Music for the mature mind: Russ and Mike discuss recent classical and jazz releases from their secret mountain lair in Japan. Find something new to listen to each week with complete release info and streaming links to Spotify, Apple Music, and our episode playlist on Deezer.
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episode 145: “Year-End Wrap Up: Our Favorite Adult Music of 2023”
In this episode, we look back and pick our favorite classical and jazz recordings from 2023.
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Russ’ Classical Picks
Episode 103: “Beats of Different Drummers”
“Niklas Sivelöv: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5” (Naxos)
Malmö Opera / Joachim Gustafsson
https://open.spotify.com/album/61HpLnwUiHwIujiU0Uk0Xk
https://music.apple.com/us/album/sivelöv-symphonies-nos-1-5/1646564323
Episode 106: “Krazy Keyboards”
“Perpetuum” (Alpha)
Anthony Romaniuk
https://open.spotify.com/album/6E358f5Pz7RqsNsE1gteK4
https://music.apple.com/us/album/perpetuum/1660066366
Episode 111: “Baroque ‘n’ Bones”
“Nimrod Borenstein: Piano Concerto; Shirim; Light & Darkness” (Somm)
Clélia Iruzun, Tamás András, Robert Smissen, Ursula Smith, Leon Bosch,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Nimrod Borenstein
https://open.spotify.com/album/2j7euR132qGfBrTOkb81fB
https://music.apple.com/lk/album/nimrod-borenstein-concerto-for-piano-orchestra-op-91/1663301197
Episode 116: “Smokin’ Pipes”
“Tüür: Canticum Canticorum Caritatis” (Alpha)
Collegium Musical Chamber Choir, Endrik Üksvärav
https://open.spotify.com/album/44TRSVyrWLG1fZbzBq2TDj
https://music.apple.com/us/album/tüür-canticum-canticorum-caritatis/1660737692
Episode 121: “A Transmusical Experience”
“Roberto Sierra: Symphony No. 6, Sinfonietta For String Orchestra, Two Pieces For Orchestra, Fandangos, Alegria” (Onyx)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan
https://open.spotify.com/album/5Uwu9QtHKADC1D2h630esX
https://music.apple.com/us/album/roberto-sierra/1678534265
Episode 122: “Guitarasaurus”
“Scarlatti Sonatas” (Deux-Elles)
Eden-Stell Guitar Duo
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9482360--scarlatti-sonatas
https://open.spotify.com/album/2JLwXQveyW3bDEqGCvggI0
Episode 123: “Pumped-Up Pianos”
“Airat Ichmouratov: Piano Concerto, Viola Concerto No. 1” (Chandos)
Jean-Philippe Sylvestre, Elvira Misbakhova, London Symphony Orchestra / Airat Ichmouratov
https://open.spotify.com/album/4G58Gm2ziXbKMvlIUVIUbS
https://music.apple.com/us/album/ichmouratov-piano-concerto-viola-concerto-no-1/1682525509
Episode 138 "Giant Genre Steps"
“Daser: Missa Pater Noster & Other Works” (Hyperion)
Cinquecento
https://open.spotify.com/album/0mD5m5g3S45apN0DTjMdqA
https://music.apple.com/us/album/daser-missa-pater-noster-other-works/1703579308
Episode 144: “Troubled Times, Remembered Times”
“Letter(s) to Erik Satie” (Erato)
Bertrand Chamayou
https://open.spotify.com/album/15s569on1J3khSfNhrww86
https://music.apple.com/us/album/letter-s-to-erik-satie/1701040018
Episode 144: “Troubled Times, Remembered Times”
“Paul Wranitzky: Three String Quartets Op. 32 No. 4; Op. 2 No. 2 & Op. 49” (CPO)
Almaviva Quartett
https://open.spotify.com/album/6LQqO1clfyU91xskDNXqng
https://music.apple.com/us/album/wranitzky-3-string-quartets/1718936442
Mike’s Classical Picks
Episode 102: “Master Keys”
“Clara & Robert Schumann: Piano Concertos” (Warner Classics)
Beatrice Rana, Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Yannick Nézet-Séguin
https://open.spotify.com/album/1N1wu91bavegZTqzKc9Irp
https://music.apple.com/us/album/clara-robert-schumann-piano-concertos/1655782702
Episode 106: “Krazy Keyboards”
“Nikolai Kapustin: Piano Concerto No. 5, Concerto Op. 104 & Sinfonietta Op. 49” (Capriccio)
Frank Dupree, Adrian Brendle, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Dominik Beykirch
https://open.spotify.com/album/7fmNroLykjGFnBloOyocHk
https://music.apple.com/us/album/kapustin-piano-concerto-no-5-op-72-concerto-for-2-pianos/1664858737
Episode 109: “Spirit and Swing”
“Mompou: Música Callada” (Hyperion)
Stephen Hough
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68362
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9380244--mompou-musica-callada
Episode 110: “Baroque ‘n’ Bones “
“Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal” (Alpha)
Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini
https://open.spotify.com/album/7A7MgnNHieRRND9FjyRoQJ
https://music.apple.com/us/album/haydn-2032-vol-13-horn-signal/1661115248
Episode 125: “Jazz Renderings”
“Jazz: Akhunov, Poulenc, Messiaen” (Aparté)
Julia Igonina, Maxim Emelyanychev
https://open.spotify.com/album/1hDRKg5dMTsYpGHKnP48zf
https://music.apple.com/us/album/jazz-akhunov-poulenc-messiaen/1682272606
Episode 129: “Metal Melodies”
“Medtner in England” (Somm)
Natalia Lomeiko, Alexander Karpeyev & Theodore Platt
https://open.spotify.com/album/0fIgSZ6tY5xtUBatupz6Lq
https://music.apple.com/us/album/medtner-in-england/1701593975
Episode 129: “Metal Melodies”
“Dependent Arising” (Cedille)
Rachel Barton Pine, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Tito Muñoz
https://open.spotify.com/album/7jY9NUjFHWHc9hjWM9GyP8
https://music.apple.com/us/album/dependent-arising/1693324639
Episode 131: “Maximum Music”
“Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 24” (Ondine)
Lars Vogt, Orchestre de chambre de Paris
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9522100--mozart-piano-concertos-nos-9-24
https://open.spotify.com/album/4uC65NT3aqWBF8hCoJNiyI
Episode 131: “Maximum Music”
“Nielsen: The Concertos” (Deutsche Grammophon)
Bomsori, Ulla Miilmann Johnny Teyssier, Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Fabio Luisi
https://open.spotify.com/album/073rJryF55orqGJJbF0xnY
https://music.apple.com/us/album/nielsen-the-concertos/1699563524
Episode 134: “Mediterranean Moves”
“Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine” (Harmonia Mundi)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
https://open.spotify.com/album/2qz5cUkqLK664EpMonr2D2
https://music.apple.com/us/album/monteverdi-vespro-della-beata-vergine/1692443640
Episode 134: “Mediterranean Moves”
“Topos: 20th-Century Greek Orchestral Music” (Naxos)
Noé Inui, Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra / Zoi Tsokanou
https://open.spotify.com/album/3XyayXmMuU22tKyedRQl0i
https://music.apple.com/us/album/topos-20th-century-greek-orchestral-music/1691557655
Episode 136: “Trumpet Soirée”
“Locatelli: Il Virtuoso, Il Poeta: Violin Concertos & Concerti Grossi” (Harmonia Mundi)
Isabelle Faust, Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini
https://open.spotify.com/album/6G1RWMrM6hcf9UwPJt2MpZ
https://music.apple.com/us/album/locatelli-il-virtuoso-il-poeta-violin/1692437179
Episode 139: “Piano, Piano Everywhere”
“Bach: Goldberg Variations” (Deutsche Grammophon)
Víkingur Ólafsson
https://open.spotify.com/album/5kBtLULy6vMwjFRSSEEIjP
https://music.apple.com/us/album/j-s-bach-goldberg-variations/1694676611
Mike’s Jazz Picks
Episode 102: “Master Keys”
“The Source” (Artwork Records)
Kenny Barron
https://open.spotify.com/album/5e2gQsP9jvj5telqe9zERG
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-source/1659443592
Episode 103: “Beats of Different Drummers”
“Beboptical Illusion” (BEBOP Records)
Gaz Hughes
https://open.spotify.com/album/2OrbfYDVKi4SIqfGYN7bSI
https://music.apple.com/us/album/beboptical-illusion/1656897565
Episode 113: “American Rhythm ‘n’ Moods”
“Green on the Scene” (Cellar Live) sax quintet, 4/21/2023
Nick Green
https://open.spotify.com/album/4LesPUDBXdgZ8XeD2gjWGr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/green-on-the-scene/1658889202
Episode 115 “Europiano”
“Viewpoint” (Alys Jazz)
Gabriel Latchin Trio
https://open.spotify.com/album/5qxvA6BN2WPgDkoxUF3604
https://music.apple.com/us/album/viewpoint/1677793847
Episode 116: “Smokin’ Pipes”
“Family Business” (PosiTone)
Jim Alfredson
https://open.spotify.com/album/6sqyLqLqSXuFNhrNR7kpwU
https://music.apple.com/us/search?term=Jim%20Alfredson
Episode 117: “Solo, Duo, Trio, Quartet”
“Danish Rain” (Storyville Records)
Thomas Fonnesbæk, Justin Kauflin
https://open.spotify.com/album/1iw5Lvlm5PH9wOVetpVruw
https://music.apple.com/us/album/danish-rain/1678534575
Episode 118: “Bone Sandwiches”
“You Are Not Alone” (Skydeck Music)
Jon Ailabouni
https://open.spotify.com/album/2YJTa5lklZFNkwr80RZKok
https://music.apple.com/us/album/you-are-not-alone/1686997429
Episode 132: “Debuts and Discoveries”
“Relentless Pursuit” (Odradek)
Tony Addison
https://open.spotify.com/album/1fsWWGdlsybqmtAJEDh5OF
https://music.apple.com/us/album/relentless-pursuit/1704205585
Episode 134: “Mediterranean Moves”
“Let Them Talk” (Cellar Live)
Lezlie Harrison
https://open.spotify.com/album/4zf4KGBY5ddojNxypLbCO6
https://music.apple.com/us/search?term=Lezlie%20Harrison
Episode 138: "Giant Genre Steps"
“Echo Canyon” (Posi-Tone) piano trio, 10/20/2023
Art Hirahara
https://open.spotify.com/album/7cIUdRoDVMXEysDXnHeOz2
https://music.apple.com/us/album/echo-canyon/1705110849
Russ’s Jazz Picks
Episode 104: “Tours de Force”
“Flowing Mind” (Edition Collage)
Isabelle Bodenseh
https://open.spotify.com/album/7GdHAcS0V5PjjA1CH97FHO
https://music.apple.com/us/album/flowing-mind/1654966699
Episode 111: “Mercurial Moods”
“High Octane” (Odradek)
Octet La Nocturne
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0xtMqwBE6tPaoLN5Prifop
https://music.apple.com/lk/search?term=Octet%20La%20Nocturne
Episode 114: “Fabulous Frets”
“Shaw’s Groove” (Origin Records)
Jason Keiser
https://open.spotify.com/album/38s1M6Khau3CB9SuDj14wh
https://music.apple.com/us/album/shaws-groove/1677261643
Episode 127: Something in the Ether
“Technocats: The Music of Gregg Hill” (Cold Plunge Records)
TechnoCats
https://open.spotify.com/album/1XV1sxgWffftGbV7YIzly0
https://music.apple.com/us/album/technocats-the-music-of-gregg-hill/1698437937
Episode 130: “Lovin’ Good Vibes”
“Vibes on a Breath” (OA2 Records)
Ted Piltzecker
https://open.spotify.com/album/70MYttUXq66OvgCwQpmVFH
https://music.apple.com/us/album/vibes-on-a-breath/1698932013
Episode 130: “Lovin’ Good Vibes”
“Off The Charts” (Savant)
Richard Baratta
https://open.spotify.com/album/5wvTMy70QWcd843JmidL5L
https://music.apple.com/us/album/off-the-charts/1697044148
Episode 138: "Giant Genre Steps"
“Firetet” (Self Release)
Constantine Alexander
https://open.spotify.com/album/7ATeZW75ZliyozkaqoO8h6
https://music.apple.com/us/album/firetet/1709429203
Episode 139: "Piano, Piano Everywhere"
“Bridges” (Smoke Sessions)
Kevin Hays, Ben Street, Billy Hart
https://open.spotify.com/album/0I9zgU4D4E4mYHqct0Lxbx
https://music.apple.com/us/album/bridges/1701701956
Episode 141: “Solo, Septet, and Symphonic Sounds”
“Seven Colors” (Privave Records)
Elmar Frey
https://open.spotify.com/album/4nyOHxNsiyWYBK5DR7R0ZC
https://music.apple.com/us/album/seven-colors/1712673247
Episode 144: “Troubled Times, Remembered Times”
“Satie: A Time Remembered” (O-tone)
Caspar van Meel
https://open.spotify.com/album/0t0LLIsqHbwPsoWNZRWHfW
https://music.apple.com/us/album/satie-a-time-remembered/1711070530
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