Jon Balke
Siwan [ ECM Records / CD - released 25/May/2009 ] Magical music, trailing deep roots. The listener is at first struck by the power of Amina Alaoui's voice, soaring above Jon Balke's remarkable compositions for baroque ensemble - with soloists drawn from jazz, scattered improvisational traditions,... |
Jon Balke, Siwan
Hafla [ ECM / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] Siwan, the transcultural, trans-idiomatic musical collective led by Norwegian keyboardist/composer Jon Balke, continues along its special path, with new music inspired by the creative spirit of Al-Andalus. |
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. |
Jon Balke
Discourses [ ECM / CD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] Jon Balke's unique solo work blurs distinctions between composition, improvisation and sound design as Discourses further develops the methodology introduced with the Norwegian pianist's Warp album. Integrated in the resonant sound of his piano music... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Image of Melancholy Barokksolistene / Bjarte Eike, artistic director & violin Berit Norbakken Solset, soprano; Jon Balke, organ / soundscapes; Milos Valent, viola and voc [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] Joined by the soprano Berit Norbakken Solset and by the jazz pianist Jon Balke, Eike and his ensemble have created an intensely atmospheric and highly suggestive disc, which richly lives up to its motto - 'Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad.' |
Jon Balke
Magnetic Works 1993-2001 [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 29/Jun/2012 ] |
Jon Balke
Nonsentration [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] |
Jon Balke / Batagraf
Say and Play [ ECM / CD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] |
Jon Balke & Magnetic North Orchestra
Diverted Travels [ ECM / CD - released 30/Aug/2004 ] |
Jon Balke & Magnetic North Orchestra
Further [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] |
Jon Balke & Magnetic North Orchestra
Kyanos [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] |
Jon Balke, Siwan
Nahnou Houm [ ECM / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Their ECM debut, released in 2009, won awards including the Jahrespreis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the album of the year prize of the German record critics. Now Siwan, the international collective led by Norwegian... |