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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) |
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CASTELLO / FONATANA
Sonatas concertante in stil moderno John Holloway (violin) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) Jane Gower (dulcian) [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] "just hearing the music itself, regardless of this infectious, quick-witted performance, is a revelation." (Gramophone) |
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JOHN DOWLAND
Pavans and Fantasies from the Age of Dowland John Holloway (violin, viola) Monika Baer (violin, viola) Renate Steinmann (violin) Susanna Hefti (viola) Martin Zeller (bass violin) [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] "it's a ravishing listening experience, exactly the right length, played and recorded stunningly. ECM's notes are up to their usual standards, both as education and entertainment." (10/10 ClassicsToday July 2014) |
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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 |
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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... |
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JOHN DOWLAND
In Darkness Let Me Dwell John Potter (tenor) / Maya Homburger (baroque violin) / Stephen Stubbs (lute) / John Surman (soprano saxophone & bass clarinet) / Barry Guy (double ba [ ECM Dowland Project / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] A fascinating project initiated by Hilliard Ensemble tenorist John Potter with producer Manfred Eicher, which re-examines the beautiful songs of the great sixteenth century composer from a present-day perspective. |
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JOHN DOWLAND
Romaria John Potter (tenor) / MiloAI Valent (violin, viola) / Stephen Stubbs (lute) / John Surman (soprano saxophone & bass clarinet) [ ECM Dowland Project / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] With a revised line-up, John Potter's Dowland Project expands its repertoire on its third album, freely exploring love songs, chants and motets from the 12th century to the present by Oswald von Wolkenstein, Orlando di Lasso, Josquin Desprez and... |
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John Scofield
John Scofield (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 18/Nov/2022 ] John Scofield's first guitar-solo-recording ever gives a résumé of all the influences and idioms he has cultivated over his career in performances on guitar, accompanied by his own rhythmic pulse and chordal backing using a loop machine. Besides... |
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John Scofield, Dave Holland
Memories of Home [ ECM / CD - released 21/Nov/2025 ] Guitarist John Scofield and bassist Dave Holland, two of jazz's contemporary masters, have played together over the years in contexts including projects with Herbie Hancock and Joe Henderson and a spirited co-led band with Joe Lovano and Al... |
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John Scofield Trio
Uncle John's Band (LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 17/Nov/2023 ] Named for the Grateful Dead song that concludes this inspired double album, Uncle John's Band features masterful guitarist John Scofield at his most freewheeling. Wide ranging repertoire finds his trio with Vicente Archer and Bill Stewart tackling... |
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John Scofield, with Steve Swallow & Bill Stewart
Swallow Tales (LP) [ ECM Records / LP - released 15/May/2020 ] Guitarist John Scofield celebrates the music of his friend and mentor Steve Swallow in an outgoing and spirited recording, made in a day in New York in March 2019 - "old school" style as Scofield says, while acknowledging that more than forty years... |
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John Surman
Brewster's Rooster [ ECM / CD - released 27/Jul/2009 ] After ECM recordings with organ ("Rain on the Window"), strings ("The Spaces In Between"), brass ensemble ("Free and Equal"), choir ("Proverbs and Songs"), and early music experiments with the Dowland Project ("Romaria"). John Surman offers an album... |
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John Surman
Private City [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 22/Sep/2008 ] The most popular of John Surman's multi-tracked solo albums, "Private City" includes music originally written for the ballet of the same name, premiered at Sadler's Wells. Recorded in December 1987. |
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John Surman
Rarum Volume 13 :-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. |
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John Surman
Saltash Bells [ ECM Records / CD - released 29/Jun/2012 ] John Surman is an exceptionally versatile musician and his instrumental prowess has been showcased in many contexts. Yet his solo albums may be the best sources for insights into his melodic imagination. If you want to understand the wellsprings of... |
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John Surman
The Spaces In Between [ ECM / CD - released 7/May/2007 ] |
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John Surman
Words Unspoken [ ECM / CD - released 28/Mar/2024 ] Hypnotic and many of its antonyms-stimulating, arousing, reviving-are old school hyperbole which very often separates the hack from the veteran of critical science. But sometimes those everyday words are exactly what need to be said to tell of music... |
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John Surman / Howard Moody
Rain on the Window [ ECM Records / CD - released 21/Apr/2008 ] This is a very special project in the discography of John Surman (baritone and soprano saxophones), an album of intimate duets, improvisations, folk songs and spirituals. |
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Marc Johnson, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Peter Erskine
Bass Desires [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 22/Sep/2008 ] Recorded in May 1985, Marc Johnson's 'Bass Desires' album is now re-issued on CD at a special price, in a stylish digipak cover - to coincide with ECM's 40th Anniversary. |
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Jon Balke
Book of Velocities [ ECM Records / CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] This Norwegian pianist's first-ever solo disc is a remarkable 'book' of 19 short pieces, grouped into four chapters and an epilogue, of music composed and improvised, exploring a whole vocabulary of ideas, techniques, rhythms, textures and sound-colours. |