Wednesday, May 31, 2017


BBC RADIO 3 IN CONCERT
A programme of English and French sacred vocal music, given by the Tallis Scholars and director Peter Phillips in the Gothic splendour of Beverley Minster
Byrd: Laetentur coeli
Josquin: Missa Malheur me bat
Gombert: Regina coeli
Josquin: Pater noster
Browne: O regina mundi clara
Byrd: Plorans plorabit
Byrd: Vigilate
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips - director

BBC Radio 3

SOMEWHERE ELSE BEFORE
E.S.T.

Columbia

ARS MAGIS SUBTILITER
Secular Music of the 
Chantilly Codex
Ensemble Project Ars Nova

 New Albion

Tuesday, May 30, 2017


FANTASY
An English Fantasy for Viola and Harp
Arnold Bax, Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten, Percy Grainger, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Doris Lederer - viola
Jude Mollenhauer - harp

Centaur

Monday, May 29, 2017


RAMBLING BOY
Charlie Haden
Family & Friends

Decca

ANGEL SONG
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, flugelhorn
Lee Konitz - alto saxophone
Dave Holland - double-bass
Bill Frisell - electric guitar

ECM

THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING
SONGS OF THE SOUL
Robert Kyr
Conspirare
Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra
Craig Hella Johnson - conductor

Harmonia Mundi USA

Sunday, May 28, 2017


CHANTS DU SUD ET DU NORD
Norway and Catalan
Hirundo Maris
Arianna Savall - voice, harp
Petter Udland Johansen - voice, hardingfele, mandolin
Sveinung Lilleheir - guitar, voice, dobro
Miquel Angel Cordero - double-bass, voice
David Mayoral - percussion, voice

ECM New Series

ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCES
17th C. Music from the Publications of...
John Playford
David Douglas - violin
Paul O'Dette - theorbo, cittern, Baroque guitar
Andrew Lawrence-King - harp, double harp, Irish harp, guitar

Harmonia Mundi

LES ROIS DE VERSAILLES
Germain Pinel, Robert de Visée
Miguel Yisrael - lute

Brilliant

Saturday, May 27, 2017


OFFICIUM NOVUM
Komitas, Perotin, Pärt, Garbarek, Anonymous
The Hilliard Ensemble
Jan Garbarek - saxophones

ECM New Series

JOHN RENBOURN
ANOTHER MONDAY
Two Albums on One CD
John Renbourn

Transatlantic

Friday, May 26, 2017


COMMON GROUND
Gary Burton
The New Gary Burton Quartet

Mack Avenue

SOL DO MEIO DIA
Egberto Gismonti - 8-string guitar, kalimba, piano, wood flutes, voice, bottle
Naná Vasconcelos - percussion, berimbau, tama, corpo, voice, bottle
Ralph Towner - 12 string guitar
Collin Walcott - tabla, bottle
Jan Garbarek - soprano saxophone

ECM

MORIMUR
Partita d-Moll BMV 1004 für Violine solo
Choräle

J.S. Bach
Christoph Poppen - violin
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

DIE KUNST DER FUGE
Johann Sebastian Bach
Berliner Saxophon Quartett

CPO

CONCERTS A DEAUX VIOLES ESGALES
Tome II
Du Sier de Sainte Colombe
Jordi Savall - basse viole
Wieland Kuijken - basse viole

Astrée

FROM BYZANTIUM TO ANDALUSIA
Medieval Christian, Jewish and Islamic Music and Poetry
Oni Wytars Ensemble
Peter Rabanser - voice, direction
Belinda Sykes - voice, direction

Naxos

Thursday, May 25, 2017


SACRED MUSIC FROM NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL
Léonin (fl. c. 1163-1190)
Pérotin (fl.c. 1180-1225)
Tonus Peregrinus
Antony Pitts - director

Naxos

VIOLIN CONCERTO TRILOGY  
No.1 - On the Nature of Love 
No.2 - On the Nature of Harmony 
No.3 - On the Nature of Peace  
Robert Kyr
Third Angle New Music Ensemble 
Pacific Rim Gamelan
Ron Blessinger, Denise Huizenga - solo violins
Robert Kyr - conductor

New Albion

TEATRO D'AMORE
Claudio Monteverdi
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar - direction

Erato

Wednesday, May 24, 2017


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

ECM

SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
The Beatles

Capitol/Parlophone/EMI

Tuesday, May 23, 2017


MAMBO SINUENDO
Ry Cooder
Manuel Galbán


Nonesuch - Perro Verde

LUX
Thomas Tallis, Gregorio Allegri, Massive Attack, Ben Folds Five, Ola Gjeilo
Voces8

Decca

EXTEMPORE  
Medieval Liturgical Music and Contemporary Jazz  
Orlando Concert 
Perfect Houseplants

Linn Records

MUSIC OF THE SPANISH RENAISSANCE
For Voice, Viheulas, Lute, & Renaissance Guitar
Shirley Rumsey

Naxos

HARMONIELEHRE
John Adams
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart - conductor

Nonesuch

Monday, May 22, 2017


THE BANKS OF GREEN WILLOW
Musical Miniatures by English Composers
George Butterworth, Arnold Bax, Frank Bridge, E.J. Moeran
English Chamber Orchestra
Jefferey Tate - conductor

EMI

Sunday, May 21, 2017


THE ART OF FUGUE
J. S. Bach
Brecon Baroque
Rachel Podger - violin, director
Johannes Pramsohler - violin, viola
Alison McGillivray - cello
Marcin Świątkiewicz - harpsichord

Channel Classics

LACHRIMÆ
John Dowland
Thomas Dunford - lute & direction
Ruby Hughes - soprano
Reinoud Van Mechelen - tenor
Paul Agnew - tenor
Alain Buet - bass

Alpha

SPEAKING OF NOW
Pat Metheny 
Pat Metheny Group

Warner Bros.

GUILLAUME DU FAY
Motets - Hymns - Chansons - Sanctus Papale
Guillaume Du Fay
Blue Heron
Scott Metcalf - director

Blue Heron

FOREIGN LEGION
Tin Hat

BAG Production

Saturday, May 20, 2017


AT THE GATES OF PARADISE
John Zorn
John Medeski - piano, organ
Kenny Wollesen - vibes
Trevor Dunn - bass
Joey Baron - drums

Tzadik

Friday, May 19, 2017


APOLLON ORATEUR
17th Century French Lute Music
Denis Gaultier
Anthony Bailes - lute

Ramée

ELEMENTS
Fire - Earth - Water - Air (a mother-daughter-project)
Marthe Perl, Irish Traditional, Antonio Soler, Michel Farinel, Marin Marais, Tobias Hume, Richard Sumarte, John Dowland, Thomas Ford, Francis Poulenc
Hille Perl - viola da gamba
Marthe Perl - viola da gamba, treble viol

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Wednesday, May 17, 2017



THE ENGLISH ORPHEUS
A Series of English Discoveries, 1600-1800
A Sampler of Various Composers, Various Performers

Hyperion

I HAVE THE ROOM ABOVE HER
Paul Motian - drums
Bill Frisell - electric guitar
Joe Lovano - tenor saxophone

ECM

SYMPHONY NO.2
THE UNANSWERED QUESTION
CENTRAL PARK IN THE DARK*
and Several Short Works**
Charles Ives
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein - conductor
Seiji Ozawa* - conductor
Gunther Schuller** - conductor

Sony Classical

Tuesday, May 16, 2017


JIM HALL & PAT METHENY
Jim Hall 
Pat Metheny

Nonesuch

THE CUSP OF MAGIC
Terry Riley
Kronos Quartet
Wu Man - pipa

Nonesuch

Monday, May 15, 2017


WALTZ FOR DEBBY
Bill Evans Trio
Bill Evans - piano
Scott LaFaro - double bass
Paul Motian - drums

Riverside

WOOD II
Brian Bromberg - double bass
Randy Waldman - piano
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums

Artistry

Sunday, May 14, 2017


SURREXIT CHRISTUS
13th-Century Vespers and Easter Procession
Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris, Ensemble Grégorien
Sylvain Dieudonné - director

Hortus

Saturday, May 13, 2017


SYMPHONY NO.6
FANTASIA ON A THEME BY THOMAS TALLIS
THE LARK ASCENDING*
Ralph Vaughan Williams
*Tasmin Little - violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis - conductor

Apex

Thursday, May 11, 2017


CE DIABOLIC CHANT
Ballads, Rondeaus & Virelais of the late fourteenth century
Suzoy, Senleches, Guido, Olivier, Galiot, Anonymous
The Medieval Ensemble of London
Peter Davies, Timothy Davies - directors

Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre

Wednesday, May 10, 2017


LES GRANDES EAUX MUSICALES DE VERSAILLES
Chefs-d’œuvre des règnes de Louis XIII et Louis XIV
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Marin Marais, Mr. de Sainte-Colombe, others
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall - director

Alia Vox

Sunday, May 7, 2017


SKOGEN, FLICKAN OCH FLASKAN
Woods, Women and Wine
Piæ Cantiones (1582)
Joculatores Upsalienses

BIS

DE FYRA ARSTIDERNA
(The Four Seasons)
Anonymous and Various Composers, 13th-17th Centuries
Joculatores Upsalienses

BIS