HONEGGER / MARTINU
Sonatinas and Duos Frank-Peter Zimmermann (violin) Heinrich Schiff (violoncello) [ ECM / CD - released 23/Nov/2006 ] "Put two such marvellous artists together and something special is likely to happen. And that’s the case here, across a repertoire that ranges from Bach to the fast-rising Matthias Pintscher. Our reviewer Guy Rickards goes so far as to suggest that... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Three Or One Fred Thomas (piano), Aisha Orazbayeva (violin), Lucy Railton (violoncello) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Here is Johann Sebastian Bach in transfigured light: with organ chorale preludes, vocal cantata movements and orchestral sinfonias - 24 pieces in all - transcribed for trio and solo piano by Fred Thomas, and threaded into a compelling new sequence by... |
Frode Haltli
Passing Images [ ECM / CD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] |
Garbarek / Vitous / Erskine
Star [ ECM / CD - released 31/Dec/2008 ] |
PURCELL / VIVALDI / KNOX / von BINGEN / de MACHAUT / etc
Saltarello Garth Knox (viola d'amore) Agnes Vesterman (violoncello) Sylvain Lemetre (percussion) [ ECM / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Baroque Instrumental |
GARTH KNOX
D'Amore: Music for Viola d'amore from 1600 to the present day Garth Knox (viola d'amore) / Agnes Vesterman (violoncello) [ ECM / CD - released 1/Apr/2008 ] Recording of the Month (Gramophone Magazine) September 2008 - "Knox and cellist Agnès Vesterman seem to conjure up an entire range of instruments between the two of them (have a listen to see what I mean) and by the time they exit with a dizzying... |
Gary Burton & Chick Corea
Crystal Silence - The ECM Recordings 1972-79 [ ECM Records / 4 CD Box Set - released 12/Oct/2009 ] This 4-CD box set reprises the history-making recordings CRYSTAL SILENCE (1972), DUET (1978) and the live double album IN CONCERT, ZÜRICH, (1979). |
Gary Peacock & Marilyn Crispel
Azure [ ECM / CD - released 17/Jun/2013 ] |
Gavin Bryars
After The Requiem (LP) [ ECM / LP ] |
Gedichte / geleson von Bruno Ganz
Holerlin [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded March 1984 |
Gianluigi Trovesi
Vaghissimo Ritratto [ ECM / CD - released 12/Mar/2007 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
All'Opera: Profumo di Violetta Gianluigi Trovesi (clarinet & saxophone) with Marco Remondini (cello) / Filarmonica Mousike / Savino Acquaviva [ ECM Records / CD - released 26/Jan/2009 ] Italy's great musical archaeologist and one of today's outstanding improvisers, Gianluigi Trovesi indulges his love for the drama and beauty of Italian opera with Trovesi all'opera - Profumo di Violetta. |
Gianluigi Trovesi / Gianni Coscia
La misteriosa musica della Regina Loana [ ECM / CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ] This hugely enjoyable and highly inventive album is dedicated to the late Umberto Eco, a lifelong friend of accordionist Gianni Coscia and an ardent champion of this particular duo. Eco's The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loanna, a meditation on the... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV1001-1006 Gidon Kremer (violin) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Gidon Kremer's second complete recording (made in 2001 and 2002) of the six sonatas and partitas for solo violin is a radically new interpretation of them, not only at the level of technical and musical detail but in terms of the expressive qualities... |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Orchestral & Chamber Works Gidon Kremer (violin & director), Daniil Grishin (viola), Giedre Dirvanauskaite (cello), Daniil Trifonov (piano) / The Kremerata Baltica [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 10/May/2014 ] "Kremer himself opens his survey with a masterly account of the Sonata No. 3...The other three works...show the composer's more genial side. Kremer and his colleagues are in tune with that too...his interpretative daring and technical resources bring |
TCHAIKOVSKY / KISSINE
Piano Trios Gidon Kremer (violin) Giedre Dirvanauskaite (cello) Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Gidon Kremer's dazzling trio here offers two contrasting approaches to the Piano Trio, both offering unexpected pleasures." The Independent, 22nd April 2011 **** |
ARVO PART
Tabula Rasa: Deluxe Limited Edition (with scores and 200 page book) Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten / Fratres Gidon Kremer (violin) / Keith Jarrett (piano) / Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Davies [ ECM Records / CD/Book - released 20/Oct/2010 ] In celebration of Arvo Pärt's 75th birthday (on 11 September), ECM New Series and the composer's publisher Universal Edition have joined forces to present a special deluxe limited edition version of Tabula rasa. This recording launched the New Series... |
FRANCK / TICKMAYER / KANCHELI
Hymns and Prayers Gidon Kremer (violin) / Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) / The Kremerata Baltica [ ECM New Series / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "Hymns and Prayers combines three works from disparate eras whose moods fit together in a pleasingly astringent manner...The modern pieces are separated by César Franck's "Piano Quintet in F-minor", the lachrymose tone of which works surprisingly... |
GIYA KANCHELI
Lament Gidon Kremer (violin) Maacha Deubner (soprano) / Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Feb/2001 ] "Soprano Maacha Deubner is a marvelous singer; her clear, perfectly tuned, unaffected tone is ideal for this music. Like all of Kancheli's works, this one offers another truly unique and unforgettable experience." (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
GIYA KANCHELI
In l'istesso tempo Gidon Kremer (violin) / Oleg Maisenberg (piano) / The Kremerata Baltica. The Bridge Ensemble [ ECM New Series / CD - released 23/Apr/2005 ] Five Stars (Chamber choice of the Month) BBC Music Mag (April 2005) |