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  Daniel Thompson
updates to this page have been put on hold

concentrated listening

the following lists contain some of the recorded music i have recently been listening to

2020
august & september

​
milton babbitt - occasional variations (tzadik)
leonard bernstein 
- new york philharmonic - the complete mahler symphonies (sony)

​PIERRE BOULEZ 
- LE MARTEAU SANS MAITRE (HARMONIA MUNDI)
ROBERT CRAFT - BOULEZ - LE MARTEAU SANS MAITRE (EL RECORDS)
max roach and anthony braxton 
- one in two two in one (hatology)
eric dolphy 
- out to lunch (blue note)
BRIGITTE ENGERER 
- FREDERIC CHOPIN - NOCTURNES (HARMONIA MUNDI)
bill evans trio - portrait in jazz (riverside)
BILL EVANS TRIO 
- waltz for debby (RIVERSIDE)
BILL EVANS 
- the complete interplay (essential jazz classics)
AGUSTI FERNANDEZ/BARRY GUY/RAMON LOPEZ 
- MORNING GLORY (MAYA)
AGUSTI FERNANDEZ/BARRY GUY/RAMON LOPEZ - AURORA (MAYA)
AGUSTI FERNANDEZ/BARRY GUY/RAMON LOPEZ 
- a moments liberty (MAYA)
ELLA FITZGERALD 
- SINGS THE IRVING BERLIN SONGBOOK (VERVE)

ELLA FITZGERALD - SINGS THE harold arlen SONGBOOK (VERVE)
​BARRY GUY/BARRE PHILLIPS - ARCUS (MAYA)
BARRY GUY/MARILYN CRISPELL/PAUL LYTTON 
- ODYSSEY (INTAKT)
BARRY GUY/MARILYN CRISPELL/PAUL LYTTON 
- ithaca (INTAKT)
BARRY GUY/MARILYN CRISPELL/PAUL LYTTON 
- phases of the night (INTAKT)
ALOYS KONTARSKY 
- STOCKHAUSEN - KLAVIERSTUCKE I-XI (SONY)
STEVE LACY/MAL WALDRON 
- SEMPRE AMORE (black saint)

jimmy lyons - the box set (ayler records)
JIMMY LYONS and andrew cyrille 
- something in return (black saint)
MASTODON 
- LEVIATHAN (RELAPSE RECORDS)
MASTODON 
- Remission (RELAPSE RECORDS)
MASTODON 
- crack the skye (RELAPSE RECORDS)
MASTODON 
- emperor of the sand (REprise)
neurosis 
- souls at zero (neurot RECORDings)
parker/guy/lytton 
- at the vortex (1996) (emanem)
PARKER/GUY/LYTTON 
- zafiro (maya)

PARKER/bley/phillips - sankt gerold (ecm)
barre phillips - end to end (Ecm)
​DJANGO REINHARDT - DJANGO (AVID JAZZ)
DJANGO REINHARDT - THE LEGENDARY DJANGO (AVID JAZZ)
DJANGO REINHARDT - DJANGO REINHARDT (AVID JAZZ)
ANDRES SEGOVIA 
- THE SEGOVIA COLLECTION (DG)
wayne shorter 
- juju (blue note)

WAYNE SHORTER - night dreamer (BLUE NOTE)
WAYNE SHORTER 
- the all seeing eye (BLUE NOTE)
WAYNE SHORTER 
- speak no evil (BLUE NOTE)
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN 
- NR.5 ZEITMASSE (TIME MEASURES) FOR FIVE WOODWINDS (EL RECORDS)

CECIL TAYLOR & MAX ROACH - HISTORIC CONCERTS (SOUL NOTE)
PAUL TORTELIER - J.S.BACH - CELLO SUITES (EMI)
​DAVID TUDOR 
- STOCKHAUSEN - KLAVIERSTUCKE XI (EL RECORDS)

JULY

JULIAN BREAM - BAROQUE GUITAR (RCA)
​PAUL DESMOND JIM HALL QUARTET - THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS (JAZZ SOLLECTORS)
BILL EVANS & JIM HALL - INTERMODULATION (VERVE)
BILL EVANS & JIM HALL - UNDERCURRENT (BLUE NOTE)
THE ART FARMER QUARTET - INTERACTION (ATLANTIC)
​ELLA FITZGERALD - THE COMPLETE ELLA IN BERLIN - MACK THE KNIFE (VERVE)
​THE JIMMY GIUFFRE THREE (ATLANTIC)
JIMMY GIUFFRE QUARTET - LIVE IN 1960 (PHOENIX)
​​GLEN GOULD - J.S. BACH - THE ENGLISH SUITES (SONY)
​GLEN GOULD - J.S. BACH - THE FRENCH SUITES (SONY)
JIM HALL AND BOB BROOKMEYER - LIVE AT THE NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL 1979 (CHALLENGE JAZZ)
JIM HALL - LIVE! (A&M)
​ANGELA HEWITT - J.S. BACH - THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS (HYPERION)
​SONNY ROLLINS - THE BRIDGE (COLUMBIA)
ZOOT SIMMS - TWO JIMS AND ZOOT (MAINSTREAM)
RENE THOMAS - GUITARISTIC (FIVEFOUR)

June

anthrax - among the living (island)
alban berg quartet - bartok - string quartets (emi)
boulez - conducts bartok - (deutsche grammophon)
carcass - reek of putrefaction (earache)
Paul Desmond jim hall quartet
- the complete recordings (jazz sollectors)
BILL EVANS & JIM HALL
- INTERMODULATION (VERVE)
BILL EVANS & JIM HALL
- undercurrent (blue note)
the art farmer quartet - interaction (atlantic)

ELLA FITZGERALD - SINGS THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONGBOOK (VERVE)
ELLA FITZGERALD - THE COMPLETE ELLA IN BERLIN - MACK THE KNIFE (verve)
ELLA FITZGERALD - SINGS THE irving berlin SONGBOOK (VERVE)
THE jimmy giuffre three (atlantic)
jimmy giuffre quartet - live in 1960 (phoenix)
jim hall and bob brookmeyer - live at the north sea jazz festival 1979 (challenge jazz)
Jim hall - live! (a&m)
jim hall trio - live in berlin (mps)

Iron maiden - iron maiden (EMI)
iron maiden - killers (RAW POWER)
iron maiden - the number of the beast (emi)
METALLICA - Master of puppets (elektra)
THELONIOUS MONK
- MONKS DREAM (COUMBIA)
THELONIOUS MONK - SOLO (COLUMBIA)
joe morris and evan parker - the village (fundacja sluchaj)
joe morris - ultra (fundacja sluchaj)
joe morris/brad barrett/tyshawn sorey - cowboy transfiguration (fundacja sluchaj)
sonny rollins - the bridge (columbia)
john scofield - scolohofo - oh! (blue note)
John scofield quartet - what we do (blue note)
john scofield trio live - enroute (verve)
zoot simms - two jims and zoot (mainstream)
slayer - show no mercy (metal blade)
slayer - hell awaits (metal blade)
slayer - reign in blood (geffen)
paul g smyth and chris corsano - psychic armour (weekertoft)
CECIL TAYLOR UNIT
- AKISAKILA (TRIO RECORDS)
PAUL TORTELIER
- J.S.BACH - CELLO SUITES (EMI)



may

robert craft - STRAVINSKY - THE firebird (naxos)
robert craft - STRAVINSKY - petrushka (naxos)
the doors - the doors (elektra)
the doors - Strange days (elektra)

DUKE ELLINGTON - SUCH SWEET THUNDER (COLUMBIA)
DUKE ELLINGTON - BLUES IN ORBIT (COLUMBIA)
DUKE ELLINGTON 
- MONEY JUNGLE (COLUMBIA)
ELLA FITZGERALD 
- SINGS THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONGBOOK (VERVE)
THE FULANI HODDU (OCORA)
skip james - cypress grove blues (COmplete blues)
BARNEY KESSEL - BARNEY KESSEL (CONTEMPORARY)
BARNEY KESSEL - THE POLL WINNERS (CONTEMPORARY)
BARNEY KESSEL - THE POLL WINNERS THREE! (CONTEMPORARY)

BARNEY KESSEL - THE POLL WINNERS RIDE AGAIN (CONTEMPORARY)
BARNEY KESSEL - easy like (CONTEMPORARY)
BARNEY KESSEL - to swing or not to swing (CONTEMPORARY)
BARNEY KESSEL - BARNEY KESSEL plays standards (CONTEMPORARY)
BARNEY KESSEL - music to listen to barney kessel by (CONTEMPORARY)
JOe morris & evan parker - the village (fundacja sluchaj)

JOE MORRIS, EVAN PARKER & nate wooley - ninth square (cleanfeed records)
OZZY OSBOURNE 
- blizzard of oz (JET RECORDS)
ozzy osbourne 
- diary of a madman (jet records)

andras schiff - j.s.bach - two and three-part inventions (decca)
simon rattle - stravinsky - The rite of spring (warner)
SIMON RATTLE - STRAVINSKY - THE firebird (WARNER)
SIMON RATTLE - STRAVINSKY - petrushka (WARNER)

APril

tim berne and bill frisell - theoretically (empire)

pierre boulez & new york philharmonic
varese - ionisation, ameriques, density 21.5, offrandes, arcana, octandre, integrales (sony)

john coltrane - ballads (impulse)
john coltrane - live at birdland(impulse)
john coltrane - the crescent (impulse)
john coltrane - a love supreme (impulse)
john coltrane - sunship (impulse)
john coltrane - one down, one up - live at the half note (impulse)
john coltrane - both directions at once (impulse)
john coltrane - ascension (impulse)
john coltrane - first meditations (impulse)
john coltrane - meditations (impulse)
john coltrane - the complete quartet recordings on impulse (impulse)
john coltrane - quartet live in france july27/28 (gambit)
john coltrane & duke ellington (impulse)
ANDREW CYRILLE/BILL FRISELL/WADADA LEO SMITH
- LEbroba (ECM)
bill frisell - gone, just like a train (nonesuch)
bill frisell - beautiful dreamers (savoy)
bill frisell - all we are saying... (savoy)
bill frisell - when you wish upon a star (okeh)
bill frisell - guitar in the space age (okeh)
BILL FRISELL/DAVE HOLLAND/ELVIN JONES (NONESUCH)
bill frisell & fred hersch
- songs we know (NONesuch)
peter hill - stravinsky - piano music (naxos)
tom jackson - solos (roam)
lee konitz - lone-lee (steeplechase)
lee konitz & warne marsh quintet live (storyville)
ross lambert & john russell - a duet (earshots)
joe lovano/paul motian/bill frisell - i have the room abov her (ecm)
ron miles/bill frisell/brian blade - quiver (enja)
ron miles/bill frisell/brian blade - circuit rider (enja)
new york art quartet (esp disk)
django reinhardt - django (avid jazz)
django reinhardt - the legendary django (avid jazz)
django reinhardt - django reinhardt (avid jazz)
marc ribot - spiritual unity (pi recordings)
sonny rollins - our man in jazz (rca/victor)
cecil taylor - conquistador (blue note)
colin webster - hiss (rawtonk)
KENNY WHEELER
- ANGEL SONG (ECM)
john zorn
- naked city (elektra/nonesuch)

march

LOUIS ARMSTROng - the complete hot five and hot seven recordings (columibia)
derek bailey & tony coe - time (incus)
alban berg string quartet - beethoven - the late string quartets (EMI)
alfred brendel - beethoven - diabelli variations (phillips)
ALFRED BRENDEL - beethoven - sonata 21 (decca)
Alfred brendel - schubert - sonatas d845, d850, d894, d840, d958, d959 and fantasy 'wanderer' d760 (phillips)
bill dixon - vade mecum (soulnote)
bill dixon - vade mecum ii (soulnote)
BILL DIXON and TONY OXLEY - PAPYRUS Vol i (soulnote)
BILL DIXON and TONY OXLEY - PAPYRUS Vol ii (soulnote)
BILL DIXON, TONY OXLEY and CECIL TAYLOR (victo)
eric dolphy - out there (ojc)
eric dolphy - out to lunch (blue note)
duke ellington - money jungle (columbia)
emerson string quartet w/ mstislav rostropovich - schubert - string quintet d956 (dg)
the endellion string quartet - complete beethoven string quartets (warner)
BILL EVANS & JIM HALL - undercurrent (blue note)
GLEN GOULD - J.S. BACH - PIANO CONCERTOS (SONY)
johnny hartman - i just dropped by to say hello  (impulse)
ANGELA HEWITT - J.S. BACH - THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS (HYPERION)
CHRISTIAN HOMMEL and THE COLOGNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA - J.S. BACH - CONCERTOS FOR OBOE AND OBOE D'AMORE (NAXOS)
steve lacy and evan parker - chirps (fmp)
the lindsays - beethoven - the late string quartets (resonance)
john mclaughlin - extrapolation (polydor)
wes montgomery trio - smokin' at the half note (verve)
wes montgomery - the incredible jazz guitar (riverside)
pink floyd - dark side of the moon (harvest)
pink floyd - wish you were here (harvest)
artur schnabel - beethoven - sonatas 20, 21, 22 & 23 (HMV)
FRED SHERRY STRING QUARTET - SCHOENBERG - STRing quarteTs No.3 & 4 (NAXOS)
grigory sokolov - beethoven - diabelli variations (Naive)
CECIL TAYLOR  FEEl TRIO (CODANZA)
cecil taylor and tony oxley - leaf palm hand (fmp)
cecil taylor and tony oxley - conversations (jazzwerkstatt)
PAUL TORTELIER - J.S.BACH - CELLO SUITES (EMI)

february

derek bailey/steve lacy - company 4 (incus)
​Derek bailey/Han benink - company 3 (incus)
coalesce - 012:2 (relapse records)
bill dixon - vade mecum (soulnote)
bill dixon - vade mecum ii (soulnote)
duke ellington - money jungle (columbia)
duke ellington - back to back (verve)
Ella fitzgerald - live at the opera house (verve)
ELLA FITZGERALD - THE COMPLETE ELLA IN BERLIN - MACK THE KNIFE (verve)
ELLA FITZGERALD - SINGS THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK (VERVE)
jimmy giuffre 3 - emphasis, stuttgart 1961 (hatart)
jimmy giuffre 3 - flight, bremen 1961 (hatart)
caroline kraabel and neil metcalfe - march (crosshatch)
steve lacy - soprano sax (prestige)
steve lacy - raps (adelphi records)
steve lacy/mal waldron - Snake out (hatart)
steve lacy/mal waldron - herbe de l'oubli (hatart)
steve lacy/mal waldron - sempre amore
steve lacy/andrea centazzo/kent carter trio - live (ictus)
steve lacy/maarten altena - high, low and order (hatart)
steve lacy - avignon and after vol 1 (emanem)
steve lacy - stabs/solo in berlin: (fmp)
​steve lacy - straws (cramps)
steve lacy - 5 x monk 5 x lacy (silkheart)
Charles mingus - mingus ah um (columbia)
charles mingus - the black saint and the sinner lady (impulse)
Charles mingus - mingus at antibes (atlantic)
pig destroyer - terrifyer (relapse records)
roger smith - spanish guitar (lmc)

january

LOUIS ARMSTROng - the complete hot five and hot seven recordings (columibia)
ARTIS QUARTET - WEBERN - STRING QUARTETS (NIMBUS)
derek bailey - domestic and public pieces (emanem)

craft & 20th Century classics ensemble & philharmonia orchestra (naxos) -
webern - op 21, op 16, op 17, op 18, op 20, op 22, op 27, op 6, op 7, op 11, op 24

Paul Desmond jim hall quartet - the complete recordings (jazz sollectors)
AGUSTI FERNANDEZ/BARRY GUY/RAMON LOPEZ - MORNING GLORY (MAYA)
AGUSTI FERNANDEZ/BARRY GUY/RAMON LOPEZ - AURORA (MAYA)
The fulani hoddu (ocora)
fletcher henderson - a study in frustration (essential jazz classics)
klemperer - philharmonia orchestra - beethoven symphony 6, 7 & 8 (EMI)
aloys kontarsky - stockhausen - klavierstucke i-xi (sony)
charlie parker - complete dial recordings (spotlite)
evan parker and barry guy - birds and blades (intakt)
mstislav rostropovich - j.s.bach - cello suites (emi)
Sonny rollins - sonny rollins quintet (EMI)
ANDRES SEGOVIA - THE SEGOVIA COLLECTION (DG)
FRED SHERRY STRING QUARTET - SCHOENBERG - STRing quarteTs No.1, 2, 3 & 4 (NAXOS)
roger smith - green wood (emanem)
spontaneous music ensemble - biosystem (psi)
KENNY WHEELER - ANGEL SONG (ECM)

UCHIDA, BOULEZ & THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA (DECCA) -
sCHOENBERG - op 42, op11 & op 19
webern - op 27
berg - op 1

yuasa & ulster orchestra (naxos) -webern - op 1, op 5, op 6, op 10, op 21 & op 30

2019
december

miles davis - bags groove
Paul Desmond jim hall quartet - the complete recordings (jazz sollectors)
ella fitzgerald - sings the duke ellington songbook (verve)
ELLA FITZGERALD & JOE PASS - TAKE LOVE EASY (PABLO)
fletcher henderson - a study in frustration (essential jazz classics)
lee konitz - with warne marsh (atlantic)
aloys kontarsky - stockhausen - klavierstucke i-xi (sony)
mississippi fred mcdowell (rounder)
john mclaughlin - extrapolation (polydor)
william parker quartet - o'neals porch (aum fidelity)
jimmy raney - two jims and zoot (mainstream)
mstislav rostropovich - j.s.bach - cello suites (emi)
ANDRES SEGOVIA - THE SEGOVIA COLLECTION (DG)

november

derek bailey & tony coe - time (incus)
derek bailey & cecil taylor - PLEISTOZaen mit wasser (FMP)
john coltrane - the complete prestige recordings (prestige)
brigitte engerer - frederic chopin - nocturnes (harmonia mundi)
BILL EVANS & JIM HALL - INTERMODULATION (VERVE)
BILL EVANS & JIM HALL - undercurrent (blue note)
ELLA FITZGERALD & JOE PASS - TAKE LOVE EASY (PABLO)
ELLA FITZGERALD - THE COMPLETE ELLA IN BERLIN - MACK THE KNIFE (verve)
bill frisell & fred hersch - songs we know (NONesuch)
JIMMY GIUFFRE THREE - 1961 (ecm)
grant green - the complete quartets w/ sonny clark (blue note)
CHRISTIAN HOMMEL and THE COLOGNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA - J.S. BACH - CONCERTOS FOR OBOE AND OBOE D'AMORE (NAXOS)
WILHELM KEMPFF - BEETHOVEN - PIANO SONATAS 30, 31, 32 (DG)
ludwig koch - a salute to ludwig koch (bbc wildlife series)
ludwig koch - woodland birds (bbc wildlife series)
ludwig koch - british mammals and amphibians (bbc wildlife series)
aloys kontarsky - stockhausen - klavierstucke i-xi (sony)
joe morris & matthew shipp - thesis (hatart)
joe morris & agusti fernandez - ambrosia (riti records)
n.w.a. - straight outta compton (priority)
NIRVANA - bleach (SUB POP)
NIRVANA - IN UTERO (DGC)
tonus - dirk serries/martina verhoeven - cagean morphology (a new wave of jazz)
ARTUR SCHNABEL - BEETHOVEN - PIANO SONATAS 30, 31 & 32 (HMV)
benedict taylor - rend (roam records)
CECIL TAYLOR & MAX ROACH - HISTORIC CONCERTS (SOUL NOTE)
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - The low end theory (JIVE)
colIn webster - hiss (rawtonk)

october

edward battersby - beethoven - diabelli variations (naxos)
alfred brendel - beethoven - diabelli variations (phillips)
john coltrane - soultrane (prestige)
john coltrane - dakar (prestige)
john coltrane - blue train (blue note)
miles davis quintet - cookin' (prestige)
miles davis quintet - relaxin' (prestige)
miles davis quintet - round midnight (columbia)
miles davis quintet - steamin' (prestige)
miles davis quintet - walkin' (prestige)
BILL EVANS & JIM HALL - INTERMODULATION (VERVE)
BILL EVANS & JIM HALL - undercurrent (blue note)
ludwig koch - a salute to ludwig koch (bbc wildlife series)
ludwig koch - woodland birds (bbc wildlife series)
ludwig koch - british mammals and amphibians (bbc wildlife series)
n.w.a. - straight outta compton (priority)
judas priest - rocka rolla (repertoire)
BLACK SABBATH - BLACK SABBATH (VERTIGO)
KONSTANTIN SCHERbakov - beethoven - diabelli variations (naxos)
artur schnabel - beethoven - diabelli variations (naxos)

september

JULIAN BREAM - BAROQUE GUITAR (RCA)
JOHN COLTRANE - LIVE IN Paris 1965 (LANDSCAPE)
​GLEN GOULD - J.S. BACH - THE ENGLISH SUITES (SONY)
​GLEN GOULD - J.S. BACH - THE FRENCH SUITES (SONY)
GLEN GOULD - J.S. BACH - THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS (SONY)
GLEN GOULD - J.S. BACH - PIANO CONCERTOS (SONY)
ANGELA HEWITT - J.S. BACH - THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS (HYPERION)
CHRISTIAN HOMMEL and THE COLOGNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA - J.S. BACH - CONCERTOS FOR OBOE AND OBOE D'AMORE (NAXOS)
GIDON KREMER - J.S.BACH - SONATAS AND PARTITAS FOR SOLO VIOLIN (ECM)
NEVILLE MARRINER - J.S. BACH - THE BRANDENBERG CONCERTOS (WARNER)
MONTENEGRIN GUITAR DUO - J.S. BACH - THE ENGLISH SUITES (NAXOS)
​MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH - J.S.BACH - CELLO SUITES (EMI)
ANDRES SEGOVIA - THE SEGOVIA COLLECTION (DG)

august

BLACK SABBATH - BLACK SABBATH (VERTIGO)
JU:IAN BREAM - BAROQUE GUITAR (RCA)
​GLEN GOULD - J.S. BACH - THE ENGLISH SUITES (SONY)
GLEN GOULD - J.S. BACH - THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS (SONY)
ANGELA HEWITT - J.S. BACH - THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS (HYPERION)
GIDON KREMER - J.S.BACH - SONATAS AND PARTITAS FOR SOLO VIOLIN (ECM)
NEVILLE MARRINER - J.S. BACH - THE BRANDENBERG CONCERTOS (WARNER)
MONTENEGRIN GUITAR DUO - BACH - THE ENGLISH SUITES (NAXOS)
THELONIOUS MONK - THE UNIQUE (OJC)
THELONIOUS MONK - MONKS DREAM (COUMBIA)
THELONIOUS MONK - SOLO (COLUMBIA)
CHARLIE PARKER - COMPLETE DIAL RECORDINGS (SPOTLIGHT)
​MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH - J.S.BACH - CELLO SUITES (EMI)
ANDRES SEGOVIA - THE SEGOVIA COLLECTION (DG)
CECIL TAYLOR & MAX ROACH - HISTORIC CONCERTS (SOUL NOTE)
​JOHN WILLIAMS - J.S BACH - THE LUTE SUITES ON GUITAR (SONY/BMI)


july

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY - SOMETHIN' ELSE (BLUE NOTE)
BLACK SABBATH - BLACK SABBATH (VERTIGO)
BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID (VERTIGO)
BLACK SABBATH - SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH (VERTIGO)
gidon kremer - j.s.bach - sonatas and partitas for solo violin (ECM)
B.B.KING - My KIND OF BLUES (EMI)
PAUL LEWIS - SCHUBERT - PIANO SONATAS  840, 850 & 894 (Harmonia mundi)
PAUL LEWIS & MARK PADMORE - SCHUBERT - WINTERREISE (HARMONIA MUNDI)
JULIE LONDON - JULIE IS HER NAME (LIBERTY)
montenegrin guitar duo - bach - the english suites (naxos)
THELONIOUS MONK - THE UNIQUE (OJC)
thelonious monk - monks dream (coumbia)
thelonious monk - solo (columbia)
CHARLIE PARKER - complete dial recordings (spotlight)
ARTUR SCHNABEL - BEETHOVEN - PIANO SONATAS 30, 31 & 32 (HMV)
CECIL TAYLOR & MAX ROACH - HISToric concerts (soul note)
CECIL TAYLOR UNIT - AKISAKILA (TRIO RECORDS)


JUNE

BARONESS - YELLOW & GREEN (RELAPSE)
BLACK SABBATH - BLACK SABBATH (VERTIGO)
BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID (VERTIGO)
pierre boulez - le marteau sans maitre (harmonia mundi)
ROBERT CRAFT - boulez - le marteau sans maitre (EL RECORDS)
BILL EVANS - CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF (VERVE)
BILL EVANS & JIM HALL - INTERMODULATION (VERVE)
stan getz - complete royal roost (roost)
HERBERT VON KARAJAN - BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY 7 (DG)
aloys kontarsky - stockhausen - klavierstucke i-xi (sony)
METALLICA - RIDE THE LIGHTNING (EMI)
montenegrin guitar duo - bach - the english suites (naxos)
NIRVANA - NEVERMIND (GEFFEN)
CHARLIE PARKER/DIZZIY GILLESPIE - BIRD & DIZ (CLEF/VERVE)
QUATUOR MOASIQUES - HAYDN - STRING QUARTETS OPUS 20 (NAIVE)
SONIC YOUTH - SONIC YOUTH (GOOFIN RECORDS)
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN - Nr.5 ZEITMASSE (Time MEASURES) for five woodwinds (EL RECORDS)
BENEDICT TAYLOR & DIRK SERRIES - PUNCTURE CYCLE (NEW WAVE OF JAZZ)

MAY

bailey/davies/jeffrey/muir/parker - the music improvisation company (ecm)
pierre boulez - le marteau sans maitre (harmonia mundi)
john butcher & john edwards - optic (emanem)
Change ringing from st.mary redcliffe, bristol (saydisc)
ANDREW CYRILLE/BILL FRISELL/WADADA LEO SMITH - LEbroba (ECM)
giora feidman - the incredible clarinet (phonodor)
glen gould - j.s. bach - the english suites (sony)
JASCHA HEIFETZ/GREGOR PIATIGORSKY/WILLIAM PRIMROSE - BEETHOVEN - THE COMPLETE STRING TRIOS (RCA)
aloys kontarsky - stockhausen - klavierstucke i-xi (sony)
mastodon - leviathan (relapse records)
montenengrin guitar duo - bach - the english suites (naxos)
OTTO KLEMPEREr - BEETHOVEN - SYMPHONY 6 & 7 (EMI)
SONNY ROLLINS - rollins plays for bird (prestige)
SONNy rollins - way out west (contemporary)
sonny rollins - the sound of soNny (riverside)
sonny rollins - newk's time (blue Note)
sonny rollins - a night at the village vanguard (blue note)
sonny rollins - sonny side up (verve)
sonny rollins - freedom suite (riverside)
sonny rollins quartet with don cherry - complete live at the village gate 1962 (solar records)
david tudor - stockhausen - klavierstucke xi (el records)

APRIL
ARTIS QUARTET - WEBERN - STRING QUARTETS (NIMBUS)
DEREK BAILEY & TONY COE - TIME (INCUS)
ALBAN BERG QUARTET - BARTOK - STRING QUARTETS (EMI)
ALFRED BRENDEL - SCHUBERT - SONATA 42/53 (PHILIPS)
ANDREW CYRILLE/BILL FRISELL/WADADA LEO SMITH - LEbroba (ECM)
ELLA FITZGERALD & JOE PASS - TAKE LOVE EASY (PABLO)
BILL FRISELL/DAVE HOLLAND/ELVIN JONES (NONESUCH)
JASCHA HEIFETZ/GREGOR PIATIGORSKY/WILLIAM PRIMROSE - BEETHOVEN - THE COMPLETE STRING TRIOS (RCA)
DAVE HOLLAND QUINTET - SEEDS OF TIME (ECM)
LONNIE JOHNSON - COMPLETE 1937-47 (DOCUMENT)
HERBERT VON KARAJAN - BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY 7 (DG)
OTTO KLEMPEREr - BEETHOVEN - SYMPHONY 7 (EMI)
STEVE LACY THREE - N.Y. CAPERS (HATART)
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER/MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVITCH - BEETHOVEN CELLO SONATAS (PHILIPS)
SONNY ROLLINS - PLUS 4 (PRESTIGE)
SONNY ROLLINS - SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS (PRESTIGE)
KENNY WHEELER - ANGEL SONG (ECM)


MARCH
LEONARD BERNSTEIN - MAHLER - SYMPHONY 6 (SONY)
KENNY BURRELL - INTRODUCING (BLUE NOTE)
KENNY BURRELL & JOHN COLTRANE (NEW JAZZ)
KENNY BURRELL - MIDNIGHT BLUE (BLUE NOTE)
JOHN COLTRANE - THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (ATLANTIC)
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN - the genius of the electric guitar (columbia)
VID Drašler - KRAMLJANJA (ZAVOD SPLOH)
BILL EVANS & JIM HALL - UNDERCURRENT (BLUE NOTE)
BILL EVANS & JIM HALL - INTERMODULATION (VERVE)
JOHN EDWARDS - VOLUME
TAL FARLOW - The sWINGING GUITAR (VERVE)
SIMON FELL/JOE MORRIS/ALEX WARD - the necessary and the possible (VICTO)
AGUSTI FERNANDEZ/JOE MORRIS - AMBROSIA (RITI)
ELLA FITZGERALD - SINGS THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK (VERVE)
BARRY GUY/BARRE PHILLIPS - ARCUS (MAYA)
BARNEY KESSEL - THE POLL WINNERS RIDE AGAIN! (CONTEMPORARY)
KODALY QUARTET - HAYDN - STRING QUARTETS Op.17 NO.1, 2 & 4 (NAXOS)
KODALY QUARTET - HAYDN - STRING QUARTETS Op.17 NO.3, 5 & 6 (NAXOS)
JOE MANERI/MAT MANERI/BARRE PHILLIPS - TALES OF ROHNLEIF (ECM)
RED NORVO TRIO - COMPLETE RECORDINGS (AMERICAN JAZZ CLASSICS)
BARRE PHILLIPS & JOE MORRIS - ELM CITY DUETS (CLEAN FEED)
SALOMON QUARTET - MOZART - THE SIX 'HAYDN" STRING QUARTETS (HYPERION)
FRED SHERRY STRING QUARTET - SCHOENBERG - STRing quarteTs No.1, 2, 3 & 4 (NAXOS)

FEBRUARY
DEREK BAILEY - DOMESTIC AND PUBLIC PIECES (1975-77) (EMANEM)
DEREK BAILEY AND BARRE PHILLIPS - FIGURING (INCUS)
JOHN COLTRANE - THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (ATLANTIC)
                           (THE COMPLETE ATLANTIC RECORDINGS)
JOHN COLTRANE - SUNSHIP (IMPULSE)
FAITH NO MORE - ANGEL DUST (SLASH)
AGUSTI FERNANDEZ/BARRY GUY/RAMON LOPEZ - MORNING GLORY (MAYA)
AGUSTI FERNANDEZ/BARRY GUY/RAMON LOPEZ - AURORA (MAYA)
ELLA FITZGERALD and LOUIS ARMSTRONG - ELLA AND LOUIS AGAIN (VERVE)
BARRY GUY/MARILYN CRISPELL/PAUL LYTTON - ODYSSEY (INTAKT)
GZA/GENIUS - LIQUID SWORDs (GEFFEN)
DAVE HOLLAND AND SAM RIVERS - VOL.1 (SOUL NOTE)
GiDON KREMER - J.s.BACH - SONATas and PARTITAS for violin (ECM)
WES MONTGOMERY TRIO - LIVE AT THE HALF NOTE (VERVE)
DJANGO REINHARDT - DJANGO REINHARDT (PATHE)
mstislav rostropovich - j.s.bach - cello suites (emi)
MATTHEW SHIPP QUARTET - THE FLOW OF X (THIRSTY EAR)
MATTHEW SHIPP AND JOE MORRIS - THESIS (HATART)
MATTHEW SHIPP QUARTET - POINTS (SILKHEART)
MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO - PRISM (HATART)
John WILLIAMS - J.s BACH - the lute SUITES on guitar (SONY/BMI)

January
sidney bechet - the fabulous (bluenote)
thomas beecham - schubert - symphonies 3/5/6 (emi)
art blakey's jazz messengers with thelonious monk (atlantic)
paul bley/evan parker/barre phillips - time will tell (ecm)
dreamtheater - awake (eastwest)
stan getz - complete royal roost (roost)
the jimmy giuffre 3 - 1961 (ECM)
THE jimmy giuffre three (atlantic)
glenn gould - j.s.bach - english and french suites (sony)
The fulani hoddu (ocora)
billie holiday - the lady sings (proper records)
herbert von karajan - brahms - symphony 1 (DG)
herbert von karajan - shumann - symphony 1 (dG)
otto klemperer - brahms - symphony 1 (emi)
otto klemperer - brahms - symphony 1/2/3/4 (emi)
Iron maiden - iron maiden (EMI)
iron maiden - killers (RAW POWER)
iron maiden - the number of the beast (emi)
iron maiden - piece of mind (emi)
iron maiden - powerslave (emi)
iron maiden - somewhere in time (emi)
iron maiden - seventh son of a seventh son (emi)
john mclaughlin - extrapolation (polydor)
metallica - hardwired...to self-destruct (blackened records)
charles mingus - mingus ah um (columbia)
nirvana - mtv unplugged in new york (DGC)
nirvana - in utero (DGC)
charlie parker - complete dial recordings (spotlite)
mstislav rostropovich - j.s.bach - cello suites (emi)
shellac - at action park (touch and go)
John WILLIAMS - J.s. BACH - the lute SUITES on guitar (SONY/BMI)

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