Wednesday, April 29, 2020


SOLO CELLO SUITES
Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012
Johann Sebastian Bach
Lynn Harrell - cello

London R.I.P. Lynn Harrell, 1944-2020

A SONG OF FAREWELL
Music of Mourning & Consolation
Orlando Gibbons - William Walton - Robert White - James MacMillan - John Sheppard - Jonathan Dove - Thomas Morley - Edward Elgar - Herbert Howells - Hubert Parry
Gabrieli Consort
Paul McCreesh - director

Gabrieli – Winged Lion

TUNES FROM THE ATTIC
Popular and Courtly Tunes from Elizabethan England and Renaissance Scotland
The Baltimore Consort

Dorian

Tuesday, April 28, 2020




COMPLETE MUSIC FOR SOLO LUTE
John Dowland
Jakob Lindberg - lute

Brilliant Classics

via BIS

4 CD set

Sunday, April 26, 2020


LACHRIMAE
John Dowland
The Dowland Consort
Jakob Lindberg - director

BIS



THE LONG SURRENDER
Over The Rhine

Great Speckled Dog

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

ECM

CANZONI E DANZE
Wind Music from Renaissance Italy
Lia Agostini - Jacques Arcadelt - Guido Ferretti - Costanzo Festa - Cesario Gussago - Ruffo - Horatio Vecchi
Piffaro 

Archiv Produktion

Saturday, April 25, 2020


ROOTS IN THE SKY
Oregon

OGB via Elektra

OUT OF THE WOODS
Oregon

OGB via Elektra

IF I COULD ONLY REMEMBER MY NAME
David Crosby – vocals, guitars
Graham Nash – guitar, vocal
Jerry Garcia – electric guitar
Neil Young – guitars, vocals
Jorma Kaukonen – electric guitar
Laura Allan – autoharp, vocal
Gregg Rolie – piano
Phil Lesh – bass
Jack Casady – bass
Bill Kreutzmann – drums
Michael Shrieve – drums
Mickey Hart – drums
Joni Mitchell – vocals
David Freiberg, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick – vocals

Atlantic

Friday, April 24, 2020


ROMARIA
Love songs, chants and motets from the 12th century to the present
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

SONATAE A DUE
Dietrich Buxtehude
The Boston Museum Trio

Harmonia Mundi France

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Wednesday, April 22, 2020


TROUBADOUR'S SONGS & JONGLEURS' DANCES
Thibaut de Champagne - Bernard de Ventadorn - Gaucelm Faidit - Beranguier de Palol - Anonymous
Millenarium

Ricercar

MESSE DE NOTRE DAME
LA LAI DE LA FONTEINNE
MA FIN EST MON COMMENCEMENT
Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300-1377)
The Hilliard Ensemble

Hyperion

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Saturday, April 18, 2020


PASSENGERS
The Gary Burton Quartet
with Eberhard Weber
Gary Burton – vibraphone
Pat Metheny – guitar
Steve Swallow – bass guitar
Eberhard Weber – double bass
Dan Gottlieb – drums

ECM

DREAMS SO REAL
Music of Carla Bley
Gary Burton Quintet
Gary Burton – vibraphone
Mick Goodrick – guitar
Pat Metheny – electric 12-string guitar
Steve Swallow – bass guitar
Bob Moses – drums

ECM

RING
The Gary Burton Quintet
with Eberhard Weber
Gary Burton – vibraphone
Michael Goodrick – guitar
Pat Metheny – guitar, electric 12-string guitar
Steve Swallow – bass guitar
Eberhard Weber – double bass
Bob Moses – percussion

ECM

THE NEW QUARTET
Gary Burton - vibraphone
Mick Goodrick - guitar
Abraham Laboriel - bass
Harry Blazer - drums

ECM

VOX COSMICA
Hildegard von Bingen
Hirundo Maris
Arianna Savall – voice, medieval harp, Italian triple harp, lyra, Tibetan singing bowl  
Petter Udland Johansen – voice, hardingfele, lyra, fiddle, monochord
Andreas Spindler – flutes, fiddle, Romain bells, colascione, tromba marina, voice
Anke Spindler – nyckelharpa, fiddles, viola da gamba, voice
David Mayoral – santur, percussion, Romain bells, voice  

Carpe Diem Records

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

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

RCA Victor Red Seal

Friday, April 17, 2020


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

BYRD - PÄRT
William Byrd
Arvo Pärt
Calefax Reed Quintet
w/Kai Wessel - alto

MDG

LES ROIS DE VERSAILLES
Germain Pinel - Robert de Visée
Miguel Yisrael - lute

Brilliant

DIMINUITO
16th century madrigals, chansons, and instrumentals re-imagined
Rolf Lislevand - lutes, vihela da mano, and direction
Anna Maria Friman - voice
Linn Andrea Fuglseth - voice
Giovanna Pessi - triple harp
Michael Behringer - clavichord, organ
Bjørn Kjellemyr - colascione, double-bass
Marco Ambrosini - nyckelharpa
Thor Harald Johnsen - chitarra battente, vihela da mano, lutes
David Mayoral - percussion

ECM New Series

Wednesday, April 15, 2020


PIÈCES DE VIOLE DU SECOND LIVRE, 1701
Marin Marais
Jordi Savall - viola da gamba
Anne Gallet - cembalo
Hopkinson Smith - théorbe

Astrée

SANTIAGO DE MURCIA CODEX NO.4
Music from Colonial Mexico, C. 1730
Ensemble Kapsberger
Rolf Lislevand – baroque guitar, director

Naïve

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

I CAN SEE YOUR HOUSE FROM HERE
John Scofield - guitar
Pat Metheny - guitar
Steve Swallow - bass
Bill Stewart - drums

Blue Note

INSTRUMENTS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE
The Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow - director

Erato Veritas X2

2 disc set

A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS
Pink Floyd

Capitol

A LOVE SUPREME
John Coltrane - tenor sax

McCoy Tyner - piano
Jimmy Garrison - bass
Elvin Jones - drums

Impulse!

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

Tuesday, April 14, 2020


SPANISH DANCES
Luz y Norte
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King - harps, director

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

BIRTHDAY BLUES*
ROSEMARY LANE
Bert Jansch - vocals, guitars
*Danny Thompson - bass
*Terry Cox - drums
*Ray Warleigh - alto saxophone, flute
*Duffy Power - harmonica

Transatlantic

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

OKeh

OBOE SONATAS
Antonio Vivaldi
Paul Goodwin - baroque oboe
Frances Eustace - bassoon
Gail Hennessey - baroque oboe
John Holloway - baroque violin
Colin Lawson - chalumeau
Nigel North - archlute, guitar
Susan Sheppard - baroque violin
John Toll - harpsichord, organ

Harmonia Mundi USA

"QUEL LASCIVISSIMO CORNETTO..."
Virtuoso Solo Music for Cornetto
Merula - da rore - gabrieli - Frescobaldi - Palestrina - Crecquillon - Fontana - à Kempis
Bruce Dickey - cornetto
Tragicomedia
Stephen Stubbs - chitarrone, vihuela
Erin Headley - viola da gamba
Andrew Lawrence King - harp, organ

Accent

SONATAE A DUE
Dietrich Buxtehude
The Boston Museum Trio

Harmonia Mundi France

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

LA BELLE HOMICIDE
Manuscrit Barbe
Charles Bocquet - Nicolas Dubut - Jacques Gallot - Denis Gaultier - Charles Mouton
Rolf Lislevand - 11-course baroque lute

Astrée

Monday, April 13, 2020


SLEEP
Complete Eight Hour Performance 
Max Richter
Max Richter - piano, electronics
Grace Davidson - soprano
Steve Morris, Natalie Bonner - violins
Reiad Chibah - viola
Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey - cellos
Chris Ekers - sound design

BBC Radio3 stream

Sunday, April 12, 2020


MESSIAH
George Frideric Handel
Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Emily Van Evera, Margaret Cable, Joseph Cornwell, David Thomas
Taverner Choir
Taverner Players

Andrew Parrott - director

EMI Reflexe

CHRIST LAG IN TODES BANDEN
BWV 4
EASTER ORATORIO
BWV 249
Johann Sebastian Bach
Emma Kirkby, Emily Van Evera, Evelyn Tubb - sopranos
Margaret Cable, Caroline Trevor - altos
Howard Cook, Charles Daniels, Wilfried Jochens - tenors
Stephen Charlesworth, Simon Grant, David Thomas, Peter Kooy - basses
Taverner Consort
Taverner Players
Andrew Parrott - director

Virgin Veritas

Saturday, April 11, 2020


PEROTIN
Magister Perotin
The Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier - director

ECM New Series

A SONG OF FAREWELL
Music of Mourning & Consolation
Orlando Gibbons - William Walton - Robert White - James MacMillan - John Sheppard - Jonathan Dove - Thomas Morley - Edward Elgar - Herbert Howells - Hubert Parry
Gabrieli Consort
Paul McCreesh - director

Gabrieli – Winged Lion

SCATTERED ASHES
Josquin's Miserere and the Savonarolan Legacy
Josquin Des Prez - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Orlande de Lassus - Claude Le Jeune - Jean Lhéritier - Nicolas Gombert - Jacobus Clemens Non Papa - William Byrd
Magnificat
Philip Cave - director

Linn