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Kenny Wheeler
Double, Double You [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Canadian trumpeter Kenny Wheeler was both a major jazz composer and a soloist given to free flights, thriving on the creative tension between lyricism and fiery interplay. Musicians loved the challenges implied in his writing, as is apparent in every... |
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Kenny Wheeler
Gnu High [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 22/Sep/2008 ] Recorded in June 1975, Kenny Wheeler's 'Gnu High' album is now re-issued on CD at a special price, in a stylish digi-pack cover - to coincide with ECM's 40th Anniversary. |
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Kenny Wheeler (with Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette)
Gnu High (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 28/Apr/2023 ] "Gnu High" was trumpeter/flugelhornist Kenny Wheeler's first for ECM, and Keith Jarrett's last session as a sideman: both deliver astonishing improvisations in a highly interactive quartet with Holland and DeJohnette, and Wheeler's writing is... |
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Kenny Wheeler
Music For Large & Small Ensembles [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] |
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JORG WIDMANN
Arche Kent Nagano / Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] For the opening of Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie concert hall, the German composer Jorg Widmann was commissioned to write a new oratorio for soloists, choirs, organ and orchestra, Arche. Widmann drew inspiration from the shape of the building itself:... |
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Ketil Bjornstad (piano) with Andy Sheppard (saxophones) Anja Lechner (cello), etc
La Notte [ ECM / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] |
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Ketil Bjornstad / David Darling / Terje Rypdal / Jon Christensen
The Sea [ ECM / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] |
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Ketil Bjornstad & Terje Rypdal
Life in Leipzig [ ECM Records / CD - released 3/Aug/2009 ] Norwegians Ketil Bjørnstad and Terje Rypdal - a rare and possibly unique duo combination of electric guitar and acoustic piano - in an exciting live album recorded before an enthusiastic audience in Leipzig's Opera House. |
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LARS SAABYE CHRISTENSEN
A Suite Of Poems Ketil Bjørnstad (Piano), Anneli Drecker (Voice) [ ECM / CD - released 18/May/2018 ] Norwegian-Danish author Lars Saabye Christensen is one of Scandinavia most widely-praised and prolific contemporary writers. For many years now, in the course of his travels around the globe, he has been sending "hotel poems" to his friend Ketil... |
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Ketil Bjørnstad / Svante Henryson
Night Song [ ECM Records / CD - released 14/Mar/2011 ] Ketil Bjørnstad returns to the piano/cello duo, instrumentation which defined two of his best-loved albums, 'The River' and 'Epigraphs' |
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VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Sacred Songs Kiev Chamber Choir, Mykola Hobdych [ ECM New Series / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] "Nourishing repertoire, ravishingly sung; a balm for the heart and soul." (MusicWeb Aug 2013) |
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VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Sacred Works Kiev Chamber Choir / Mykola Hobdych [ ECM Records / CD - released 10/Dec/2009 ] "Hypnotic and startlingly different, this music has cult potential." The Observer, 22nd November 2009 |
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BRITTEN / KODALY/ CARTER / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / VIEUXTEMPS
Elegies Kim Kashkashian (viola) / Robert Levin (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 25/Nov/2007 ] Recorded 1984 |
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PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Sonatas For Viola / Piano & Viola Alone (LP) Kim Kashkashian & Robert Levin [ ECM New Series / 3 LP - released 15/Dec/2008 ] |
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J.S. BACH
J.S. Bach: Six Suites for Viola Solo Kim Kashkashian (viola) [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] |
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KURTAG / LIGETI
Ligeti: Music for viola Kim Kashkashian (viola) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] Grammy Winner - Best Classical Instrumental Solo |
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MORTON FELDMAN / JOHN CAGE / ERIK SATIE
Rothko Chapel Kim Kashkashian (viola) / Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson, with Sarah Rothenberg (piano) & Steven Schick (percussion) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] "The Houston choir's singing is warm and percussionist Steven Schick creates a great sense of space and ritual." The Guardian |
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J.S. BACH
Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord Kim Kashkashian (viola) / Keith Jarrett (harpsichord) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jan/1992 ] Great jazz pianist Keith Jarrett plays harpsichord accompaniment to ECM violist Kim Kashkashian on this recording of Bach's sonatas for viola da gamba and keyboard: a stimulating and interesting perspective on these delightful works. |
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KIM KASHKASHIAN
Monodia Kim Kashkashian, viola Leonidas Kavakos, violin Manchener Kammerorchester Christoph Poppen, Jan Garbarek, soprano, saxophone The Hilliard Ensemble [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Here is a fuller portrait of Armenia's foremost composer. This double album, made with Mansurian's participation, includes premiere recordings of works of the last decade. |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (with works by Eotvos & Kurtag) Kim Kashkashian (viola) Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Peter Eotvos [ ECM New Series / CD - released 10/Aug/2008 ] Typically impassioned, committed performances distinguish Kim Kashkashian's New Series recording of music for viola by three great Hungarian composers. Kashkashian's intense focus, superb craftsmanship and explosive virtuosity are brought to bear on... |