomines, and 'The Cries of London'
Orlando Gibbons
Fretwork
Paul Nicholson - organ
RED BYRD - vocal ensemble

Virgin Veritas

Tuesday, August 14, 2018


CAROLAN'S HARP
Dance-tunes, Airs & Laments
Turlough O'Carolan
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King - director

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Thursday, August 9, 2018


THE MUSIC OF DEBUSSY AND RAVEL
Nancy Allen - harp
Ransom Wilson - flute
David Shifrin - clarinet
Tokyo String Quartet
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz - conductor

EMI Angel

Wednesday, August 8, 2018


CODEX FAENZA
Instrumental Music of the Early XVth Century
Ensemble Unicorn
Michael Posch - director

Naxos

SEEING IS BELIEVING
Nico Muhly
Aurora Orchestra
Thomas Gould - electric violin
Nicholas Collon - conductor

Decca

Tuesday, August 7, 2018


ANTHOLOGY
The Definitive Collection, 1980-1992
June Tabor

Music Club



Including the worst cover of Richard Thompson's 'Night Comes In' I've ever heard. It is so bad, it must have been done out of spite. Other than that, a great collection.

RECORDER SONATAS
Op. 1, Nos. 2, 4, 7, 11, and Fitzwilliam Sonata No. 2
George Frederic Handel
László Czidra - recorder
Pál Kelemen - cello
Zsuzsa Pertis - harpsichord
Zsolt Harsányi - recorder

Naxos

Monday, August 6, 2018


SIX SONATAS
Dietrich Buxtehude
John Holloway - violin
Ursula Weiss - violin
Jaap ter Linden - viola da gamba
Mogens Rasmussen - viola da gamba
Lars Ulrik Mortensen - harpsichord, organ

Naxos

Sunday, August 5, 2018


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

RECORDER CONCERTI
Georg Philipp Telemann
Peter Holstag - treble recorder, director
Mark Caudle - bass viol
The Parley of Instruments

Musical Heritage Society via Hyperion

Thursday, August 2, 2018


BOSSA ANTIGUA
Paul Desmond - alto saxophone
Jim Hall - guitar

RCA Victor deep groove

TAKE TEN
Paul Desmond - alto saxophone 
Jim Hall - guitar

RCA Victor

ALL IN MY MIND
Dr. Lonnie Smith

Blue Note