Over Tones is the highly attractive ECM debut of two exceptional folk musicians from the West of Norway – Benedicte Maurseth who plays the Hardanger fiddle and sings, and vocalist Åsne Valland Nordli.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
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Helena Tulve: Arboles Lloran por Lluvia
Recorded in churches in Tallinn as well as the Estonian Concert Hall, the five compositions heard on “Arboles lloran por lluvia” (Trees cry for rain) give deeper insight into the unique sound-world of Helena Tulve, into music which is ...
Composer: Helena Tulve (1972)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
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Mutations is Vijay Iyer’s first album as a leader for ECM, and a recording that will widen perceptions of the pianist-composer’s work. At its centre is “Mutations I-X”, a composition scored for string quartet, piano, and electronics.
Composer: Vijay Iyer (1971)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
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Le Vent, recorded in April 2013 at Oslo’s Rainbow Studio, is the second ECM album from the Colin Vallon Trio. Like the wind celebrated in its title track, the group has a subtle, insinuating power. Emerging from a still and silent place, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
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The second ECM album by the Billy Hart Quartet is a major musical statement, and one of the outstanding jazz albums of the season. The group’s reach – already broad on 2011’s widely-acclaimed All Our Reasons – is yet more expansive ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
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“I consider this one of my most richly lyrical and consistently inspired works,” wrote Keith Jarrett of “Mirrors”, the almost half-hour long concluding piece on Arbour Zena. “Jan Garbarek’s contribution is irreplaceable and ecstatic.”
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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African Piano was a highly influential album, and it has lost none of its power – as can be heard on this HighResAudio reissue. Released for the first time under the name Abdullah Ibrahim instead of the pianist’s original „Dollar Brand“ ...
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
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Keith Jarrett and conductor-pianist Dennis Russell Davies have been friends and musical comrades for forty years. In the mid-70s the St Paul Chamber Orchestra, under Davies’ direction presented Jarrett’s chamber music.
Composer: Keith Jarrett [Non-Classical Composer]
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
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Between 1979 and 1982, the Miroslav Vitouš Group was the primary outlet for the abundant improvisational skills of leader Vitouš and John Surman. They made three ECM albums: this eponymously-titled disc from 1980 ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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Dave Holland always described Sam Rivers’ groups as his finishing school. It was Sam who instructed him to play “all the music” – inside, outside, atonal, swing, blues, and all the hues of the jazz and chamber music traditions.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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“Something special happens when they play together” observed Robert Palmer in the New York Times, and the participants concurred. “Playing with John is one of my favourite things to do,” said Ralph Towner.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
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Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra
Sounding as fresh today as it did in 1973, Seven Songs places the Gary Burton Quartet in an orchestral context, with compositions of Michael Gibbs – inspired by Messiaen and Charles Ives as well as Miles and Gil Evans ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou’s collaborations with stage director Antonis Antypas have generated some of her most powerful music. “Medea”, like the earlier “Trojan Women”, comes out of this association.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
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The sixth ECM album from Tord Gustavsen, recorded in Oslo in June 2013, quietly but most assuredly takes the Norwegian pianist’s music to the next stage of its development. Gustvasen’s quartet with Tore Brunborg, Mats Eilertsen ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
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After the eruptive excitement of their Live At Belleville album, which was widely praised around the world (and secured for leader Arild Andersen the Prix du Musicien Européen 2008 from the Academie du Jazz in France), the trio now ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
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Bach: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis - Konzerte und Sinfonien für Oboe
A recording to delight all admirers of Bach and the baroque oboe and a wonderful account of Heinz Holliger’s interpretive genius as a player: for many, he is the world’s greatest oboist. Factor in the long-established relationship ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
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Niccolò Paganini: 24 Capricci per violino solo
Thomas Zehetmair’s manually overwhelming and thought-provoking ECM recording of the complete sonatas for unaccompanied violin by Eugène Ysaÿe – released in 2004 to great critical acclaim – offered ample proof that alleged ...
Composer: Nicolò Paganini (1782-1840)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
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Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5
Austrian pianist Till Fellner whose two Bach albums on ECM have won him unanimous international acclaim teams up with conductor Kent Nagano and his Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal for a sensitive and meticulous interpretation ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Partitas, BWV 825-830
Following last year’s completion of his highly-praised Beethoven cycle András Schiff returns to Bach with a superb interpretation of the six “Partitas”, recorded live in September 2007 at Neumarkt Reitstadl one of the best piano music ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 –1750)
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variationen
be regarded as one of the classical music events of the year. Two decades after his acclaimed account of the Variations for Decca, Schiff documents Bach’s towering masterpiece ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 –1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Piano
