Sunday, June 30, 2019


ISTANPITTA! VOL. 1
Medieval Dance
Anonymous and Others
New York's Ensemble for Early Music
Frederick Renz - director
with
Glen Velez - frame drums

Lyrichord Discs

PLEASE TO SEE THE KING
Steeleye Span

Mooncrest

PROMENADE
Kevin Burke - fiddle
Mícheál Ó Domhnaill - guitar, piano (electric), vocals
-Dónal Lunny - bouzouki
-Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill - vocals
-Declan Sinnott - bass (electric), guitar (electric)

Green Linnet

WATERCOLORS
Pat Metheny - guitars
-Lyle Mayes - piano
-Eberhard Weber - bass
-Dan Gottlieb - drums

ECM

WATERSHED
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin

Dragonfly Roots



PERPETUAL MOTION
Music by Scarlatti - Bach - Debussy - Beethoven - Chopin - Tchaikovsky - Brahms - Paganini
Béla Fleck - banjo
-Edgar Meyer - bass
-Joshua Bell - violin
-Gary Hoffman - cello
-Evelyn Glennie - marimba
-Chris Thile - mandolin
-John Williams - guitar

Sony Classical

Saturday, June 29, 2019


I LONG TO SEE YOU
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels
- Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone, alto flute
- Bill Frisell - guitar
- Reuben Rogers - bass
- Eric Harland - drums
- Greg Leisz - steel guitar

Blue Note

FOR YE VIOLLS
Consort Setts for 5 & 6 Viols and Organ
William Lawes
Fretwork
Paul Nicholson - organ

Virgin Classics

Friday, June 28, 2019


6 SONATE A DUE HAUTBOIS ET BASSON
6 Sonatas for Two Oboes and Bassoon with Two Obligato Basses
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Paul Dombrecht - oboe
Marcel Ponseele - oboe
Ku Ebbinge - oboe
Danny Bond - bassoon
Chiara Banchini - violin
Richte Van Der Meer - violoncello
Robert Kohnen - harpsichord

Accent

Wednesday, June 26, 2019


A DREAM
John Dowland
Hopkinson Smith - lute

Naïve

SONATAS FOR LUTE
Silvius Leopold Weiss
Franklin Lei - lute

Naxos

DANSE ROYAL
French, Anglo-Norman, and Latin Songs and Dances from the 13th Century
Ensemble Alcatraz

Elektra Nonesuch

Tuesday, June 25, 2019


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

Christophorus

DREAMER
Elaine Elias

Bluebird

DOWLAND
Consort Music and Songs
John Dowland
Rose Consort of Viols

Naxos

Monday, June 24, 2019


SUITES FOR RECORDER
Henry Purcell
A Collection of Ayres for Recorders
François Dieupart
Six Suites for Recorder
La Simphonie du Marais
Hugo Reyne - director

Virgin Veritas X2

Sunday, June 23, 2019


SUMER IS ICUMEN IN
Medieval English Songs
The Hilliard Ensemble

Harmonia Mundi

LÉONARD DE VINCI: L'HARMONIE DU MONDE
Composers Contemporary to Leonardo De Vinci
Anonymous - Faugues - Varoter - Dalza - Tromboncino - Cara - Senese - Attaingnant - Phalèse - De Vaux - Richafort
Composers Contemporary to Leonardo De Vinci
Anonymous - Faugues - Varoter - Dalza - Tromboncino - Cara - Senese - Attaingnant - Phalèse - De Vaux - Richafort
Composers Contemporary to Leonardo De Vinci
Anonymous - Faugues - Varoter - Dalza - Tromboncino - Cara - Senese - Attaingnant - Phalèse - De Vaux - Richafort
Composers Contemporary to Leonardo De Vinci
Anonymous - Faugues - Varoter - Dalza - Tromboncino - Cara - Senese - Attaingnant - Phalèse - De Vaux - Richafort
Doulce Mémoire
Denis Raisin-Dadre - direction

Astrée

Saturday, June 22, 2019


IDLE MOMENTS
Grant Green - guitar
Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
Joe Henderson - tenor sax
Duke Pearson - piano
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Al Harewood - drums

Blue Note

MEXICAN BAROQUE
Responsorio Segundo, Dixit Dominus, Mass in D major
Ignacio de Jerusalem
Sol-fa de Pedro, Hieremiae Prophete lamentationes, Celebren publiquen
Manuel de Zumaya
Chanticleer
Chanticleer Sinfonia
Joseph Jennings - conductor

Teldec - Das Alte Werk

THEN PLAY ON
Fleetwood Mac

Reprise

Friday, June 21, 2019


RENAISSANCE OF THE SPIRIT
The Music of Orlando di Lasso and His Contemporaries
Di Lasso - Dufay - Dutetre - Clemens non Papa - Rogier - Willaert - Gombert - De Monte - Ciconia - De Févin
I Fiamminghi - orchestral ensemble
Rudolf Werthen - conductor
Cappella Currende - vocal ensemble
Erik van Nevel - conductor

Telarc

NEIGHBOURHOOD
Manu Katché – percussion, drums
Sławomir Kurkiewicz – double bass
Marcin Wasilewski – piano
Jan Garbarek – saxophones
Tomasz Stańko – trumpet

ECM

Thursday, June 20, 2019


QSF PLAYS BRUBECK
Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond
Quartet San Francisco
     Jeremy Cohen - violin
     Alisa Rose - violin
     Keith Lawrence - viola
     Michelle Djokic - cello

ViolinJazz

THE COURTS OF LOVE
Music from the time of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Sinfonye
Stevie Wishart - director

Hyperion

THE FOUR HORN CONCERTI
K. 412, K. 495, K. 417, K. 447
Wolfgang A. Mozart
Jonathon Williams - horn
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Alexander Schneider - conductor

Musical Heritage Society via ASV

Wednesday, June 19, 2019


PARKENING PLAYS BACH
Bach - Handel - Scarlatti - Couperin - others
Christopher Parkening - guitar

Angel EMI

WORKS FOR TWO GUITARS
Volume 1
Hans Werner Henze
Ensemble Villa Musica
Jürgen Ruck - guitar
Elena Casoli - guitar

MD&G

ALFONSO X "ELSABIO"
Cantigas de Santa Maria
Ensemble Unicorn, Vienna

Naxos

Tuesday, June 18, 2019


MONK'S MUSIC
Thelonius Monk
Thelonius Monk Septet

Jazz Wax Records

COME AGAIN
John Dowland and his Contemporaries
Samuel Scheidt - John Dowland - Louys de Moy - William Brade - Orlandus Lassus - Johann Sommer - Johann Schop/Johann Rist - Anonym - Gabriel Voightländer - Melchior Borchgrevinck - Jacob Praetorius - Michael Praetorious
Jan Kabow - tenor
Hamburg Ratsmusik
Simone Eckert - violen de gamba

CPO

SEVEN DAYS OF FALLING
Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.)

ACT

Monday, June 17, 2019

Saturday, June 15, 2019


REUNION
Gary Burton - vibraphone, marimba
Pat Metheny - guitar
Mitch Forman - piano, keyboards
Will Lee - electric bass
Peter Erskine - drums

GRP

DEPARTURE
Gary Burton & Friends
  • Gary Burton - vibraphone
  • Peter Erskine - drums
  • Fred Hersch - piano
  • John Patitucci - bass
  • John Scofield - guitar
Concord

CARAVAN
Art Blakey
Jazz Messengers

Riverside

A FEATHER ON THE BREATH OF GOD
Sequences and Hymns
Abbess Hildegard of Bingen
Gothic Voices
Emma Kirkby - soprano
Christopher Page - director

Hyperion

GHOSTS
English Acoustic Collective

R.U.F.

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

A DISTANT SHORE
J.S. Bach - David Kellner - Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Ronn MacFarlane - lute

Dorian Recordings

CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARIA
Alsfonso X El Sabio
Camerata Medtierranea
Joel Cohen - director
Abdelkrim Rais Andalusian Orchestra of Fez
Mohammed Briouel - director

Erato

LA GAMME
Sonate à la Marésienne
Marin Marais
London Baroque
Charles Medlam - director

Harmonia Mundi

Thursday, June 13, 2019


CARLOS V
Mille Regretz: La Canción del Emperador
Heinrich Isaac - Juan de Enzina - Thoinot Arbeau - Cristóbal de Morales - Josquin Des Préz - others
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hespèrion XXI 
Jordi Savall - director

Alia Vox

Wednesday, June 12, 2019


SWEET HARMONY
Masses and Motets
John Dunstable
Tonus Peregrinus
Antony Pitts - director

Naxos

LES FOLIES DE CARDENIO
Michel-Richard de Lalande
Ensemble Baroque de Limoges
Christopher Coin - director

Laborie

ONES ALL
Solo
Dave Holland - double bass

Dare2

Tuesday, June 11, 2019


BAGS MEETS WES!
Milt Jackson - vibes
Wes Montgomery - guitar
Wynton Kelly - piano
Sam Jones - double bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums

Riverside

Monday, June 10, 2019


DEATH CHANTS, BREAKDOWNS AND MILITARY WALTZES
Containing the 1963 and 1967 versions.
John Fahey

Takoma

VISIONS AND MIRACLES
Gallician and Latin Sacred Songs from 13th-century Spain
Cantigas de Santa Maria - Las Huelgas Codex
Ensemble Alcatraz

Nonesuch