Sunday, February 27, 2022


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

CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARIA
Mediaeval Iberian Music from the Court of Alfonso X el Sabio
Recorded at the 'Church of Our Lady Beneath the Chain at the End of the Bridge', Prague
Hana Blažíkova - soprano, harp, musical direction 
Barbora Kabátková - soprano, harp, psaltery
Margit Üebellacker - dulce melos
Martin Novák - percussion

PHI - Outthere

ISTANPITTA!
Medieval Dance
Anonymous and Others
New York's Ensemble for Early Music
Frederick Renz - director
with
Glen Velez - frame drums

Lyrichord Discs

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
At Carnegie Hall Buena Vista Social Club

World Circuit

SKULL AND ROSES*
The Grateful Dead

Warner Bros. - Rhino




*GRATEFUL DEAD (official title, original title NSFW).

REGARDS FROM CHUCK PINK
Leo Kottke - guitar

Private Music

SPEM IN ALIUM
Thomas Tallis
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips - director

Gimell

Sunday, February 20, 2022


COLOURS IN THE DARK
The Instrumental Music of...
Alexander Agricola
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon - director

Christophorus

IN DARKNESS LET ME DWELL
John Dowland
The Dowland Project
- John Potter - tenor, director
- Stephen Stubbs - lute
- John Surman - saxophone and clarinet
- Maya Homburger - baroque violin
- Barry Guy - double-bass

ECM New Series

AGUAS DA AMAZONIA  
Ballet Score  
Philip Glass
Uakti

Point
 
IN DARKNESS LET ME DWELL
The Seven Shades of Melancholy
John Dowland
Hille Perl - viola da gamba, treble viol
Dorothee Mields - soprano
Lee Santana - lute
The Sirius Viols
  Frauke Hess - treble viol
  Juliane Laake - tenor viol 
  Sarah Perle - division viol
  Marthe Perle - consort bass

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

LOS PÁJAROS PERDIDOS
The South American Project
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar - director, harps

Erato

Friday, February 18, 2022


LOS MINISTRILES
Spanish Renaissance Wind Music
Piffaro

Archiv

"TOUZ ESFORCIEZ"
Trouvères en Lorraine - XIII Siècle 
Jaque de Cysoing - Jeannot de L'Escurel - Anonymes - Gautier D'Épinal - Guillaume D'Amiens - Colin Muset
Ensemble Syntagma
Alexandre Danilevski - director

disques Pierre Verany

LES CONCERTS ROYAUX
François Couperin
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall - direction

Alia Vox

Friday, February 11, 2022


A ROYAL SONGBOOK
Spanish Music from the time of Columbus
Geraldine McGreevy - soprano
Jacob Heringman - vihuela, lute, guitar 
Musica Antiqua of London
Philip Thorby - director

Naxos

Wednesday, February 9, 2022


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

ECM

UNAM CEYLUM
From Sonata Violine solo 1681
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
John Holloway - violin
Aloysia Assenbaum - organ
Lars Ulrik Mortensen - harpsichord

ECM New Series

SIX CONCERTOS FOR FIVE FLUTES
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
The Soloists of Concert Spirituel

Naxos

PAVANS AND GALLIARDS
Antony Holborne
Thomas Robinson
Christopher Wilson - lute soloist
Shirley Rumsey - lute duettist
 
Naxos

Tuesday, February 8, 2022


REQUIEM DES ROIS DE FRANCE
LES MELANGES
Eustache Du Caurroy - 1549-1609
Doulce Mémoire
Denis Raisin Dadre - director

Naïve

PAVANS AND GALLIARDS
Antony Holborne
Thomas Robinson
Christopher Wilson - lute soloist
Shirley Rumsey - lute duettist
 
Naxos

CONSORT MUSIC FOR VIOLS, LUTES AND THEORBOS
Royal Consorts - Duets for Lute - Divisions on a Pavan
William Lawes
Timothy Roberts - organ
Jacob Heringman, David Miller - lute and theorbo
Rose Consorts of Viols

Naxos
 

Saturday, February 5, 2022


TO DRIVE THE COLD WINTER AWAY
Christmas Revels in Renaissance England
The Dufay Collective

Dufay

Thursday, February 3, 2022


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

ECM 

Tuesday, February 1, 2022