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


SO MANY PARTINGS
Silly Wizard

Shanachie

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