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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Officium Novum Jan Garbarek (soprano and tenor saxophones) / The Hilliard Ensemble [ ECM New Series / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "Over the immanent, limpid voices Garbarek improvises equally immaculate counter-melodies. His contributions tend to be somewhat predictable, more decoration than improvisation in the fullest sense, but his tone is so pleasing...and the melodies so... |
Jan Garbarek / The Hilliard Ensemble
Remember me, my dear [ ECM New Series / CD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] 25 years on from the release of Officium, the groundbreaking alliance of Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble, comes Remember me, my dear, recorded during the final tour the group made in October 2014. The program is emblematic of the range of... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Fantazias John Holloway (violin), Monika Baer (viola), Renate Steinmann (viola), Martin Zeller (violoncello) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] Henry Purcell's "fantazias" are regarded as some of the finest and most intricately wrought examples of the fantasia, due to their profound embrace of counterpoint and great command of the polyphonal techniques of the time. Composed in the summer of... |
BIBER / MUFFAT
Violin Works (Includes Sonata Victori der Christen) John Holloway (violin) Aloysia Assenbaum (organ) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 23/Apr/2005 ] Holloway's ECM recordings have received the highest critical praise. |
LECLAIR
Trio Sonatas John Holloway (violin) Jaap ter Linden (cello) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (cembalo) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Revelatory performances of these Italian violin sonatas with a strong French accent." Editor's Choice - Gramophone April 2009 |
VERACINI
Violin Sonatas John Holloway (violin) Jaap ter Linden (cello) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (cembalo) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 18/Mar/2006 ] "In not trying to charm, Holloway and friends render Veracini an utter delight. On their terms, of course." Editor’s Choice – Gramophone Magazine (April 2006) |
JOSQUIN / VICTORIA
Secret History - Sacred Music John Potter, Anna Maria Friman (vocals) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 25/Aug/2017 ] "Anna Maria Friman lends her pure soprano to some of Josquin's motets, reworked as vocal duets, and the linking passages of chant or of solo vihuela give this pared-back disc a flowing, almost improvisatory feel." The Guardian |
AMBROSE FIELD
Being Dufay John Potter (tenor) / Ambrose Field (live and studio electronics) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] British tenor John Potter and fellow countryman Ambrose Field, composer of electronic/digital music, offer a striking juxtaposition of Renaissance music and present-day technology: In seven interconnected pieces, vocal fragments from the songs and... |
JORG WIDMANN
Elegie Jorg Widmann (clarinet) Heinz Holliger (piano) / Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Christoph Poppen [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "These concentrated miniatures of almost Webern-like brevity showcase Widmann's virtuosity as well as his comprehensive understanding of his instrument's capabilities." The Guardian, 21st April 2011 *** |
ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Symphony No. 6 'Strata' / Noesis: Concerto for clarinet, violin and orchestra Jörg Widmann (clarinet) / Carolin Widmann (violin) / Nordic Symphony Orchestra / Anu Tali [ ECM New Series / CD - released 17/Nov/2010 ] "The craftsmanship [of Strata] is obvious, and the textures it generates are often striking...[Noésis is] an exercise in fusion, beginning with the solo instruments as distinct musical entities, and gradually bringing them into a closer relationship.... |
SAMUEL BARBER / BELA BARTOK
Barber / Bartok: Piano Concertos Keith Jarrett (piano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, New Japan Philharmonic, Kazuyoshi Akiyama & Dennis Russell Davies [ ECM New Series / CD - released 10/Jun/2015 ] For much of the 1980s, Keith Jarrett balanced his improvisational activities with performances of classical music and contemporary composition. On this disc, with concert recordings from 1984 and 1985, he is heard playing Samuel Barber's Piano... |
Keith Jarrett
Solo Concerts Bremen / Lausanne (LP) [ ECM Luminessence Series) / 3 LP - released 27/Oct/2023 ] Recorded March & July 1973 |
Keith Jarrett / Jan Garbarek
Luminessence (LP) [ ECM (Luminessence Series) / LP - released 1/Mar/2024 ] Mysterious, dramatic and alluring, Luminessence comes from a peak period in the creative association between Keith Jarrett and Jan Garbarek, recorded in 1974, immediately after their vibrant Belonging album. Here, Jarrett creates shimmering... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I Keith Jarrett (piano) [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 14/Jun/2019 ] "These are performances in which tempos, phrasing, articulation and the execution of ornaments are convincing," wrote Gramophone of Jarrett's first recorded account of The Well-Tempered Clavier. "Both instrument and performer serve as unobtrusive... |
C.P.E. BACH
Bach, (C.P.E.): Württemberg Sonatas Keith Jarrett (piano) [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 11/Aug/2023 ] "Jarrett moves straight to the top of the list of interpreters on the instrument." Archive Issue of the Month Gramophone Sept 2023 |
GYORGY LIGETI
String Quartets (with Barber - String Quartet Op 11: Adagio) Keller Quartett [ ECM New Series / CD - released 24/Jun/2013 ] "If the beauty and at times uncompromising nightmare worlds of Ligeti's string quartets are a place you have yet to discover, then the Keller Quartet will provide you with the most powerful and lasting of introductions. " (MusicWeb Oct 2013) |
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. |
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... |
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:... |
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) |
