Saturday, August 31, 2019


COMPLETE MUSIC FOR SOLO LUTE
John Dowland
Jakob Lindberg - lute

Brilliant Classics via BIS
4 CD set

SHADES OF JADE
Marc Johnson - double-bass
Joe Lovano - tenor saxophone
John Scofield - guitar
Eliane Elias - piano
Joey Baron - drums
Alain Mallet - organ

ECM

RUMBLE FISH
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Stewart Copeland

A&M

MANIGEM HERZEN
Medieval Songs and Chants in a New Guise
Von Veldeke - Codex Engelberg - Hildegard von Bingen - De Dijon - Las Huelgas Codex - Hymnus - De Ferrières - De Berbezih - Handschrift
ensemble nu:n

Raumklang

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

ECM New Series

Friday, August 30, 2019


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

Virgin Veritas

FOR HAMP, RED, BAGS, AND CAL
Gary Burton

Concord Jazz

TEXAS SHEIKS
Geoff Muldaur
The Texas Sheiks

Tradition & Moderne GmbH


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

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

Decca

1492
Music from The Age of Discovery
Mostly anonymous Italian, Jewish, Arabic, and Spanish Composers
The Waverly Consort
Michael Jaffee - artistic director

EMI Classics

CHAMBER MUSIC
Henry Purcell
London Baroque
Ingrid Seifert, Ursula Weiss, and Richard Gwilt - violins
Charles Medlam - viola da gamba, violoncelle
Nicholas Logie - alto viola
Lars Ulrik Mortensen - clavecin

Harmonia Mundi

Thursday, August 29, 2019


GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
J.S. Bach
Seldom Sene Recorder Quintet

Brilliant Classics

NEXT GENERATION
Gary Burton – vibraphone
Vadim Neselovskyi – piano
Julian Lage – guitar
James Williams – drums
Luques Curtis – bass

Concord Jazz

SALUTARE
Improvisation on Liturgical Music of the Middle Ages
Gregorianische Choräle, Gesänge von Hildegard von Bingen und frühe mehrstimmige Vokalmusik in einem neuen instrumentalen Gewand.
Ensemble Nu:n
–Gert Anklam - saxophone
–Rebecca Bain - vocal
–Katherine Hill - vocal
–Falk Zenker - guitar / live electronics

Edition Raumklang

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

Virgin Classics

AT THE GATES OF PARADISE
John Zorn
John Medeski - piano, organ
Kenny Wollesen - vibes
Trevor Dunn - bass
Joey Baron - drums

Tzadik

DISCREET MUSIC
An arrangement for cello, violin, soprano saxophone, electric guitar, double bass, vibraphone, piano, flute, gongs. Recorded live on August 19, 2011.
Brian Eno
Contact
Jerry Pergolesi - director, arranger

Cantaloupe

SIX CONCERTOS FOR FIVE FLUTES
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
The Soloists of Concert Spirituel

Naxos

Wednesday, August 28, 2019


SONATAS FOR LUTE
Silvius Leopold Weiss
Franklin Lei - lute

Naxos

EARLY MUSIC OF THE NETHERLANDS
1400 - 1800
Dufay, Josquin, Sweelinck, di Lasso, Brumel, Clemens non Papa, De Wert, Susato, De Koninck, Hacquart, Schenk, Brunnemueller
Trio Sonnerie, Gesualdo Consort, Concerto Palatino, Ensemble Tragicomedia, Vocal Ensemble Currende, Ensemble dell'Anima Eterna
Jos van Immerseel
Sarah Cunningham
Monica Huggett

Emergo 

3-CD Set

Tuesday, August 27, 2019


"MY SELFE"
16th-Century Pavans, Galliards, and Almains
Anthony Holborne
The King's Noyse
–David Douglas - violin, director
–Robert Mealy - vilin, viola
–Scott Metcalfe - viola
–Margaret Tindemans - viola
–Emily Walhout - bass violin
with Paul O'Dette - lute, cittern

Harmonia Mundi USA

LES PLUS GRANDS CHEFS-D'OEUVRE
The Greatest Masterworks
Marin Marais
Monsieur Sainte-Colombe

Spectre de la Rose
-Alison Crum - bass viola da gamba
-Marie Knight  - violin
-Elizabeth Liddle - bass viola da gamba
-Susanna Pell - bass viola da gamba
-David Miller - theorbo, guitar
-Timothy Roberts - harpsichord

Naxos

ROOTS IN THE SKY
Oregon

OGB
via Elektra

OUT OF THE WOODS
Oregon

OGB
via Elektra

COMMON GROUND
The New Gary Burton Quartet

Mack Avenue

FANTASIA ON A THEME BY THOMAS TALLIS
Ralph Vaughan Williams
GYMNOPÉDIES NOS. 1 & 3
Erik Satie
ADAGIO FOR STRINGS
Samuel Barber
PAVANE
Gabriel Fauré
IRISH TUNE FROM COUNTY DERRY
Percy Grainger
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin - conductor

Telarc

RECOMPOSED BY MAX RICHTER
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Max Richter
Daniel Hope - violin
Max Richter - Moog synthesizer
Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin
Andre de Ridder - conductor

Deutsche Grammophon

Monday, August 26, 2019


PAUL DESMOND & THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET
Recorded Live on December 25, 1971 at Town Hall/NYC
Paul Desmond
The Modern Jazz Quartet


Red Baron

REQUIEM DES ROIS DE FRANCE
LES MELANGES
Eustache Du Caurroy - 1549-1609
Doulce Mémoire
Denis Raisin Dadre - director

Naïve

ANTIFOGMATIC
Punch Brothers

Nonesuch

Sunday, August 25, 2019


TIME AND TIME AGAIN
Paul Motian - drums
Bill Frisell - guitar
Joe Lovano - tenor saxophone

ECM

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Friday, August 23, 2019


DREAMERS
Elaine Elias

Bluebird

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

Dorian Recordings

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

Olde Focus

VIGILIA
All-Night Vigil in Memory of St. John the Baptist for mixed choir and soloists
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Finnish Radio Chamber Choir
Timo Nuoranne - conductor
Petteri Salomaa - baritone
Jyrki Korhonen - bass
Lilli Paasikivi - mezzo-soprano
Pia Freund - soprano
Topi Lehtipuu - tenor

Ondine

Thursday, August 22, 2019


IBERIAN GARDEN
Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Music in Medieval Spain, Vol. 1 
Anonymous Mostly 
Altramar Medieval Music Ensemble

Dorian

Wednesday, August 21, 2019


THE GROUND
Tord Gustavsen Trio

ECM

GUILLAUME DU FAY
Motets - Hymns - Chansons - Sanctus Papale
Guillaume Du Fay
Blue Heron
Scott Metcalf - director

Blue Heron

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

ECM New Series

STRING QUARTETS
String Quartet No.1 "From My Life"
Bedřich Smetana
String Quartets Nos.1 & 2
Leoš Janáček
Jerusalem Quartet

Harmonia Mundi

REQUIEM
Johann Joseph Fux
Clemencic Consort
René Clemencic - director

Arte Nova

CHAMBER MUSIC
Henry Purcell
London Baroque
Ingrid Seifert, Ursula Weiss, and Richard Gwilt - violins
Charles Medlam - viola da gamba, violoncelle
Nicholas Logie - alto viola
Lars Ulrik Mortensen - clavecin

Harmonia Mundi

Tuesday, August 20, 2019


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

TEATRO LIRICO
Sonatas and Dances from 17th Century Italy and Slovakia
Teatro Lirico
Stephen Stubbs - baroque guitar, chitarrone, director
Milos Valent - violin, viola
Maxine Eilander - Spanish and Italian harps
Erin Headley - viola da gamba, lirone

ECM New Series

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

SONATAE A DUE
Dietrich Buxtehude
The Boston Museum Trio

Harmonia Mundi France

Monday, August 19, 2019


COMPLETE MUSIC FOR SOLO LYRA VIOL
William Lawes
Richard Boothby - lyra viol

Harmonia Mundi USA

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