Friday, May 31, 2013


FOUR SEASONS
Lawrence Ashmore
CLARINET CONCERTO, OP. 31
Gerald Finzi
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Guildhall String Ensemble
Robert Salter, leader/director

RCA Victor Red Seal

THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN
Robert Zimmerman

Columbia

PIANO TRIO IN G MINOR
Bedřich Smetana
ELEGY
Josef Suk
Suk Trio
Josef Suk, violin
Joesef Chuchro, cello
Jan Panenka, piano

Supraphon

Thursday, May 30, 2013


LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH
Thomas Tallis
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, director

Gimell

AT FOLSOM PRISON
Johnny Cash

Columbia 2-eye

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Monday, May 27, 2013


THROB
Gary Burton
GARY BURTON & KEITH JARRETT
Gary Burton
Keith Jarrett


Atlantic/Rhino double-album

COME SUNDAY
Hank Jones
Charlie Haden


Emarcy

SYMPHONY NO. 7
Ludwig van Beethoven
English Chamber Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas

CBS Masterworks


FEARFUL SYMMETRIES
THE WOUND-DRESSER*
John Adams
Sanford Sylvan*, baritone
Chris Gekker*, trumpet
Walt Whitman*, words
Orchestra of St. Luke's
John Adams, conductor

Nonesuch

Sunday, May 26, 2013


SUITE PROVENCALE
SAUDADES DO BRASIL
Darius Milhaud
Concert Arts orchestra
Darius Milhaud, conductor

Capitol

Saturday, May 25, 2013


GLOBAL DRUM PROJECT
Mickey Hart
Zakir Hussain
Sikiru Adepoju
Giovanni Hidalgo


Shout Factory

DANCES FROM TERPSICHORE (1612)
MOTETS FROM MUSES OF ZION (1605-10)
Michael Praetorius
The Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow, director
Boys of the Cathedral and Abbey, Church of St. Alban
Peter Hurford, Master of the Music

Angel

Friday, May 24, 2013


BEAUTIFUL DREAMERS
Bill Frisell, guitar
Eyvind Kang, viola
Rudy Royston, drums

SLG - Savoy Jazz

Tuesday, May 21, 2013


SIGN OF LIFE
Music for 858 Quartet
Bill Frisell
858 Quartet

SLG

SEXTET – SIX MARIMBAS
Steve Reich
Steve Reich and Musicians

Nonesuch

THE NEW QUARTET
Gary Burton

ECM

ALCHEMIST
Monteverdi, Du Prez, Mainerio, Anonymous, Ortiz, Le Jeune
Philip Pickett - arrangements, recorders, crumhorns, curtals, racketts, shawms, cornamusen, pan pipes, organ, gittern, symphony, chalumeau
Catherine Bott - soprano
Stephen Henderson - percussion, xylophone, bells, timpani
David Roblou - organ & harpsichord
Pavlo Beznosiuk - medieval fiddle & baroque violin/viola
Tom Finucane - lute & gittern
Anthony Pleeth - baroque cello

Decca - London

Monday, May 20, 2013


CARMINA BURANA
(Carl Orff)
Ray Manzarek

A&M

SOUL JOURNEY
Gillian Welch
David Rawlings


Acony

CARLOS V
Mille Regretz: La Canción del Emperador
Heinrich Isaac, Juan de Enzina, Thoinot Arbeau, Cristóbal de Morales, Josquin Des Préz, others
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI 
Jordi Savall: director

Alia Vox

MASS FOR THE FEAST OF ST. ISADORE OF SEVILLE
Missa "Mille Regretz"
Cristóbal de Morales
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh

Archiv

HELL AMONG THE YEARLINGS
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Almo Sounds

IF MOUNTAINS COULD SING
Terje Rypdal

ECM

MEMORYHOUSE
Max Richter
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and soloists
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Fatcat Records - BBC Radio 3

Sunday, May 19, 2013


FOLK SONGS
Trio Mediaeval

ECM New Series

WOOD
Brian Bromberg

A440

DREAMT FOR LIGHT YEARS IN THE BELLY OF A MOUNTAIN
Sparklehorse

Astralwerks

BUDDY & JULIE MILLER
Buddy & Julie Miller

Hightone

LE MAITRE DE "FRICASSÉE"
Secular Music of Jean Japart (15th century)
J. Japart, J. Desprez, J. Obrecht, A. Busnoys, J. Martini, A. De Vigne, H. Van Ghizeghem
Les Flamboyants
Michael Form, director

Christophorus

WIND IN THE BAMBOO GROVE
Contemporary Japanese Works for Marimba
Keiko Abe, Minoru Miki, Takayoshi Yoshioka, Akira Yuyama
Evelyn Glennie, marimba

Catalyst

Saturday, May 18, 2013


JULIE IS HER NAME
Julie London
with Barney Kessel

Rev-Ola via Liberty

COME SUNDAY
Charlie Haden
Hank Jones


Emarcy

CALIFORNIA HERE I COME
Bill Evans

Verve

VOICE IN THE NIGHT
Charles Lloyd: tenor saxophone
John Abercrombie: guitar
Dave Holland: double-bass
Billy Higgins: drums, percussion

ECM

I, FLATHEAD
The Songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns
Ry Cooder

Nonesuch - Perro Verde

PUNCH
Punch Brothers

Nonesuch

Friday, May 17, 2013


CHANGE OF HEART
Martin Speake, alto saxophone

ECM

WORLD FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC – EUROPE
An Initiative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for the Meeting of the Global Religions and Cultures in Sacred Music
Various Artists

CCn'C

THE LONG SURRENDER
Over The Rhine

Great Speckled Dog

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Tuesday, May 14, 2013


LES GRANDES EAUX MUSICALES DE VERSAILLES
French Baroque music, from seventeenth and eighteenth-century songs, to great classics of the operatic repertoire
Lully, Rameau, Moulinié, Corrette
Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra, Skip Sempé, dir.
Café Zimmermann
Pygmalion
Ausonia
Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre, dir.
Les Musiciens de St Julien

Alpha - Outhere

AOXOMOXOA
Grateful Dead

Warner Bros.

CEREMONY
Barry Guy
ANNUNCIATION
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Mary Homburger: baroque violin
Barry Guy: double-bass

ECM New Series

Friday, May 10, 2013


EXTEMPORE
Orlando Concert
Perfect Houseplants


Linn Records