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LACHENMANN
Das Madchen mit dem Schwefelholzern (The Little Match-Girl) SWR Symphony Orchestra / SWR Vocal Ensemble / Sylvain Cambreling [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2002 ] "Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern", the composer's first piece of music theatre, is based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little MatchGirl, which he interprets as an attack on a cold and indifferent society. The piece has appeared previously on... |
HEINZ HOLLIGER
Induuchlen Sylvia Nopper (soprano), Kai Wessel (countertenor), Felix Renggli (flutes, piccolo), Elmar Schmid (clarinets), Swiss Chmaber Soloists [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "[Puneiga includes] two of this composer's most exquisitely poised settings. Sylvia Nopper is no less enticing in the typically exacting vocal part, with Holliger drawing a precise and fastidious response from hs ensemble." (International Record Review) |
Terje Rypdal
Conspiracy [ ECM / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] A new ECM studio album and a programme of new music from Terje Rypdal is cause for celebration. On Conspiracy the great Norwegian guitarist seems to reconnect with the wild inspiration that fuelled such early masterpieces as Whenever I Seem To Be Far... |
Terje Rypdal
Descendre [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] Among the pleasures of this group of Rypdal reissues is the presence throughout of drummer Jon Christensen. Terje and Jon, lifelong friends, played on dozens of albums and in many groups together. Christensen always alluded to the trio with Terje and... |
Terje Rypdal
Double Concerto [ ECM Records / CD - released 4/Feb/2020 ] Rypdal's 'Double Concerto' is played here by one of Latvia's leading orchestras, fronted by two electric guitarists: Terje himself and Ronni Le Tekro from hard rock band TNT. It's an enjoyable, playful work, with bright melodies and guitar virtuosity... |
Terje Rypdal
If Mountains Could Sing [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] Terje Rypdal electric guitars Bjørn Kjellemyr basses Audun Kleive drums Terje Tønnesen violin Lars Anders Tomter viola Øystein Birkeland cello Christian Eggen conductor |
Terje Rypdal
Odyssey: in Studio and in Concert [ ECM Records / 3 CD - released 29/Jun/2012 ] |
Terje Rypdal
Vossabrygg [ ECM / CD - released 3/Feb/2006 ] |
Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette
Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette [ ECM Records / CD - released 13/Nov/2008 ] This is a specially priced re-issue edition of the fantastic Rypdal / Vitous / DeJohnette album, which was recorded in June 1978. |
TERJE RYPDAL
Melodic Warrior Terje Rypdal (guitar) / The Hilliard Ensemble / Bruckner Orchester Linz / Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra [ ECM / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] Two large compositions constitute one of Terje Rypdal's most adventurous albums. The title piece, a 45 minute epic, was commissioned by the Hilliard Ensemble and recorded at the Brucknerhaus Linz in 2003 with the British vocal group and the Bruckner... |
Theo Bleckmann
Elegy [ ECM / CD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] Beyond being a vocalist of rare purity and daring, Theo Bleckmann is a sound painter who creates what JazzTimes has described aptly as "luminous webs" in music. The German-born New Yorker - after appearing on two ECM albums by Meredith Monk and... |
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Thomas Demenga
Hosokawa /Bach J S /Yun [ ECM Records / 2 CD ] |
GIYA KANCHELI
Diplipito / Valse Boston Thomas Demenga (cello) Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor) Dennis Russell Davies (piano & conductor) / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester [ ECM / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] Premiere recordings of two major works, "Valse Boston ." (written 1996) , and "Diplipito" (written 1997). Both pieces give evidence of the ongoing tendency in Kancheli's writing to simplify the musical language, strip the works of any superfluity,... |
J.S. BACH / ELLIOTT CARTER
Cello Suite No. 3 / Triple Duo / Enchanted Preludes Thomas Demenga (cello) Hansheinz Schneeberger (violin) Philippe Racine (flute) Ernesto Molinari (clarinet) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] Thomas Demenga was born in 1954, in Berne, Switzerland. Thomas Demenga studied with Walter Grimmer, Antonio Janigro, Leonard Rose and Mstislav Rostropovich, amongst others, and received his chamber music education at the Juilliard School. |
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BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN
Zimmermann: Canto di Speranza Thomas Demenga (violoncello) Thomas Zehetmair (violin) Gerd Bockmann (speaker) / WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln / Heinz Holliger [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "The 1957 'cantata' for cello and orchestra, Canto di Speranza...has the focus and economy that Zimmermann's later music sometimes lost; Thomas Demenga's performance of the solo part maintains that purity even under the greatest pressure." (BBC Music... |
Thomas Strønen
Relations [ ECM / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Musical messages from Oslo, New York, Basel and Lugano - recorded between 2018 and 2022 - are juxtaposed and recombined on an absorbing recording that features Norwegian drummer Thomas Strønen solo and in a series of duets . With such partners as... |
Thomas Strønen / Lucus
Time Is A Blind Guide (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 19/Jan/2018 ] Norwegian drummer/composer Thomas Strønen presents a revised edition of his acoustic collective Time Is A Blind Guide, now trimmed to quintet size, and with a new pianist in Wakayama-born Ayumi Tanaka. Tanaka has spoken of seeking associative... |
NICOLAI PAGANINI
:Paganini: 24 Capricci Thomas Zehetmair (violin) [ ECM / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] One of today's most versatile violinists presents a new account of Paganini's Caprices - an unsurpassed compendium of technical difficulties - played as "improvised character pieces". Zehetmair reveals extraordinary technical perfection coupled with... |
YSAYE
Sonates pour violon solo Thomas Zehetmair (violin) [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2004 ] "How will Zehetmair's 'intelligent virtuosity' adapt to the ultimate test?" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine January 2005 |
