“Year-End Wrap Up: Best of 2021”

In this episode, we look back and pick our favorite classical and jazz recordings from this year.    The Adult Music Podcast is featured in: Feedspot's Top 40 Jazz Podcasts   Classical   Episode 2: “Duo by Duo” “The Mad Lover” (Harmonia Mundi) Theotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Thomas Dunford (lute) https://open.spotify.com/album/4TrV6jQQ37SFwWXlRvkwaB https://music.apple.com/jp/album/the-mad-lover/15384061731   Episode 6: “Boats! Scooters! Turtlenecks! Music!” "Settecento" (Signum Classics) La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (director/violin) Tabea Debus (recorders) https://open.spotify.com/album/5p5I0dWZUQ9PcdybfQLRP6 https://music.apple.com/gb/album/settecento/1545224932   Episode 10: “10th Episode Fiesta: Spanish Guitar, Latin Jazz, Hammond Organ, and Bourbon Shots” “Del Canto Gitano - Music of Ancient Andalusia” (ARC Music) Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde https://open.spotify.com/album/2aWqkLuSgnbAA2ZYSGOxpl https://music.apple.com/us/album/del-canto-gitano-music-of-ancient-andalusia/1551203695   Episode 13: “Get a Sax Pack with Our Renaissance Workout” “The Golden Renaissance: Josquin des Prez” (Decca) Stile Antico https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8862027--the-golden-renaissance-josquin-des-prez https://open.spotify.com/album/10KrRMLwof6IDVAjF0NRqD https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-golden-renaissance-josquin-des-prez/1537654822   Episode 15: “French Me, Baby! Forqueray, Flute, and French Jazz” “Forqueray Unchained” (Arcana) André Lislevand, Jadran Duncumb, Paola Erdas, Rolf Lislevand https://www.prestomusic.com/1classical/products/8894901--forqueray-unchained https://open.spotify.com/album/6k8pFBrfNzeIQc8vjMpcWQ   Episode 16: “Split Nationalities: Justin Taylor Plays Rameau, Freddie De Tommasso Sings Italian Songs, Diego Lubrano’s Flamenco Jazz, and More” “Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 - Méhul: Les Amazones Overture” (Harmonia Mundi) Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth https://open.spotify.com/album/6pcSb0PknKgM98D6MfR33r https://music.apple.com/us/album/beethoven-symphony-no-3-méhul-les-amazones-overture/1559536832   Episode 17: “Bach, Bulgaria, Baevsky, (Hammond) B3 & Big Band” “ Vladigerov: Exotic preludes & Impressions” (Hyperion) Nadejda Vlaeva (piano) https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68327 https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8874868--vladigerov-exotic-preludes-impressions   Episode 18: “Modernist Martini” “Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau & Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin” (Onyx) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko https://open.spotify.com/album/07jA9rwSrIWwhig97FD0OL https://music.apple.com/ca/album/zemlinsky-die-seejungfrau-schreker-der-geburtstag-der/1562851792   Episode 29: “Europa, Europa!” “Mozart & Contemporaries” (Deutsche Grammophon) Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) https://open.spotify.com/album/70RFSsaRzmyH4IlZv76VKA https://music.apple.com/us/album/mozart-contemporaries/1572873864   Episode 36: “Mirror, Mirror” “Paul Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3” (Naxos) Symphony in D major 'La Chasse', Symphony in C major, Mitegefühl - Overture, Die gute Mutte – Overture Czech Chamber Po / Stilec https://open.spotify.com/album/4n1jh1rsDPC46aGLzdlCOi https://music.apple.com/us/album/wranitzky-orchestral-works-vol-3/1586825665   Episode 6: “Boats! Scooters! Turtlenecks! Music!” “French Duets” (Hyperion) Paul Lewis, Steven Osbourne https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68329 https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8863099--french-duets   Episode 16: “Split Nationalities: Justin Taylor Plays Rameau, Freddie De Tommasso Sings Italian Songs, Diego Lubrano’s Flamenco Jazz, and More” “Passione” (Decca) Freddie De Tommaso (tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Renato Balsadonna https://open.spotify.com/album/6g0pbfNr5KlNRwtISrTLCn https://music.apple.com/us/album/passione/1551681378   Episode 32: “Trios of Trios and Visionaries” “The Visionaries of Piano Music: Works by William Byrd & John Bull” (Deutsche Grammophon) Kit Armstrong (piano) https://open.spotify.com/album/7vxXDYK7KufQJNvIud7XQt https://music.apple.com/us/album/william-byrd-john-bull-the-visionaries-of-piano-music/1566850095   Episode 32: “Trios of Trios and Visionaries” “Vasks: Oboe Concerto” (Ondine) Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Andris Poga https://open.spotify.com/album/0c1xQn0EsRnvsl2D4C8zMs https://music.apple.com/us/album/pēteris-vasks-oboe-concerto-vēstījums-lauda/1579754945   Episode 7: “Soaring Sopranos and Omnipotent Organs” “György Ligeti: The 18 Études” (Hyperion) Danny Driver (piano) https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68286 https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8863097--ligeti-the-18-etudes   Episode 38: “In the Fun House” “Sofia Gubaidulina: Dialog: Ich und Du, The Wrath of God & The Light of the End” (Deutsche Grammophon) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Andris Nelsons https://open.spotify.com/album/3OWebM6dry0YlYZaoDmbPt https://music.apple.com/us/album/sofia-gubaidulina-dialog-ich-und-du-the-wrath-of/1584322440   Episode 24: “Sea, Sun, Soil, Serenade, and Sax Summit” “Haydn 2032, Vol. 10: Les heures du jour” (Alpha) Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini https://open.spotify.com/album/2BIyQeXjICfDrORWRtDItu https://music.apple.com/us/album/haydn-2032-vol-10-les-heures-du-jour/1567553784   Episode 16: “Split Nationalities: Justin Taylor Plays Rameau, Freddie De Tommasso Sings Italian Songs, Diego Lubrano’s Flamenco Jazz, and More” “La famille Rameau” (Alpha) Justin Taylor (harpsichord) https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8894895--la-famille-rameau https://open.spotify.com/album/3V2WD6nXpChCFVl2cRyxO4 https://music.apple.com/us/album/la-famille-rameau/1554112304   Episode 34: “Big Band Booze-Up” “Sebastian Fagerlund: Nomade & WaterAtlas” (BIS) Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu https://open.spotify.com/album/3sZx74Os411GLMarCitZ3k https://music.apple.com/us/album/sebastian-fagerlund-cello-concerto-nomade-live-water/1564753940   Episode 32: “Trios of Trios and Visionaries” “Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa” (Erato) Renaud Capuçon (violin), Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne https://open.spotify.com/album/1uFbf5bzNZKrVPrmGls0BY https://music.apple.com/us/album/pärt-tabula-rasa/1576174661   Episode 30: “Guitar Monks” “Nino Rota: Chamber Music” (Alpha) Daishin Kashimoto, Emmanuel Pahud, Eric Le Sage, Paul Meyer, François Meyer, Gilbert Audin, Benoît de Barsony, Joaquín Riquelme García, Claudio Bohórquez, Olivier Thiery, Aurélien Pascal https://open.spotify.com/album/2QS8uYqp1gVDbUwXGXMxwz https://music.apple.com/gb/album/nino-rota-chamber-music/1567546173   Episode 21: “Solo Power!” “Iridescence” (Stradivarius) Antonella Ciccozzi (harp) https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8907221--iridescence https://open.spotify.com/album/6kee60nF4Lov4FDVr9ilKZ   Jazz   Episode 17: “Bach, Bulgaria, Baevsky, (Hammond) B3 & Big Band” “It’s All Your Fault” (Savant) Mike LeDonne https://open.spotify.com/album/4MkGmK7w7ui8PjpOywfe10 https://music.apple.com/us/album/its-all-your-fault/1561405889   Episode 8: “Piazzolla Time Two and a European Jazz Review” “Going Up” (Stunt Records) Snorre Kirk Quartet https://open.spotify.com/album/2Jsv8fQJq9yvJoUjjvKqqV https://music.apple.com/us/album/going-up/1552840208   Episode 37: “Known Unknowns” “City of Sounds”(Smoke Sessions Records) Joe Farnsworth https://open.spotify.com/album/7eCsq51INi4VOW6VxEQATr https://music.apple.com/us/album/city-of-sounds/1579430869   Episode 25: “From Moravia through Scandinavia to Brazilian Sanz” “Sinhá” (Youkali) Albert Sanz & Javier Colina https://open.spotify.com/album/3ul5ui8KdMoLZfENtw8EdW https://music.apple.com/us/album/sinhá/1573377518   Episode 40: “Enigma of Time” “Street of Dreams” (Blue Note) Bill Charlap Trio https://open.spotify.com/album/61y1rgjqARtBJxEn4WEPPr https://music.apple.com/us/album/street-of-dreams/1586728867   Episode 15: “French Me, Baby! Forqueray, Flute, and French Jazz” “Light Blue” (Jazz & People) Simon Chivallon https://open.spotify.com/album/6xwX1d7flkMFKWHtAQFcc9 https://music.apple.com/us/album/light-blue-feat-nicolas-moreaux-antoine-paganotti/1554850215   Episode 37: “Known Unknowns” “Homeward Bound” (Blue Note) Johnathan Blake https://open.spotify.com/album/567r4Wqu7u5g1G7Jj3qpBj https://music.apple.com/us/album/homeward-bound/1584424929   Episode 30: “Guitar Monks” “Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV)” (Modern / Modern Recordings) Pat Metheny https://open.spotify.com/album/2pYj1LTMlFv0zvNZeY2A9y https://music.apple.com/gb/album/side-eye-nyc-v1-iv/1575463693   Episode 5: “GRAMMY Review and Back to the New” “Tough Baritones” (Steeple Chase) Ronnie Cuber, Gary Smulyan https://open.spotify.com/album/6zSDrD9zq6E3vwi01AuVHk https://music.apple.com/us/album/tough-baritones/1547237943   Episode 5: “GRAMMY Review and Back to the New” “John Patitucci-Trio” (Le Coq Records) John Patitucci, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bill Cunliffe https://open.spotify.com/album/08wqEgpg6llw85TKA3OLAj https://music.apple.com/us/album/trio/1550864669   Episode 26: “French Me Again, Baby!” “Vesuviana” (Records DK2) Bruno D’ambra https://open.spotify.com/album/5nJmsH6sC59djojDyZSi8U https://music.apple.com/us/album/vesuviana/1545626478   Episode 6 “Boats! Scooters! Turtlenecks! Music!” “Tone Poem” (Blue Note) Charles Lloyd and the Marvels https://open.spotify.com/album/6Qo5COqwUoBomPPQsGx568 https://music.apple.com/us/album/tone-poem/1550230419   Episode 7 “Soaring Sopranos and Omnipotent Organs” “I Told You So” (Colemine Records) Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio https://open.spotify.com/album/4z1iO0enp7c919GrpOnttF https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-told-you-so/1537206995   Episode 11 “Killer Bs! Bach, Busoni, Bruckner, and Big Band” “Kinetic” (Outside in Music) Steven Feifke Big Band https://open.spotify.com/album/36jijEsR2LREuaLNrp30kc https://music.apple.com/us/album/kinetic/1553562204   Episode 13 “Get a Sax Pack with Our Renaissance Workout” “Preaching to the Choir” (Smoke Session Records) Vincent Herring https://open.spotify.com/album/3Lc55JT9sZ0c4nTVu2xKWD https://music.apple.com/us/album/preaching-to-the-choir/1557973605   Episode 23 “Something Old, Something New, Clarinet and Piano, Jazz Vocals, too!” “Open Sky” (Posi-Tone Records) Art Hirahara https://open.spotify.com/album/5k5BNDv4gQxmO7zZMqdj1y https://music.apple.com/us/album/open-sky/1569463520   Episode 23 “Something Old, Something New, Clarinet and Piano, Jazz Vocals, too!” “Samara Joy” (Whirlwind Records) Samara Joy https://open.spotify.com/album/7odhq8nBHDrTgYXIuV6g23 https://music.apple.com/us/album/samara-joy/1564788476   Episode 29 “Europa, Europa!” “Countdown” (Fresh Sound New Talent) Simon Moullier https://open.spotify.com/album/1b6trTbjFjuwTfXFpnDaks https://music.apple.com/us/album/countdown-feat-luca-alemanno-jongkuk-kim/1565007863   Episode 32 “Trios of Trios and Visionaries” “The Upside of Down (Live at Birdland)” (Ropeadope Records) Joe Alterman       https://open.spotify.com/album/6uC9OJP41q2ITZCxaML0sB https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-upside-of-down-live-at-birdland/1574414667   Episode 32 “Trios of Trios and Visionaries” “Coming down Roses” (Aveni Test Music) Billy Test Trio https://open.spotify.com/album/4hzlshd041Kud1R6gRGFfu https://music.apple.com/us/album/coming-down-roses/1572120017   Episode 36 “Mirror, Mirror” “When Can I See You Again?” (Ubuntu) Sean Gibbs https://open.spotify.com/album/4PIbSWjO05hqgnBq8i4OdR https://music.apple.com/us/album/when-can-i-see-you-again/1567252407   Episode 37 “Known Unknowns” “Songs from My Father” (Whaling City Sound) Gerry Gibbs https://open.spotify.com/album/3CTuAvuUMrDE3QY4HG0V9l https://music.apple.com/us/album/songs-from-my-father/1584426956   Episode 42 “Trane’s Legacy” “Mabern Plays Coltrane” (Smoke Sessions Records) Harold Mabern https://open.spotify.com/album/4suBtE9VUuPLhZ6BI7NUaW https://music.apple.com/us/album/mabern-plays-coltrane/1587802084