Elina Duni Quartet
Dallёndyshe [ ECM / CD - released 20/Jan/2016 ] On Dallёndyshe ("The Swallow"), her second ECM album, Elina Duni sings songs of love and exile. The troubled history of the Balkan regions has inspired many such songs and the pieces here, primarily from Albanian traditional sources, are interpreted... |
Dominik Wania (piano)
Lonely Shadows [ ECM / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] After critically-acclaimed ECM recordings with the Maciej Obara Quartet (Unloved, Three Crowns), Polish pianist Dominik Wania delivers a solo album recorded in November 2019 in Lugano. |
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA
Seven Words / Ten Preludes / De profundis Elsbeth Moser (bayan) / Manchener Kammerorchester / Christoph Poppen : conductor [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Mar/2002 ] "Insightful performances which surpass all currently available alternatives." - Gramophone Magazine May 2002 |
Enrico Rava
New York Days [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] This is a new transatlantic quintet headed by Italian trumpeter Rava, recorded in New York in 2008 and a first ECM appearance for US tenorist Mark Turner, whose distilled, lean sound references Coltrane, Warne Marsh, Wayne Shorter and others. |
Enrico Rava
New York Days (LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 9/Mar/2009 ] A new transatlantic quintet headed by Italian trumpeter Rava, recorded in New York in 2008 and a first ECM appearance for US tenorist Mark Turner, whose distilled, lean sound references Coltrane, Warne Marsh, Wayne Shorter and others. Turner's... |
Enrico Rava
The Pilgrim and the Stars [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 24/Oct/2008 ] The Italian trumpeter's ECM debut with a band featuring John Abercrombie, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen. Rava's evocative compositions, including the meanwhile classic ballad "Blancasnow", inspire strong solos and spirited interaction.orded... |
Enrico Rava
The Plot [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded August 1976 |
Enrico Rava Quintet
Tribe [ ECM / CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] |
Enrico Rava Quintet
The Words & The Days [ ECM / CD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] |
Enrico Rava / Stefano Bollani / Paul Motian
Tati [ ECM / CD - released 26/Jul/2013 ] |
ALFRED ZIMMERLIN
Euridice: Chamber Works Ensemble Aequator / Aria Quartet / Carmina Quartet [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] Alfred Zimmerlin (born 1955), who won an early international reputation as an improvising cellist, has long been known in his native Switzerland as a prolific composer of strong sonic imagination, assured technique and resourceful talent. |
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
Ordo Virtutum Ensemble Belcanto, Dietburg Spohr [ ECM New Series / CD - released 5/Aug/2013 ] This is the second New Series album to feature the Stuttgart-based Ensemble Belcanto |
STEVE REICH
Tehillim Ensemble / George Manahan (conductor) [ ECM Records / CD - released 2/May/2001 ] Recorded September & October 1981 |
HEINER GOEBBELS
La Jalousie / Red Run / Herakles 2 / Befreiung Ensemble Modern / Christoph Anders (narrator) [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded May 1992 |
Ensemble Modern / Heinz Holliger
Heinz Holliger - Scaardanelli-Zyklus [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Recorded September 1991 |
HELMUT LACHENMANN
Schwankungen am Rand Ensemble Modern / Peter Eotvos (conductor) [ ECM / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] The New York Times recently asked the question "Who is the most influential European composer of the moment?" and answered that no name "comes to mind more immediately than that of Helmut Lachenmann. This disc is the essential Lachenmann. This CD... |
ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Oxymoron / Salve Regina / Ardor / etc Pedro Carneiro (marimba) Leho Karin (violoncello) Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann (piano) / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra / Olari Elts [ ECM / CD - released 17/Nov/2007 ] "The performances all seem to be of the highest quality, and two artists deserve special mention: Pedro Carneiro for his unbeliveable feats of prestidigitation as marimba soloist in Ardor, and Leho Karin for the sustained intensity she brings to the... |
ARVO PART
Part: In Principio Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Tallinn Chamber Orchestra / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "This is a superbly constructed recital of some of the most recent music of Estonian composer Arvo Part." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
CARLO GESUALDO / BRETT DEAN / ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Gesualdo Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste [ ECM / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "enjoy this well planned and superbly performed release. My Recording of the Month, for sure, and it will be high up in my Recordings of the Year." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Nov 2015) |
ARVO PART
Pärt: Tractus (LP) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor) [ ECM New Series / 2 LP - released 15/Dec/2023 ] Tractus emphasizes Arvo Pärt compositions that blend the timbres of string orchestra and choir. New versions predominate, with focused performances from the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tõnu Kaljuste's... |