Bobo Stenson Trio
Goodbye [ ECM / CD - released 26/Sep/2005 ] |
Bobo Stenson Trio
Serenity [ ECM / 2 CD - released 26/Jun/2000 ] The topography of Serenity is as varied as that of life, speaking to and from the heart of what this outfit is capable of. This record is first and foremost about clarity, second about a distant storm whose image is its soundtrack. In balancing these... |
Bobo Stenson Trio
War Orphans [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded May 1997 |
Bobo Stensontrio
Indicum [ ECM / CD - released 7/Dec/2012 ] The anticipation of a new Bobo Stenson Trio release may be too much to bear, but the release of one is too much to ignore. This seventh album for ECM finds the Trio in new rags and old. Bill Evans's "Your Story" was a favorite of Paul Motian, to whom... |
Stefano Bollani (piano) with Jesper Bodilsen (double-bass) & Morten Lund (drums)
Stone in the Water [ ECM Records / CD - released 5/Oct/2009 ] "A lovely document by an exemplary trio." Michael J. West, Jazz Times |
MEREDITH MONK
Piano Songs Bruce Brubaker / Ursula Oppens [ ECM New Series / CD - released 2/May/2014 ] Celebrating Meredith Monk as composer, these Piano Songs give us a world at once playful and serious. Written or derived from work composed between 1971 and 2006, the pieces inhabit Monk's unique universe, as played by two of new music's most... |
Camerata Bern / London Voices / Heinz Holliger : oboe and conductor
Veress, Sandor - Passacaglia Concertante / Songs Of The Seasons / Musica Concertante [ ECM Records / CD ] The three works by Sándor Veress played here show the breadth of the range he acquired over the years and also the stylistic unity of his music, its unmistakable tone, firm and astringent but at the same time melancholy and lyrical. |
Carla Bley
4 X 4 [ ECM / CD - released 30/Oct/2000 ] "4x4" is the title of Carla Bley's new album and also the name of her new octet. It's a stripped-down version of her Big Band. Carla's cast off three trumpets, three trombones and three reeds, but there is no loss of power. On the contrary, like... |
Carla Bley
Dinner Music [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] |
Carla Bley
The Lost Chords Find Paolo... [ ECM / CD - released 5/Nov/2007 ] |
Carla Bley
Night Glo [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] |
Carla Bley
Rarum Volume 15 - Selected Recordings [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Feb/2004 ] 'Selected Recordings' features landmark recordings and old favourites - greatest hits, effectively - from this highly regarded musician. |
Carla Bley
Sextet [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] |
Carla Bley
The Very Big Carla Bley Band (LP) [ ECM / Watt / LP - released 15/Dec/2008 ] Five striking Bley compositions are featured here, including two extended works, 'United States' and 'All Fall Down'. The lasting impression is one of unusual voicings, adventurous soloists, unconventional arranging touches, and dissonant shadings.... |
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard & Steve Swallow
Trios [ ECM / CD - released 9/Sep/2013 ] |
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Life Goes On (LP) [ ECM Records / LP - released 14/Feb/2020 ] A striking album of new music from pianist/composer Carla Bley, whose trio with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow is now in its 25th year. |
Carla Bley Big Band
Appearing Nightly [ ECM / CD - released 25/Aug/2008 ] |
MERIDETH MONK
Atlas (an opera in 3 parts) Carlos Aravalo, Thomas Bogdan, Victoria Boomsma, Janis Brenner, Susan Iadone (voices) / Darryl Kubian (violin) / Wayne Hankin (conductor) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Recorded June 1992 |
HILDEGARD von BINGEN / ENSECU / BENJAMIN / YSAYE / J.S. BACH
L'Aurore Carolin Widmann (violin) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 17/Jun/2022 ] German violinist Carolin Widmann's imaginative solo recital spans a thousand years of music history from Hildegard von Bingen's antiphon Spiritus sanctus vivificans vita to Three Miniatures by George Benjamin. En route, Widman's "little... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: The Violin Sonatas Carolin Widmann (violin) Denes Varjon (piano) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Chamber - "Their imaginative, wide-ranging variations of tone colour unlock the music's romantic, atmospheric potential, and their command of genuine rubato - passionate, unimpeded forward motion followed by lingering... |