Monday, June 28, 2021


SONGS AND DANCES FROM THE SPANISH RENAISSANCE
Camerata Iberia

M-A Recordings
 
TRIPLICITÉ
Three-part Secular Compositions from 1350–1450 
Various and Anonymous
Zorgina vocal ensemble

Raumklang

APPALACHIAN JOURNEY
Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Edgar Meyer - double bass
Mark O'Connor - violin, compositions
– James Taylor, Alison Krause - special guest vocals

Sony Classical

ROTHKO CHAPEL
WHY PATTERNS?
Morton Feldman
David Abel - viola
Philip Brett - director
California EAR Unit - ensemble
Deborah Dietrich - soprano
Karen Rosenak - celeste
University of California Berkeley Chamber Chorus
William Winant - percussion

New Albion

SHAKESPEARE'S LUTENIST
Theatre Music by
Robert Johnson
Emma Kirkby - soprano
David Thomas - bass
Anthony Rooley - lute
 
Virgin 

Sunday, June 27, 2021


VARIATIONS FOR WINDS, STRINGS, AND KEYBOARDS
Steve Reich
SHAKER LOOPS
John Adams
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart - conductor

Philips

MOTETTEN
BWV 225-230
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

UNDRENTIDE
Ancient Texts and Modern Music
Mediæval Bæbes
Katherine Blake - music director, original composition
John Cale - producer
 
RCA Victor
 

QUESTION AND ANSWER
Pat Metheny - guitar
Dave Holland - bass
Roy Haynes - drums

Nonesuch

CHOMINCIAMENTO DI GIOIA
Virtuoso dance-music from the time of Boccaccio's Decamerone
British Library Ms. 29987 
Ensemble Unicorn

Naxos

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Saturday, June 19, 2021


QUESTION AND ANSWER
Pat Metheny - guitar
Dave Holland - bass
Roy Haynes - drums

Nonesuch

Thursday, June 17, 2021


STEVE REICH
Clapping Music - Mallet Phase - Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ - Quartet
Steve Reich
Nexus
Sō Percussion
 
Nexus

Sunday, June 13, 2021


JACK ORION 
Bert Jansch - guitar, banjo 
with John Renbourn - second guitar  
 
Vanguard via Transatlantic

Saturday, June 12, 2021


UNDRENTIDE
Ancient Texts and Modern Music
Mediæval Bæbes
Katherine Blake - music director, original composition
John Cale - producer
 
RCA Victor
 

Monday, June 7, 2021



SORROW
A Reimagining of Górecki's 3rd Symphony
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki - Colin Stetson
Matt Bauder - saxophone
Dan Bennett - saxophone
Ryan Ferreira - guitar
Rebecca Foon - cello
Greg Fox - drums
Shahzad Ismaily - synthesizer
Grey McMurray - guitar
Sarah Neufeld - violin
Colin Stetson - arranger, saxophone
Megan Stetson - vocals
Gyða Valtýsdóttir - cello
Justin Walter - keyboards, EVI

52Hz

Sunday, June 6, 2021

 
WITCHI-TAI-TO
Bobo Stenson Quartet
Jan Garbarek – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Bobo Stenson – piano
Palle Danielsson – bass
Jon Christensen – drums
 
ECM

AFTER THE RAIN
Terje Rypdal - electric and acoustic guitars, string ensemble, piano, electric piano, soprano saxophone, flute, tubular bells, bells
Inger Lise Rypdal - voice

ECM

Saturday, June 5, 2021


MATCHBOOK
Ralph Towner - 12-string guitar, classical guitar
Gary Burton
- vibraphone

ECM 

SYMPHONY NO.3
Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Ingrid Perruche - soprano
Sinfonia Varsovia
Alain Altinoglu - conductor

Naïve

Thursday, June 3, 2021


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

Wednesday, June 2, 2021


ISABELLA
Music for a Queen
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bäuml - shawms and direction
 
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Tuesday, June 1, 2021


PACIFIC 231
Arthur Honegger
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London
Hermann Scherchen - conductor

ABC Westminster Gold

Monophonic

VIRTUOSO RECORDER MUSIC
Vivaldi - Frescobaldi - Palestrina - Locke - Gibbons - Byrd - Anonymous
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
 
L'Oiseau-Lyre Florilegium

WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT
Straight Solo Baroque Guitar
Pat Metheny

Nonesuch