Dec 29 2024 148 mins 2
In this episode, we look back and pick our favorite classical and jazz recordings from 2024.
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Russ’ Classical Picks
Episode 159: “The Devil’s Bones” (4/8/2024)
“Dani Howard: Orchestral Works” (Rubicon)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Seal, Peter Moore
https://open.spotify.com/album/5Jx84IiJpqnFdj1ZlClwmh
https://music.apple.com/us/album/dani-howard-orchestral-works/1728301274
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CTKVSTHF
Episode 161: “Musical Mixology” (4/22/2024)
“Gaspar Cassadó; Federico Mompou: Complete Solo Guitar Works” (Naxos)
Eugenio Della Chiara
https://open.spotify.com/album/5a28UTpRc60t5X3iPOGi8H
https://music.apple.com/us/album/cassadó-mompou-complete-guitar-works/1728711114
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CT1XPXXR
Episode 173: “Land of a Thousand Albums” (7/15/2024)
“Christopher Rouse: Concertos” (Albany)
Eric Berlin, Katherine Needleman, Peter Kolkay, Albany Symphony Orchestra / David Allen Miller
https://open.spotify.com/album/6O6mm7o93tgZIjKINSWjPR
https://music.apple.com/us/album/heimdalls-trumpet-i-i/1751834007?i=1751834022
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D6WS3NVH
Episode 176: “Loads of Modes” (8/5/2024)
“Queen of Hearts” (Hyperion)
The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park
https://open.spotify.com/album/0zpFfOMwcP4oPJLrj20jd2
https://music.apple.com/us/album/queen-of-hearts-laments-and-songs-of-regret/1745277244
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D3LLBDRN
Episode 180: “Schubert, Shakespeare, and Swing” (9/10/2024)
“Arpeggione - A Forgotten Instrument” (Prospero Classical)
Martin Zeller, Giorgio Paronuzzi, Victor Castillo Luna
https://open.spotify.com/album/0qkMC3Y4anQkpdpLpKvmEt
https://music.apple.com/us/album/arpeggione-a-forgotten-instrument/1751759056
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D6WNNRWY
Episode 184: “Something Somewhere Out There” (10/7/2024)
“Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7” (Naxos)
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice / Marek Štilec
https://open.spotify.com/album/5DJcPumcwbIMMn1fphKAnL
https://music.apple.com/us/album/wranitzky-orchestral-works-vol-7/1766638898
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D7XFFGY2
“Virtuosi” (La Dolce Volta)
Romain Leleu, Thomas Leleu
https://open.spotify.com/album/2AdW5VP11MY9EGqf5vPrOo
https://music.apple.com/us/album/virtuosi/1759908568
Episode 187: “Keiser’s Kind of Kenny” (with guest host Jason Keiser) (11/4/2024)
“My American Story: North” (Deutsche Grammophon)
Daniil Trifonov
https://open.spotify.com/album/3FZi8RccOUV0Y7oIH1a6Wm
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/my-american-story-north/1759583559
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DB9DQWZP
Episode 188: “Eurojazz & Violins” (11/11/2024)
“Souvenirs” (BIS)
Johan Dalene, Peter Friis Johansson
https://open.spotify.com/album/7ILMJAoc4BUpDCf0CbjElZ
https://music.apple.com/us/album/souvenirs/1763918842
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DDQ4TKHX
Episode 191: “Keyboard Multiverse” (12/2/2024)
“Music of the Angels: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets by Boccherini” (Hyperion)
Steven Isserlis, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
https://open.spotify.com/album/6V1CsavbL4yFwL8r7WTIDQ
https://music.apple.com/us/album/boccherini-cello-concertos-sonatas-quintets/1766333659
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DFZNR1QD
Mike’s Classical Picks
Episode 148 “Splashes of Spain” (1/15/2024)
“Michael Jarrell: Orchestral Works” (BIS)
Ilya Gringolts, Florent Jodelet, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire / Pascal Rophé
https://open.spotify.com/album/7Axq7YY3bAFMKWIDRn1pqZ
https://music.apple.com/us/album/michael-jarrell-orchestral-works/1716328272
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CT21VHYK
Episode 149 “Silk Road Trip” 1/22/2024
“Shadows of My Ancestors” (Alpha)
Behzod Abduraimov
https://open.spotify.com/album/5Ei35G8GkLNxtLW0HRfzMC
https://music.apple.com/us/album/shadows-of-my-ancestors/1716705715
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CNDD1168
Episode 155 “Golden Hours” (3/4/2024)
“The Golden Hour” (Alpha)
Lucile Boulanger, Simon Pierre, Olivier Fortin
https://open.spotify.com/album/3XCD6VvPu1CzDqd3qDOSgC
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-golden-hour/1722087146
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CQPFXZBW
Episode 158 “The Tyranny of Drums” (4/1/2024)
“CPE Bach Symphonies from Berlin to Hamburg” (Harmonia Mundi)
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
https://open.spotify.com/album/1PofiRrN4LdOrbdAM6w4kE
https://music.apple.com/us/album/c-p-e-bach-symphonies-from-berlin-to-hamburg/1716721177
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CND9H76H
Episode 166 “Subtle Vibes, Subtle Vibrations” (5/27/2024)
“Silvestrov Symphony for Violin and Orchestra ‘Widmung,’ Postludium for Piano and Orchestra” (Naxos)
Janusz Wawrowski, Jurgis Karnavicius, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee
https://open.spotify.com/album/3qZougQVlHgPGxOe8iKyLx
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CX9DMJWT
Episode 168 “Mediterranean Odyssey” (6/10/2024)
“Flute Concertos by Ibert, Jolivet & Rodrigo” (Resonus Classics)
Sami Junnonen, Helsinki Chamber Orchestra /James S. Kahane
https://open.spotify.com/album/6Ajt303Jsdah7mphc7KJCZ
https://music.apple.com/us/album/ibert-jolivet-rodrigo-flute-concertos/1741419146
https://music.amazon.co.jp/albums/B0D1RFND6X
Episode 170 “Muses, Moods, and an Oud” (6/24/2024)
“The Muses Restor’d” (Channel Classics)
Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque
https://open.spotify.com/album/7pTuWApnYcQGAyCbwlX6rV
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-muses-restord/1736919506
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CYHYW65L
Episode 181 “Stereo Awakenings” (9/16/2024)
“Magnus Lindberg Viola Concerto, Absence, Serenade” (Ondine)
Lawrence Power, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Nicholas Collon
https://open.spotify.com/album/2gFdzTz6vkFwa8um3FUjWH
https://music.apple.com/us/album/magnus-lindberg-viola-concerto-absence-serenades/1757030114
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D8JS51GB
Episode 185 “Old Friends and Fresh Faces” (10/14/2024)
“Scarlatti A Man of Genius” (Arcana)
Francesco Corti
https://open.spotify.com/album/1vTLiPhGobRylpaAuadZmz
https://music.apple.com/us/album/domenico-scarlatti-a-man-of-genius/1757354709
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D9C3ZJR8
Episode 193 “Organ Spirit” (12/16/2024)
“A Monk's Life” (Hyperion)
The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice
https://open.spotify.com/album/5CZZLXPMBYvoTL3hcPTVnm
https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-monks-life/1766355722
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DFZVBC2P
Mike’s Jazz Picks
Episode 162 “Keiserology” (with guest host Jason Keiser) (4/29/2024)
“Hittin’ It” (Cellar Live)
Mike Clement
https://open.spotify.com/album/5fEkMcP3lhN2R7OWr9p5wz
https://music.apple.com/us/album/hittin-it/1724083312
https://mikeclement.bandcamp.com/album/hittin-it
Episode 167 “Basement Brass” (6/3/2024)
“The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner” (Savant)
Conrad Herwig
https://open.spotify.com/album/7iLVm9Zn8ByjzidvVk0JXL
https://music.apple.com/it/album/the-latin-side-of-mccoy-tyner/1739179608
https://music.amazon.co.jp/albums/B0CZPR3X8P
Episode 170 “Muses, Moods and an Oud” (6/24/2024)
“Soul Jazz” (Smoke Sessions)
Something Else! with Vincent Herring
https://open.spotify.com/album/7f31M1gNOiQcfHlnGS231G
https://music.apple.com/us/album/soul-jazz-feat-vincent-herring/1740827070
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D1GXF6YP
Episode 178 “Trumpet Divertimento” (8/26/2024)
“Super Blonde” (SteepleChase)
Kirk Knuffke
https://open.spotify.com/album/61NgJ2mhRrXHIOTa7pAx4A
https://music.apple.com/us/album/super-blonde/1757147947
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D9WRQN4F
Episode 185 “Old Friends & Fresh Faces” (10/14/2024)
“Take It Like It Is” (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Olivier Robin
https://open.spotify.com/album/3D6dyIcJC9ej63IesvFLfH
https://music.apple.com/us/album/take-it-like-it-is-feat-josiah-woods-alex-terrier-albert/1765514386
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DFMJVXGJ
Episode 186 “Masquerades and Milestones” (10/21/2024)
“Portrait” (Verve)
Samara Joy
https://open.spotify.com/album/7sH4icMotSET9zBcbR5Gz4
https://music.apple.com/us/album/portrait/1761436800
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DCF53W27
Episode 187: “Keiser’s Kind of Kenny” (with guest host Jason Keiser) (11/4/2024)
“Kind of Kenny” (OA2)
Jason Keiser
https://open.spotify.com/album/6xtBt9LVskunZZcGg7taOm
https://music.apple.com/us/album/kind-of-kenny/1767884105
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DGRK7Q4P
Episode 188: “Eurojazz & Violins” (11/11/2024)
“What a Day” (Stunt Records)
Snorre Kirk
https://open.spotify.com/album/6z7Lvc4KUPOhOAcpb6vBRv
https://music.apple.com/us/album/what-a-day-feat-anders-fjeldsted-joe-webb-giacomo-smith/1769022821
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DH93YRVP
“I’ve Been Waiting for You” (Gleam Records)
Giuseppe Venezia
https://open.spotify.com/album/1047k2ja2r82NSPka2NXj1
https://music.apple.com/us/album/ive-been-waiting-for-you/1757884970
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D9MLPNT4
Episode 191: “Keyboard Multiverse” (12/2/2024)
“Cookin' in the Couve” (Cellar Music)
Ben Patterson
https://open.spotify.com/album/4UGLeoR6vG9Z70LRaSzgxH
https://music.apple.com/us/album/cookin-in-the-couve/1763914129
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DDQXNM8N
Russ’ Jazz Picks
Episode 150: “Music a la Modal” (1/29/2024)
“Fellowship” (Imani Records)
David Gibson
https://open.spotify.com/album/2hIrIvWTBb16JWMbG5PSAd
https://music.apple.com/us/album/fellowship/1723516812
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CR6TXY7F
Episode 153: “Savante-Garde” (2/19/2024)
“To The Surface” (Rhythm ‘N’ Flow Records)
Lawrence Fields
https://open.spotify.com/album/6V6ize3i50A084GZA7UZy8
https://music.apple.com/us/album/to-the-surface/1718266078
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CNXW3HG5
Episode 163: “Theater of Music” (5/6/2024)
“Deep in the Soil” (Origin)
Jordan VanHemert
https://open.spotify.com/album/1FFu6vbaw8WRXWFeRY9mDT
https://music.apple.com/us/album/deep-in-the-soil-feat-helen-sung/1734519607
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CX7KS7F3
Episode 169: “Boss Baritones and Prepared Pianists” (6/17/2024)
“WAW!” (Hobby Horse Records)
Carl Winther, Richard Andersson, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts
https://open.spotify.com/album/4M0UBYn1X069Qpe5xMiPMU
https://music.apple.com/us/album/waw/1738653010
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CV7TKJMS
Episode 170 “Muses, Moods and an Oud” (6/24/2024)
“Tributes” (Criss Cross Jazz)
Antonio Farao
https://open.spotify.com/album/0f4F3TjWgHzXDUaqGoy1Dj
https://music.apple.com/us/album/tributes-feat-john-patitucci-jeff-ballard/1752150506
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D2LQJPH9
Episode 171: “Popular Precedents” (7/1/2024)
“Influences” (Origin)
Jared Hall
https://open.spotify.com/album/1s1gbD6QpC8PhdZya4y7Wo
https://music.apple.com/us/album/influences/1742404273
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D2B32K49
Episode 175 “Summer Joys” (7/29/2024)
“I Owe It All to You” (Posi-Tone)
Luther Allison
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6K8QOMTGa8UqH6iylaR0g2
https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-owe-it-all-to-you/1746404869
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D5K6QST7
Episode 178 “Trumpet Divertimento” (8/26/2024)
“Mambo Jazz Party” (Circle 9 Records)
Jonathan Powell
https://open.spotify.com/album/3QjkpqoSOObbnMmmQRAnt3
https://music.apple.com/us/album/mambo-jazz-party/1760692440
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DBSYQG5S
Episode 179: “Fandango Fantasy” (9/2/2024)
“Heading Home” (Origin)
Eric Jacobson
https://open.spotify.com/album/4jkyZWLl4WtoFxlHp6SINt
https://music.apple.com/us/album/heading-home/1755040801
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D8K1MPB4
“Good Company” (Posi-Tone)
Art Hirahara
https://open.spotify.com/album/3etnWTbkHb6n1UheLAgPNv
https://music.apple.com/us/album/good-company/1755647728
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D94XP2WD
