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Inspired by GEO

Posted by jec01 (A) on January 23, 2017 at 18:56:41

I thought I'd post what I bought in 2016. There were lots of hits, and not a few misses. Some of this stuff I'm still digesting, and sometimes my reach may have exceeded my grasp (Dutilleux??)

Note that many of these were released years, if not decades, ago; I just finally got around to them.

Hopefully, other inmates will follow suit and share their 2016 purchases.

Music I liked from familiar artists:

Brad Mehldau Trio: Blues and Ballads
Keith Jarrett: A Multitude of Angels
Jake Shimabukuru: The Nashville Sessions
Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage
David Cross and Robert Fripp: Starless Starlight
Robert Fripp et al: The Plague of Crafty Guitarists
Robert Fripp String Quintet: The Bridge Between
California Guitar Trio: Komorebi
Solas: All These Years
Gwilym Simcock: Blues Vignette
Gwilym Simcock: Good Days at Schloss Elmau
Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau: Nearness
Fred Hirsch: Sunday Night at the Vanguard
Antonio Sanchez: The Meridian Suite
Antonio Sanchez: Three Times Three
Pat Metheny: Upojenie
Bill Charlap: Notes from New York
Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions
Jack DeJohnette: In Movement
Bela Fleck: Drive
Chaise Lounge: Gin Fizz Fandango
King Crimson: Live in Toronto
Pat Metheny: Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny
Lyle Mays Quartet: The Ludwingsburg Concert
Little Feat: Transmission Impossible
Christian McBride Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard
John McLaughlin et al: Passion, Grace and Fire
Sonny Rollins: Road Shows Vol 2
Emerson, Lake and Palmer: Trilogy Deluxe Edition
Michael Formanek: The Distance
Cyrus Chestnut: Spirit
Chanticleer: Where the Sun Will Never Go Down
Chanticleer: Our American Journey
Bill Frisell: When You Wish Upon a Star
Ralph Towner: Solo Concert

Music from familiar artists that IMO wasn't up to their usual standards:

The Bad Plus: It's Hard
Enter the Haggis: Broken Arms
Paul Simon: Stranger to Stranger
Brian Eno: The Ship
John Scofield: Country for Old Men
John Scofield: Electric Outlet
Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom
Yo-Yo Ma: Sing Me Home
Yo-Yo Ma: New Impossibilities
John McLaughlin: Black Light
Sonny Rollins: Road Shows Vol 4
Anonymous 4: 1865: Songs of Hope and Home
Simone Dinnerstein: Bach Re-Invented

Music I took a flyer on and am glad I did:

Phronesis: Parallax
Rafal Sarnecki: The Madman Rambles Again
Rafal Sarnecki: Cat's Dream
Various Artists: Jazz Manouche
Ara Dinkjian/The Secret Trio: Soundscapes
Logan Richardson: Shift
The Khoury Project: Revelation
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: All My Yesterdays
Mathias Eick: Midwest
Jakob Bro: Gefion
Beoga: Live at 10
Beoga: Mischief


Music I took a flyer on that didn't pan out as well as I'd hoped:

John McEuen: Made in Brooklyn
Cristina Pato: Migrations
Horse Lords: Interventions
Moira Smiley: Rua
Booker T and the MGs: McLemore Avenue
The Decemberists: The Crane Wife
Tauk: Homunculus
Papadosio: Tetios

Classical Division:

Michael Torke: Color Music (Zinman and others)
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Blu-Ray with Netrebko)
Bach: St. Matthews Passion (Blu-Ray with St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig)
Corelli: Complete Edition (Belder on Brilliant)
Harris: Symphony No. 3 (Alsop)
Haydn: Complete Masses (Burdick)
Haydn: The Symphonies (some Hogwood, some Bruggen, some Dantone)
Simple Gifts (Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center)
Bach: Cantata No. 208 (Goodman)
Bach: Little Organ Book (Ensemble Mare Nostrum)
Ades/Norgard/Abrahamsen: String Quartets (Danish String Quartet)
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier (Richter)
Tchaikovsky: 18 Pieces for Solo Piano (Pletnev)
Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies (Pletnev)
Zuill Bailey: Arpeggione
Bach: Magnificat (Dunedin Consort)
Sibelius: Complete Symphonies (Berglund/Bournemouth)
Brahms: Bruno Walter box set
Handel: Judas Maccabeus (The Kings Consort)
Louise Talma: The Ambient Air &c (Ambache)
Amy Beach: Piano Quintet &c (Ambache)
Respighi: Piano Quintet &c (Ambache)
Dutilleux: Centenary Edition
Abrahamsen: Let Me Tell You (Hannigan)
Bach: Mass in B Minor (Celibidache)
Tennstedt: The Great EMI Recordings
Albeniz: Iberia (Grane)
Debussy: Cabrera Plays Debussy
Debussy: Preludes, Book 1 (de Quiros)
Chopin: Polish Songs (Sobotka)

Christmas Division:

Carols from the Old and New World, Vol III (Hillier)
Christmas with J. S. Bach (Blu-Ray with Hanover Boys Choir)
Tenebrae: A Very English Christmas
Tenebrae: What Sweeter Music: Songs and Carols for Christmas
Wells Cathedral Choir: A Wells Christmas
Capella SF: Light of Gold
Stile Antico: A Wondrous Mystery

So what did you pick up last year?


Happy listening,

Jim

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