BEETHOVEN
The Piano Sonatas Volume 8: Sonatas opp. 109, 110 & 111 [30, 31, 32] Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 10/Nov/2008 ] "The quality of the playing and the recording are such that collectors of the complete edition are unlikely to be disappointed..the presentation is gorgeous, with a few nice facsimiles of Beethoven's original sketches and the usual informative and... |
JANACEK
A Recollection: Piano Music Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 3/Jun/2001 ] "(Schiff) combines extreme sophistication with a directness of utterance which is very close to the folk tradition. Schiff shows a keen understanding of the music's polyphonic aspect." (BBC Music) |
Andy Sheppard / Michel Benita / Seb Rochford
Trio Libero [ ECM / CD - released 12/Mar/2012 ] UK saxophonist Andy Sheppard introduces his freely lyrical new trio, who all share a sense of stylistic open-mindedness. |
VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Silvestrov: Hieroglyphen Der Nacht Anja Lechner (cello) [ ECM / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] "Listeners familiar with the benign beauty that imbues much of Silvestrov's sacred choral works will be in for quite a shock. [The Elegie is] brilliantly performed by seasoned Silvestrov cellist Anja Lechner." Gramophone |
GEORGE I. GURDJIEFF
Chants, Hymns and Dances Anja Lechner (cello) Vassilis Tsabropoulos (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2004 ] "Chants, Hymns and Dances" features music of G.I. Gurdjieff (c. 1877-1948) in new arrangements for cello and piano by Anja Lechner and Vassilis Tsabropoulos, as well as compositions by Tsabropoulos (b. 1966) based, in part, upon Byzantine hymns. |
Anja Lechner (cello), Vassilis Tsabropoulos (piano)
Melos [ ECM / CD - released 29/Aug/2008 ] "Melos" is the sequel to Anja Lechner's and Vassilis Tsabropoulos' album Chants, Hymns and Dances, issued in autumn 2004 to much critical and public acclaim. The focus there was on traditional Greek-Byzantine hymns and on melodies by the legendary... |
Anja Lechner & Francois Couturier
Moderato Cantabile [ ECM New Series / CD ] After a decade of shared work in the Tarkovsky Quartet and an ongoing alliance in the Pergolesi Project (with singer Maria Pia De Vito), German cellist Anja Lechner and French pianist François Couturier unveil their new duo. The players approach the... |
SCHNITTKE / SHCHEDRIN / RIHM
Elusive Affinity Anna Gourari [ ECM New Series / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] In this imaginatively shaped and sensitively played album - her third for ECM - Russian pianist Anna Gourari explores musical connections and influences extending across the arts. Three suites of contemporary music are heard here. Alfred Schnittke's... |
Anna Gourari
Various: Canto Oscuro [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] |
Anouar Brahem
The Astounding Eyes of Rita [ ECM Records / CD - released 28/Sep/2009 ] Personnel - Anouar Brahem: oud; Klaus Gesing: bass clarinet; Björn Meyer: bass; Khaled Yassine: darbouka, bendir. |
Anouar Brahem
Astrakan Cafe [ ECM Records / CD - released 18/Sep/2000 ] Tunisian oud virtuoso Anouar Brahem counts as one of ECM's most important 'discoveries' of the last decade. After his highly successful trans-cultural recording 'Thimar', he returns to a more purely Middle Eastern music on 'Astrakan Café', with the... |
Anouar Brahem
Barzakh [ ECM / CD - released 13/Jan/2018 ] Recorded in 1990, Barzakh was the ECM debut of Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem, and an album that immediately captured the attention of press and public with its gracefulness and authority. "Phenomenal…this is pure Arab music, without 'world music'... |
Anouar Brahem
Blue Maqams [ ECM / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Recorded in New York's Avatar Studios in May 2017 and produced by Manfred Eicher, Blue Maqams brings Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem together with three brilliant improvisers. For Anouar Brahem and Dave Holland the album marks a reunion: they first... |
Anouar Brahem
Conte de l'incroyable amour [ ECM Touchstones / CD ] Part of the 'Touchstones' series of specially-priced and newly packaged albums from ECM's back catalogue. All featuring the original artwork and brand new packaging - double cardboard sleeves reminiscent of the original LPs. Tunisian oud master... |
Anouar Brahem
Khomsa [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] Khomsa is an old Tunisian female name meaning "the five fingers of the hand", symbolic of good luck in the Tunisian bedouin tradition. It is also the name of the heroine in Nouri Bouzid's film Bezness - the music for which was composed by Anouar... |
Anouar Brahem
Le Pas Du Chat Noir [ ECM Records / CD - released 27/Aug/2002 ] |
Anouar Brahem
Le Voyage De Sahar [ ECM Records / CD - released 17/May/2006 ] Featuring persuasive, emotionally powerful new compositions by Brahem, and also incorporating new approaches to a selection of his most frequently performed works. |
Anouar Brahem / John Surman / Dave Holland
Thimar [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded March 1997. |
Aparis
Despite The Fire-Fighters [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] |
GAVIN BRYARS
Three Viennese Dances Arditti String Quartet / Pascal Pongy : French horn / Charles Fullbrook : percus [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Recorded February 1986 |