„Time Is A Blind Guide“ is both the title of Thomas Strønen's album and the name of his new Norwegian-British ensemble. In contrast to Food (his band with English saxophonist Iain Ballamy and guests) and its electronic soundscapes, this is an
Composer: Thomas Strønen
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The great Georgian composer’s twelfth ECM New Series album features first recordings of two major works: Chiaroscuro for violin and chamber orchestra, and Twilight for two violins and chamber orchestra. Gidon Kremer and
Composer: Gija Kantscheli (1935-)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano
US concert pianist Anthony de Mare pays tribute to Stephen Sondheim in a fascinating project. De Mare invited contemporary composers from a broad variety of genres - from Sondheim's own world of musical theatre to jazz,
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Heinz Holliger: Machaut-Transkriptionen
Swiss composer Heinz Holliger’s Machaut-Transkriptionen is comprised of a spacious cycle of pieces written over a ten year period beginning in 2001. An imaginative re- investigation of the work of the great 14th century French
Composer: Heinz Holliger (1939-)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
The Armenian Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble was founded by Levon Eskenian to play ‘ethnographically authentic’ arrangements of the G.I. Gurdjieff/Thomas de Hartmann piano music. Their debut album on ECM, Music of
Composer: Georg Ivanovich Gurdjieff (1877-1949)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Morton Feldman, Erik Satie, John Cage: Rothko Chapel
Rothko Chapel addresses a network of musical relationships and inspirations. The album opens with Morton Feldman’s Rothko Chapel, named for the Houston, Texas multi-faith chapel built to house Mark Rothko’s site-specific paintings.
Composer: John Cage (1912-1992), Morton Feldman (1926-1987), Erik Alfred Leslie Satie (1866-1925)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Erkki-Sven Tüür & Brett Dean: Gesualdo
This absorbing project finds Australian composer Brett Dean and Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür drawing inspiration in very different ways from the music, life and times of Carlo Gesualdo and juxtaposes these reflections with Gesualdo’s
Composer: Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959-), Brett Dean (1961-), Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Drawn from jubilee concerts at Stuttgart's Theaterhaus in January 2015 to mark the 75th birthday of the great German bassist Eberhard Weber, this is a remarkable live album incorporating big band arrangements of Weber compositionsv
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa (Remastered 2015)
In celebration of Arvo Pärt's 80th birthday, ECM presents the remastered 'Tabula rasa' in 96 kHz. This recording launched the New Series in 1984, and the interpretations of Pärt's unique compositions by a cast including Gidon Kremer, Keith
Composer: Arvo Pärt (1935-)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Modern Composition
Pianist Tigran Hamasyan’s ECM debut is an extraordinary exploration of Armenian sacred music. Hamasyan has selected hymns and sharakans (Armenia’s liturgical songs) as well as chants by Grigor Narekatsi, Nerses Shnorhali,
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
The distinctive cry of Sokratis Sinopoulos’ lyra has previously been heard on ECM recordings of Charles Lloyd/Maria Farantouri (Athens Concert) and Eleni Karaindrou (Trojan Women, The Weeping Meadow, Elegy of the Uprooting,
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
French violinist Dominique Pifarély – last heard on ECM a decade ago on Stefano Battaglia’s Re: Pasolini – returns to the label with an outstanding solo violin recital, drawn from performances at the Auditorium Saint-Germain in Poitiers and
Composer: Dominique Pifarély
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
This „Wild Dance“ is a cross-generational project by the grand master of Italian Jazz. Energized by joyous experiences on the road the ever youthful Enrico Rava took his new working quartet of the last two years into Arte Suono Studio in Udine.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
In the Morning - Music Of Alec Wilder
On his sixth album for ECM the Italian pianist Stefano Battaglia presents music with a special thematic focus: While his ECM debut Raccolto (2003) had honored his musical heroes Bill Evans and Paul Bley, Re:Pasolini (2007) was a
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Hard on the heels of his critically-lauded - and distortion-saturated - collaboration with rock players in ‘lumen drones’ comes the next fine album from norway’s hardanger fiddle master.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
For this innovative attempt to bridge the gap between art song and pop song, John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin fame), Sting and Genesis-keyboardist Tony Banks were commissioned to write new lute songs, and these are
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The second ECM album from Swiss/Italian trio Third Reel (comprising reedsman Nicolas Masson, guitarist Roberto Pianca and drummer/pianist Emanuele Maniscalco), 'Many More Days' takes its open-plan music to the next level.
Composer: Nicolas Masson
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
David Torn - ever-intrepid guitarist, producer, improviser, film composer and soundscape artist - returns with 'only sky', an album that explores the far sonic edges of what one man and a guitar can create, a solo recording of almost orchestral
Composer: David Torn
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream
Dino Saluzzi: Imágenes - Music for Piano
Pianist Horacio Lavandera plays the music of the great Argentinean bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi on an ECM New Series album issued to mark Saluzzi's 80th birthday (on 20 May 2015).
Composer: Dino Saluzzi
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
In the realm of the piano trio the bar is set high, and creative bassist Gary Peacock has helped raise it in the groups of Bill Evans, Paul Bley and Keith Jarrett. 'Now This' is an album with the bassist's current trio, recorded in the
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
