“Year-End Wrap Up: Our Favorite Music of 2024”

In this episode, we look back and pick our favorite classical and jazz recordings from 2024.   The Adult Music Podcast is featured in: Feedspot's 100 Best Jazz Podcasts   Episode 195 Deezer Playlist   Fair use disclaimer: Music sample clips are for commentary and educational purposes. We recommend that listeners listen to the complete recordings, all of which are available on streaming services in the links provided. We also suggest that if you enjoy the music, you consider purchasing the CDs or high-quality downloads to support the artists.   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.apple.com/us/album/valentin-silvestrov-widmung-postludium-for-piano-orchestra/1740669457 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