Tuesday, June 30, 2020


DOULCE MEMOIRE
Glosas, Passeggiati & Diminutions Around 1600
 
Claudio Monteverdi - Girolamo Dalla Casa - Diego Ortiz - Ricardo Rognono - Cipriano de Rore - Angelo Notari - Giovanni Maria Trabaci - Bartolomeo de Selma - Adrian Willaert - Vincenzo Bonnizzi - Giovanni Antonio Terzi
Hille Perl - viola da gamba, principal
Andrew Lawrence-King - arpa doppia
Matthias Müller - tenor viola, violone
Martina Rothbauer - viola da gamba
Robert Sagasser - viola da gamba
Lee Santana - bass lute, chitarrone, lute, renaissance guitar
Paulina van Laarhoven - viola da gamba  

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

BACH
Solo Works for Marimba 
BWV 846, 1007, 1009, 1011, 999, 1001, 1003, 1005
Johann Sebastian Bach
Kuniko Kato - transcription, marimba solo

Linn Records

THE THREE AMERICAS
Elaine Elias

Blue Note

Sunday, June 28, 2020


HARRY OUR KING  
Music for King Henry VIII Tudor  
Anonymous - Henry VIII - Ockeghem - Cornish - Gervaise - Byrd - Verdelot
Capella de la Torre
Katherine Bäuml - direction
Charles Daniels - tenor

Carpe Diem

BREATHTAKING
A Cornetto And A Voice Entwined
Biagio Marini - Nicolò Corradini - Giovanni Battista Bassani - Giacomo Carissimi - Tarquinio Merula, et al.
Hana Blaziková - soprano
Bruce Dickey - cornetto
–Veronika Skuplik, Catherine Aglibut - violins
–Kris Verhelst - organ, harpsichord
–Mieneke van der Velden - viola da gamba
–Jakob Lindberg - theobro

Passacaille

SOMETHING'S COMING!
THE GROOVY SOUND OF MUSIC
THE TIME MACHINE
Gary Burton

BGO via RCA

Thursday, June 25, 2020


THE COMPLETE "JAZZ GUITAR"
Jim Hall Trio
- Jim Hall - guitar
- Carl Perkins - piano
- Red Mitchell - bass

Essential Jazz Classics

ALTRE FOLLIE
1500 - 1750
Alonso Mudarra - Anonymous - Antonio Vivaldi - Antonio de Cabezón - Arcangelo Corelli - Francesco Corbetta - Henricus Albicastro - Juan Bautista - José Cabanilles - Santiago de Murcia - Vincenzo Ruffo
Hespèrion XXI
Manfredo Kraemer - violon solo
Rolf Lislevand - guitare, théorbe
Michael Behringer - clavecin
Arianna Savall - arpa triple
Balasz Mate - violoncelle
Jordi Savall - director, violes de gambe

Alia Vox

Sunday, June 21, 2020


LE MONDE DE SAINTE-COLOMBE
Une Sélection de Concerts à Deux Violes Esgales
Jean de Sainte Colombe (1640? - 1700?)
Les Voix Humaines  viols

ATMA Classique

Saturday, June 20, 2020


GARCIA
Jerry Garcia - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass, piano, organ, samples, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Robert Hunter - lyrics

GDM via Warner Bros.

Friday, June 19, 2020


WHATEVER
Danny Thompson - double bass
Tony Roberts - saxophones, northumbrian pipes, whistle
Bernie Holland - guitars

Hannibal


SIGN OF LIFE
Music for 858 Quartet
Bill Frisell - guitar, composer
858 Quartet - string quartet

SLG

GERMAN MUSIC FOR VIOLS & HARPSICHORD
Theodor Schwartzkopff - Johann Jacob Froberger - Carlo Farina - Johann Schenck - Samuel Scheidt
Les Filles de Sainte Colombe

Magnatune

Thursday, June 18, 2020


HARRY OUR KING  
Music for King Henry VIII Tudor  
Anonymous - Henry VIII - Ockeghem - Cornish - Gervaise - Byrd - Verdelot
Capella de la Torre
Katherine Bäuml - direction
Charles Daniels - tenor

Carpe Diem

Wednesday, June 17, 2020


BACH
Solo Works for Marimba 
BWV 846, 1007, 1009, 1011, 999, 1001, 1003, 1005
Johann Sebastian Bach
Kuniko Kato - transcription, marimba solo

Linn Records

Tuesday, June 16, 2020


ELEVEN
15th - 17th century Ensemble Music Pushed Over the Edge... to Eleven
Rook Early Music Ensemble

Rook Early Music

Monday, June 15, 2020


LOCKERBIE MEMORIAL CONCERT
Westminster Cathedral, December 21, 1998
Gavin Bryars, Antoine Busnois, Henry Purcell, Nicolas Gombert, John Jenkins
Hilliard Ensemble - vocal ensemble
Fretwork - string ensemble
Gavin Bryars - double bass

GB Records

MUSIC IS
Bill Frisell - electric and acoustic guitars, loops, bass, ukulele, music boxes

OKeh

GETZ/GILBERTO #2
Recorded Live at Carnegie Hall
Stan Getz - tenor sax
João Gilberto - guitar, vocal
Gary Burton - vibes
Gene Cherico - bass
Joe Hunt - drums
with Astrud Gilberto - vocal

Verve

Saturday, June 13, 2020


UNE DOUCEUR VIOLENTE
17th century Lute Music
Jacques de Gallot - Pierre Gallot - Charles Mouton
Anthony Bailes - lute

Rameé

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

Thursday, June 11, 2020


SONGS & SONNETS
Music for Voice and Viols
William Byrd
Rachel Platt - soprano
Concordia - viol ensemble
Mark Levy - director

Meridian

Wednesday, June 10, 2020


TRISTAN & ISEULT
A Medieval Romance in Music and Poetry 
Joel Cohen - transcription and realization
The Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen - director
Henri Ledroit - countertenor
Anne Azéma - soprano
Ellen Hargis - soprano
Richard Morrison - baritone
William Hit - tenor

Erato - Warner Classics & Jazz

Monday, June 8, 2020


ELEVEN
15th - 17th century Ensemble Music Pushed Over the Edge... to Eleven
Rook Early Music Ensemble

Rook Early Music

Sunday, June 7, 2020


LLIBRE VERMELL DE MONTSERRAT
Medieval Pilgrim Songs from Spain
Sarband
Osnabrücker Jugend Chor


Jaro

Saturday, June 6, 2020


THE GOAT RODEO SESSIONS
Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Stuart Duncan - fiddle, mandolin
Edgar Meter - double bass, piano
Chris Thile - mandolin, fiddle
– Aoife O'Donovan - vocal

Sony Masterworks

THE NIGHT OF SAINT NICOHLAS
A Medieval Liturgy for Advent
Medieval Anonymous
La Reverdie
I Cantori Gregoriani

ARCANA

COLLABORATION
The Modern Jazz Quartet
with Laurindo Almeida

Atlantic

THE HANGMAN'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER
The Incredible String Band 

Island

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

OKeh

I HAVE THE ROOM ABOVE HER
Paul Motian - drums
Bill Frisell - guitar
Joe Lovano - tenor saxophone

ECM

ALCHEMY
An Exploration of Folk and Early Music
Emily Askew Band

Askew Music

Thursday, June 4, 2020


LOS MINISTRILES
Spanish Renaissance Wind Music
Piffaro

Archiv



PIFFARISSIMO
Instrumental Music at the Council of Constance 1414-1418
Ebreo - De Vitry - Dufay - Da Piacenza - Von Wolkenstein - Bedingham - Cornazano - 14th-15th century Anonymous
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bäuml - direction

Challenge Classics

Monday, June 1, 2020


BREATHTAKING
A Cornetto And A Voice Entwined
Biagio Marini - Nicolò Corradini - Giovanni Battista Bassani - Giacomo Carissimi - Tarquinio Merula, et al.
Hana Blaziková - soprano
Bruce Dickey - cornetto
–Veronika Skuplik, Catherine Aglibut - violins
–Kris Verhelst - organ, harpsichord
–Mieneke van der Velden - viola da gamba
–Jakob Lindberg - theobro

Passacaille