RÍMUR

Chants, hymns, folk songs, and improvisations based on Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish sources. 

Trio Mediaeval  

- Anna Maria Friman - voice, Hardanger fiddle
- Linn Andrea Fuglseth - voice, shruti box
- Berit Opheim - voice
Arve Henriksen - trumpet

ECM

CROSSING

Oregon

 

ECM

A SHOUT TOWARD NOON

Leo Kottke

Private Music

LOADED

The Velvet Underground

 

Cotillion

THE BYRDS PLAY DYLAN

Compilation of Robert Zimmerman Covers

The Byrds

Bob Dylan - songwriter

Columbia

80/81
Pat Metheny – acoustic and electric guitars
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone
Charlie Haden – double bass
Jack DeJohnette – drums

ECM 

BRIGHT SIZE LIFE

Pat Metheny – 6-and 12-string electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius – bass guitar
Bob Moses – drums

ECM

STANDARDS, VOL. 1

Keith Jarrett - piano, vocalizations

Gary Peacock - bass

Jack DeJohnette - drums

ECM

DESCENDRE 

Terje Rypdal — electric guitar, keyboards, flute 

Palle Mikkelborg — trumpet, flugelhorn, keyboards 

Jon Christensen — drums, percussion

 

ECM

CLOUD DANCE
Collin Walcott — sitar, tabla
John Abercrombie — guitar
Dave Holland — bass
Jack DeJohnette — drums

ECM 

CADENZA ON THE NIGHT PLAIN
and Other String Quartets
Terry Riley
The Kronos Quartet

Gramavision

THE DESERT MUSIC
Steve Reich
William Carlos Williams - text
Steve Reich and Musicians
Chorus & Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic
Michael Tilson Thomas - conductor

Nonesuch

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

Harmonia Mundi

TRIO 64

Bill Evans - piano

Gary Peacock - bass

Paul Motian - drums

 

Verve

THE PASSION OF MUSICK

Poeticall Musicke (1607)

Captain Humes Musicall Humors (1605)

Captain Tobias Hume

Nima Ben David - basse de violw, direction 

Damien Guillon - haute-contre

Bruno Botere - tenor

Ariane Maurette - viole

Andreas Linos - viole

Pascal Gallon - basse de luth

Alpha

BASKET OF LIGHT

The Pentangle

 

Transatlantic

POUR DOWN LIKE SILVER

Richard & Linda Thompson

Island

ALCHEMY
An Exploration of Folk and Early Music
Emily Askew Band

Askew Music

MA RECORDINGS IN THE GROOVE

Sampler CD with 14 tracks to promote MA Recordings played with Soundsmith cartridges.

A unique collection of "needledrop" tracks from MA Recordings' growing catalog of original audiophile LPs. Played on the legendary Continuum Caliburn Turntable fitted with the Soundsmith Strain Gauge Cartridge, all audio signal was fed thru custom-made Black Cat cables to MA's modified Korg MR2000 Recorder.
 

MA Recordings

LUZ DEL ALVA

Spanish Songs of the Early Renaissance

Anonymous and Various Spanish Composers

La Morra

–Arianna Savall - voice, harp

–Petter Udland Johansen - voice, fiddle

–Corina Marti - flutes, harpsichord, direction 

–Michal Gondko - vihuela de mano, gittern, lute

–Tore Eketorp - vihuela de arco

Ramée

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

Hyperion

THE UNICORN

Myth and Miracle in Medieval France

Philippe de Thaon - Marie de France - Thibault de Champagne - Gauthier de Coincy - Moniot de Paris - Anonymous

Anne Azema - voice

Cheryl Ann Fulton - harps

Shira Kammen - vielle, rebec, harp

Jesse Lepkoff - flute

Erato

MOTETTEN
BWV 225-230
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

MUSICA MEDICINA

Symphoniales est Anima

Hildegard von Bingen

Sequentia

 

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

THANKS I'LL EAT IT HERE

Lowell George

 

Warner Bros.

PTAH THE EL DAOUD
Alice Coltrane - piano, harp
Joe Henderson - alto flute, tenor saxophone
Pharoah Sanders - alto flute, tenor saxophone, bells
Ron Carter - bass
Ben Riley - drums

Impulse!

THE ROSE HOTEL
Robert Earl Keen

Lost Highway

THE TRINITY SESSION

Cowboy Junkies

RCA

MARIA MULDAUR
Maria Muldaur

Reprise

DE TEMPORUM FINE COMOEDIA
Play of the End of Time
Carl Orff
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Herbert von Karajan - conductor

Deutsche Grammophon

STREETSONG
(Gassenhauer)
Carl Orff
Gunild Keetman

Instrumental Ensemble - under the direction of Carl Orff

BASF

BOP TIL YOU DROP

Ry Cooder

Warner Bros.

BOOMER'S STORY
Ry Cooder

Reprise

DREAMS AND ALL THAT STUFF
Leo Kottke - 6 and 12-string guitar

Capitol

GYÖRGY LIGETI
Double Concerto for Flute and Oboe
San Fransisco Polyphony
String Quartet No.1, Métamorphoses nocturnes
Continuum für Cembalo

György Ligeti

Gunilla von Bahr - flute
Torleif Lännerholm - oboe
Eva Nordwall - cembalo
Voces Intimae String Quartet
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Elgar Howarth - conductor

 

BIS

MUSIC FOR TRUMPET AND ORGAN

Recorded at Église Évangelique Allemande, Paris

Giovanni Battista Martini - Johann Gottfried Walther - Tomaso Albinoni - Johann Christian Bach
Marie-Claire Alain - organ
Maurice Andre - trumpet 

 

Musical Heritage Society 

via Erato

L'HOMME ARMÉ

A musical journey into the music of the Court of Burgundy in the 15th century.

Alexandre Agricola - Antoine Busnois - Gilles Binchois - Guillaume Dufay - Johannes Ockeghem - John Dunstable - Josquin des Pres - Robert Morton

Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal

Andrew McAnerney - director

 

ATMA Classique

BATTLE OF THE FIELD

Albion Country Band

–Ashley Hutchings - vocals, electric bass guitar, artistic director

–Martin Carthy - vocals, acoustic guitar
–Sue Harris - vocals, oboe, hammer dulcimer
–John Kirkpatrick - vocals, Anglo-concertina, button accordion, melodeon, electric piano
–Simon Nicol - vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, electric dulcimer, synthesizer
–Roger Swallow - drums, percussion

Island

NASHVILLE SKYLINE

Bob Dylan

 

Columbia

SIR JOHN ALOT

of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng and ye Grene Knyghte 

John Renbourn - guitar

Terry Cox - finger cymbals, African drums, glockenspiel

Ray Warleigh - flute

 

Shanachie via Transatlantic

RÉSONANCE

C.F. Abel - J.S. Bach -  St. Colombe - De Machy - P. Hersant - Tobias Hume - C. Simpson - C. Christodoulou - G.I. Gurdjieff

Nima Ben David - Viola da gamba 

MA Recordings

LUZ DEL ALVA

Spanish Songs of the Early Renaissance

Anonymous and Various Spanish Composers

La Morra

–Arianna Savall - voice, harp

–Petter Udland Johansen - voice, fiddle

–Corina Marti - flutes, harpsichord, direction 

–Michal Gondko - vihuela de mano, gittern, lute

–Tore Eketorp - vihuela de arco

Ramée

STREETNOISE

Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & The Trinity 

ATCO

SIR JOHN ALOT OF

(Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng and ye Grene Knyghte) 

John Renbourn - guitar

Terry Cox - finger cymbals, African drums, glockenspiel

Ray Warleigh - flute

 

Lost Lake Arts via Transatlantic

CROWN OF CREATION

Jefferson Airplane

RCA Victor - Germany

LUDI MUSICI

Prima Pars
Samuel Scheidt

Hespèrion XX

Jordi Savall - director

EMI Electrola GmbH ‎– Reflexe

RÉSONANCE

C.F. Abel - J.S. Bach -  St. Colombe - De Machy - P. Hersant - Tobias Hume - C. Simpson - C. Christodoulou - G.I. Gurdjieff

Nima Ben David - Viola da gamba 

MA Recordings

TEMPUS EST IOCUNDUM

Music and Poetry in Medieval Europe

Artefactum

 

Lindoro

SIR JOHN ALOT

of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng and ye Grene Knyghte 

John Renbourn - guitar

Terry Cox - finger cymbals, African drums, glockenspiel

Ray Warleigh - flute

 

Shanachie via Transatlantic

OUT OF THIS WORLD

Kenny Burrell - guitar

Coleman Hawkins - tenor sax

Tommy Flanagan - piano

Major Holley - bass

Eddie Locke - drums

Ray Barretto - conga

 

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