It was/is my intention with NARP to not only shine a light on new music, release and re-issues/re-masters (R, R & M), but to introduce a rather eclectic mix of music to members of the New Album Releases Project (NARP).
Members have asked why I focus so much on re-issues/re-masters, and I’ve had to explain that in some cases their exposure in NARP may very well be the first time, recording artists/ensembles/groups will have come upon their respective radar.
A number of you have asked that I list those which really struck a chord with me in. both sections, and so do from now on. Fair enough, we’ll see how long it lasts.
- White Dog – White Dog
- Surfjan Stevens – The Ascension
- Jamie Barton, Jake Heggie, Matt Haimovitz – Unexpected Shadows
- Moses Boyd – Dark Matter
- Orgone – Connection
- Gareth Koch – The Guitar Player
- Snarky Puppy – Tell Your Friends
- Richard & Linda Thompson – Hard Luck Stories
- Curtis Amy – Eye to Eye
- Gewandhausorchester, Herbert Blomstedt – Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Tragic Overture
- Jess Gillam – TIME
It was nice to see/hear some familiar faces: Joan Osborne, Steve Hackett, and Diana Krall
I have to say that the band White Dog is going to be on my radar. High marks to Rise Above Records in the UK for taking a punt and signing them to their label.
New Releases
Alan Broadbent Trio – Trio in Motion
Antonio Pappano, Luigi Piovano – Brahms & Martucci: Two Sonatas and Two Romances for Cello and Piano
Christian von Blohn – Widor: Organ Symphonies, Vol. 3
Christophe Rousset – Armand-Louis Couperin Pièces de Clavecin
Daniel Lozakovich – Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
David Linx – Skin in the Game
DejanLazic, Benjamin Schmid, Enrico Bronzi – Mozart: Piano Quartets, Rondo Concertante
Diana Krall – This Dream Of You
Djabe – The Magic Stag
Doug Webb – Apples & Oranges
Duo Tartini – Giuseppe Tartini Vertigo (The Last Violin Sonatas)
Eddie Higgins – Anticipation
Enrico Pieranunzi – Time’s Passage
Fumi Tomato – Celebrating Bird A Tribute to Charlie Parker
Gareth Koch – The Guitar Player
Gewandhausorchester, Herbert Blomstedt – Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Tragic Overture
Gian Luca Barbero – Rosetta Music for Guitar
Jamie Barton, Jake Heggie, Matt Haimovitz – Jake Heggie: Unexpected Shadows
Jess Gillam – TIME
Joan Osborne – Trouble And Strife
Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan – Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245
Matan Porat – Carnaval. A recital around Schumann’s Carnaval, Op. 9
Moses Boyd – Dark Matter
Orgone – Connection
Pedro Aguiar – Brazilian Guitar Music
Sächsisches Vocal ensemble – Bouzignac: Motets
Simone Perugini & Fête Galante Baroque Orchestre – Cimarosa: Il matrimoniosegreto
Sophia Tegart – Palouse Songbook
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Lost Songs Of Doc Souchon
Steve Hackett – Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings Live At Hammersmith
Sufjan Stevens – The Ascension
Toby Hay – New Music For The 12 String Guitar
Trio Isimsiz – Fauré, Schubert,Brahms
University Of Michigan Symphony Orchestra – Kairos
White Dog – White Dog
Re-Issues, Re-Masters & Miscellany
Art Farmer Quartet – From Sweden With Love
Bobby Hackett – One of Us
Brian Bromberg – Bromberg Plays Hendrix
Curtis Amy – Eye to Eye
Donna Drake – Paula Haliday – Donna Sings Dinah – Haliday Sings Holiday
Harry Beckett – Joy Unlimited
Horace Tapscott – Live in Avignon, France
Lou Reed – New York
Percy Mayfield – Anthology
Peter, Paul And Mary – Anthology – The Deluxe Collection
Pete Rugolo – All The Hits
Richard & Linda Thompson – Hard Luck Stories 1972 – 1982
Roy Hamilton – Anthology
Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro – Colección de Oro
Snarky Puppy – Tell Your Friends
Various Artists – Tea & Symphony (The English Baroque Sound 1968-1974)
Wilhelm Backhaus – Mozart: Piano Works (Live)
Share NARP with your friends, share it your enemies. Now, more than ever, the walls just “gotta’ come down. Music does not discriminate. Let’s be like music.
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