Wigwam – Nuclear Nightclub (1975) [2CD Reissue 2018] (Re-up) This expanded reissue, released to celebrate Wigwam’s 50 years of existence, comes in gatefold covers and with new interviews with…
Charles Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra – Mozart: Don Giovanni (2008) This is the second fine Don Giovanni we have had within the past year. Like Gardiner (Archiv), Mackerras includes every…
Benjamin Bernheim, Emmanuel Villaume, Prague Philharmonia – Benjamin Bernheim (2019) This is the debut album of Benjamin Bernheim, signed to the Deutsche Grammophon after several sensational appearances with major opera…
Asfalto – Asfalto (1978) [Reissue 1994] (Re-up) Spanish outfit Asfalto were born in 1972, when rock band Tickets decided that a change of moniker was needed. In…
Bohuslav Matoušek, Christopher Hogwood – Martinů: The Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra [4CDs] (2019) Commissioned or premiered by some of the greatest violinists of the age—Kreisler, Dushkin, Elman—all the usual Martinu virtues are here…
John Carter & Bobby Bradford Quartet and Horace Tapscott Quintet – West Coast Hot [Recorded 1969] (1991) This very valuable release documents two important but underrated avant-garde units that were based in Los Angeles. Clarinetist John Carter…
The Alan Parsons Project – The Ultimate Collection (1992) Engineer/producer Alan Parsons and his colleague, songwriter and lyricist Eric Woolfson, formed the Alan Parsons Project in 1975. Throughout their…
Double Trio – Green Dolphy Suite (1995) If judged solely on its fabulous array of sonorities, Green Dolphy Suite by Double Trio (the combined forces of Trio…
Gulbenkian Chorus & Orchestra, Lawrence Foster – Salieri: Requiem (2010) The Salieri Requiem is a forgotten work which Salieri composed for his own funeral ceremony 20 years before he actually…
Francesca Naibo – Namatoulee (2020) Listening to ‘Namatoulee’ offers a wonderful uniquely colorful sonic experience. An absolute joy to experience, it’s full of intriguing soundscapes…