Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy / Robert Schumann
It was not until late in life that Robert Schumann found the path to the violin. A pianist by profession, it almost seems as if his belated interest in the violin had a lasting effect on the performance and reception of his own works for that
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Norwegian bassist Mats Eilertsen has been a strong and supportive presence on a dozen ECM sessions to date. With Rubicon he steps forward to present his own music, with an international cast.
Composer: Mats Eilertsen, Rob Waring, Eirik Hegdal, Harmen Fraanje
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The fifteen ‘miniatures’ of this modestly-titled recording include new music by Italian pianist Glauco Venier as well as adaptations of Gurdjieff, Komitas, Dufay and more. This is Venier’s first solo album for ECM, and as with his exemplary
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
Bassist Miroslav Vitous returns once more to the music of the band he co-founded at the beginning of the 1970s, re-evoking and expanding upon the highly improvisational methodology of the original Weather Report.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
„Narrante“ is the highly attractive ECM debut album of two Iranian women, Golfam Khayam and Mona Matbou Riahi, otherwise known as the Naqsh Duo. The guitarist and clarinetist, both born in Teheran, have pursued further
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
There is a lot of history concentrated in Jack DeJohnettes adventurous new trio. Fifty years ago, as a guest with John Coltranes group, Jack DeJohnette played with the fathers of Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison, and the program of In
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
'Andando el Tiempo' features new music of wide emotional compass by NEA Jazz Master Carla Bley, and underlines her originality and resourcefulness as a jazz composer. Saints Alive! sets up animated conversations between the
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Béla Bartók / Alfred Schnittke / Witold Lutosławski
The New York Times has praised violinist Miranda Cuckson’s “undeniable musicality,” while Gramophone has declared her “an artist to be reckoned with.” Born in Australia and educated in America, she makes her ECM
Composer: Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998), Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
The Danish String Quartet, one of the most widely-acclaimed chamber groups of the present moment, makes its ECM debut playing a program of British and Danish music: Thomas Adess Arcadiana (composed 1994), Per Norgards Quartetto Breve
Composer: Thomas Ades (1971), Per Nörgard (1932), Hans Abrahamsen (1952)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
After the quartet adventures of Currents and Post Scriptum, Wolfert Brederode returns to a piano trio setting, and Black Ice makes an apt metaphor for his new music, with its gleaming lyricism, transparency, and hint of danger.
Composer: Wollfett Brederode, Guli Gudmundsson
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Alba is the premiere recording of trumpeter Markus Stockhausen’s duo with pianist Florian Weber, a formation in existence for some six years now. Though very different in their connections to the language of jazz, both musicians
Composer: Markus Stockhausen, Florian Weber
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Per Oddvar Johansen has played a huge part in Norwegian music over many years and has worked extensively with such ground-breaking figures as Helge Lien, Christian Wallumrød and Petter Wettre. He brings his own imaginative drive to
Composer: Per Oddvar Johansen
Genre: Jazz
„Mirror“ is the first ECM New Series album from Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvitz (born 1969), who emphasizes his links to his homeland’s music at several levels. The album begins with a fantasy on a song by Veljo Tormis.
Composer: Tõnu Kõrvitz (1969)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Founded in 1978, the Orchestre de chambre de Paris quickly established its reputation as one of Europe’s leading chamber orchestras. In 2012, Thomas Zehetmair was appointed the orchestra’s principal conductor and artistic advisor and on this
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke
A cosmic rhythm with each stroke features pianist Viay Iyer and the musician he has described as his “hero, friend and teacher”, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith. Vijay has previously played extensively with Wadada in Smith’s Golden Quartet,
Composer: Vijay Iyer (1971)
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Avantgarde Jazz
In Concert at Liszt Academy, Budapest
In Concert is Ferenc Snétberger’s first recording for ECM and a coming full circle for the Hungarian guitarist. It is drawn from a live performance at Budapest’s Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where he once had formative experiences as a young
Composer: Ferenc Snétberger
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Jazz
Trumpeter Ralph Alessis ECM leader debut 2013s Baida was the album where everything came together for him, according to Nate Chinen in a JazzTimes profile. Without abandoning his yen for oppositional energies, its a beautifully coherent
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
For her third ECM album, Israeli pianist Anat Fort augments her long-established trio - with bassist Gary Wang and drummer Roland Schneider - with a special guest: Italian reedman Gianluigi Trovesi.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
„The Distance“ represents a grand creative leap for bassist-composer Michael Formanek, following two widely lauded ECM releases featuring his quartet with Tim Berne, Craig Taborn and Gerald Cleaver.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
