“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.

 

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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.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