Thursday, October 31, 2019


QUIETUDE
Chopin - Debussy - Mendelssohn - Respighi - Salzedo - Satie - Sibelius
Yolanda Kondonassis - harp

Telarc

STORYTELLER
Two Classic Albums in One Unique Package
Circles - All Across The City
Jim Hall

Concord Jazz

QUATUOR POUR LA FIN DU TEMPS
(Quartet for the End of Time)
Olivier Messiaen
Trio Wanderer
with Pascal Moraguès - clarinette

Harmonia Mundi

Tuesday, October 29, 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

Monday, October 28, 2019




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

Savoy Jazz

Sunday, October 27, 2019


THE MIRACLES OF NOTRE-DAME
Gautier de Coincy
The Harp Ensemble
Andrew Lawrence-King - director, medieval harp, organetto, psaltery
Jennie Cassidy, Steven Harrold, Ian Honeyman, Virginie Landré, Caitríona O'Leary, Julian Podger, Clara Sanabras, Paul Willenbrock - vocals
Jane Achtman, Hille Perl - vielle 
Ian Harrison - bagpipes, cornetto, shawm
Gian Luca Lastraioli - medieval lute
Steve Player - citole

Harmonia Mundi

Saturday, October 26, 2019


LA HARPE ROYALE
Musical Portraits, Dances, and Laments from the Court of Louis XIV
Francesco Corbetta - Louis Couperin - Robert de Visee - François Couperin - Johann Jakob Froberger
Andrew Lawrence-King - Baroque harp

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

THE BANKS OF GREEN WILLOW
And Other Works by English Contemporaries
George Butterworth - E.J. Moeran - Frank Bridge - Arnold Bax
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate - conductor

EMI

Friday, October 25, 2019


MUSICAL BOOK OF HOURS
Holy Office Works
Guillaume Du Fay - Josquin Desprez - Johannes Ockeghem - Antoine Busnoys
Pomerium
Alexander Blachly - director

Archiv

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

Harmonia Mundi USA

IS THAT YOU?
Bill Frisell - electric and acoustic guitars, bass, banjo, ukulele, clarinet
Wayne Horvitz - keyboards, drum programming, momentary bass
Joey Baron - drums
Dave Hofstra - tuba

Elektra/Nonesuch

Thursday, October 24, 2019


KILN HOUSE
Fleetwood Mac

Reprise

SOMETHING OF TIME
Nightnoise
–Billy Oskay – violin, viola, piano, harmonium
–Mícheál Ó Domhnaill – guitar, whistle, piano, harmonium, synthesizer, vocals
–Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill – harmonium, harpsichord, synthesizer
–Brian Dunning – flute, alto flute, panpipes

Windham Hill

Wednesday, October 23, 2019


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

Dorian Recordings

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

ECM New Series

Tuesday, October 22, 2019


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

Monday, October 21, 2019


GUITAR IN THE SPACE AGE
Bill Frisell - guitar
Greg Leisz - guitar, pedal steel guitar
Kenny Wollesen - drums, vibraphone
Tony Scherr - bass

OKeh

Saturday, October 19, 2019


LE SIÈCLE DU TITIEN
La Musique à Venise, 1490-1576
Doulce Mémoire
Denis Raisin Dadre - direction

Astrée

ABYSSINIANS
June Tabor

Topic

Friday, October 18, 2019


SONGS AND DANCES FROM THE SPANISH RENAISSANCE
Camerata Iberia

M-A Recordings

Tuesday, October 15, 2019


DAY IS DONE
Brad Mehldau Trio
Brad Mehldau - piano
Larry Grenadier - double bass
Jeff Ballard - drums

Nonesuch

Monday, October 14, 2019


BOOK OF SILK
Tin Hat Trio

Ropeadope

THE RODEO ERODED
Tin Hat Trio

ropeadope

THE RAIN IS A HANDSOME ANIMAL
seventeen songs from the poetry of e.e. cummings
Tin Hat

New Amsterdam

THE CLEARING
Rachel Grimes - piano
A small ensemble of strings, woodwinds, and percussion

Temporary Residence

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

Naxos

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

EMI Classics

Sunday, October 13, 2019


CONSORT SONGS
William Byrd
Emma Kirkby - soprano
Fretwork - viol consort

Harmonia Mundi USA

Friday, October 11, 2019


THE ACADEMY IN PERIL
John Cale

Edsel

SOLOS AND DUETS
Köln, November 9th, 1985
Dave Holland - double bass
Marc Johnson - double bass

Jazz Boot

FOREIGN LEGION
Tin Hat

BAG Production

Thursday, October 10, 2019


SONGS AND DANCES FROM THE SPANISH RENAISSANCE
Camerata Iberia
    Juan Carlos de Mulder - vihuela, direction
    Pedro Estevan - percussion
    Daniel Carranza - vihuela
    Ernesto Schmied - recorder
    Francisco Luengo - viola da gamba
    Carlos Mena - countertenor

M-A Recordings

Wednesday, October 9, 2019


ORPHEUS I AM
A Tribute to Lawes and Johnson in the Form of an Idealized Jacobean Masque
William Lawes
Robert Johnson
John Potter - tenor
Barbara Borden - soprano
David Cordier - alto
Harry Van der Kamp - bass
Tragicomedia instrumental ensemble
-Andrew Lawrence-King - Renaissance harp
-Paul O'Dette - lute
-Erin Headley -  bass viole
-Ursala Weiss - violin
-Stephen Stubbs - director, archlute, theorbo

EMI Reflexe

Tuesday, October 8, 2019


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

Astrée

Sunday, October 6, 2019


CHANGING PLACES
Tord Gustavsen Trio
    Tord Gustavsen - piano
    Harald Johnsen - bass
    Jarle Vespestad - drums

ECM

HOME STRETCH
Home Stretch - Mozart Coronation Concerto Recomposition - Paraphrase on Themes of Brian Eno
Timo Andres
Metropolis Ensemble
Timo Andres - piano
Andrew Cyr - conductor

Nonesuch

Friday, October 4, 2019


ESTAMPIE
A New Interpretation of the Oldest Preserved Instrumental Music of the Occident
Estampies Royales, Manuscrit du Roi, Frankreich, ca. 1290-1310
Ensemble Nu:n

Edition Raumklang

THE BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH
Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Eric Dolphy - flute, alto saxophone
George Barrow - baritone saxophone
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Bill Evans - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Roy Haynes - drums

Impulse!

FOREIGN LEGION
Tin Hat

BAG Production

Thursday, October 3, 2019


NOVEMBER
John Abercrombie - guitar
Marc Johnson - double bass
Peter Erskine - drums
John Surman - saxophone and clarinet

ECM

METROPOLIS  
Turtle Island String Quartet
Darol Anger - violin
David Balakrishnan - violin
Irene Sazer - violin
Steve Smith - drums
Mark Summer - cello


Windham Hill

Wednesday, October 2, 2019


MISSA MEDIA VITA IN MORTE SUMUS
Nicolas Gombert
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

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

Concord Jazz

DAS GLOGAUER LIEDERBUCH
The Glogau Songbook, c. 1480
Sabine Lutzenberger - soprano
Martin Hummel - baritone
Marc Lewon - lute
Ensemble Dulce Melos

Naxos

MONK AND THE ABBESS
Music of...
Meredith Monk 
Hildegard von Bingen
Musica Sacra
Richard Westenburg - director

Catalyst

CHAMBER MUSIC
Sonatas, Trio Sonatas, Quartets
Georg Philipp Telemann
The Amsterdam Baroque Soloists
Ton Koopman - keyboards, director

Erato

Tuesday, October 1, 2019


BILL EVANS
Jazz Explorations (compilation)
Bill Evans

Riverside

INTERPLAY
Bill Evans - piano
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Jim Hall - guitar
Percy Heath - bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums

Riverside