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John Abercrombie / Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette
Gateway [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 1/Jan/1975 ] The 1975 coming-together of the mighty trio of John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. Down Beat spoke of "daring and visionary spirit" in a five star review. |
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Gavin Bryars
After The Requiem (LP) [ ECM / LP ] |
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Gianluigi Trovesi
Vaghissimo Ritratto [ ECM / CD - released 12/Mar/2007 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
All'Opera: Profumo di Violetta Gianluigi Trovesi (clarinet & saxophone) with Marco Remondini (cello) / Filarmonica Mousike / Savino Acquaviva [ ECM Records / CD - released 26/Jan/2009 ] Italy's great musical archaeologist and one of today's outstanding improvisers, Gianluigi Trovesi indulges his love for the drama and beauty of Italian opera with Trovesi all'opera - Profumo di Violetta. |
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Gianluigi Trovesi / Gianni Coscia
La misteriosa musica della Regina Loana [ ECM / CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ] This hugely enjoyable and highly inventive album is dedicated to the late Umberto Eco, a lifelong friend of accordionist Gianni Coscia and an ardent champion of this particular duo. Eco's The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loanna, a meditation on the... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV1001-1006 Gidon Kremer (violin) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Gidon Kremer's second complete recording (made in 2001 and 2002) of the six sonatas and partitas for solo violin is a radically new interpretation of them, not only at the level of technical and musical detail but in terms of the expressive qualities... |
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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Orchestral & Chamber Works Gidon Kremer (violin & director), Daniil Grishin (viola), Giedre Dirvanauskaite (cello), Daniil Trifonov (piano) / The Kremerata Baltica [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 10/May/2014 ] "Kremer himself opens his survey with a masterly account of the Sonata No. 3...The other three works...show the composer's more genial side. Kremer and his colleagues are in tune with that too...his interpretative daring and technical resources bring |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / KISSINE
Piano Trios Gidon Kremer (violin) Giedre Dirvanauskaite (cello) Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Gidon Kremer's dazzling trio here offers two contrasting approaches to the Piano Trio, both offering unexpected pleasures." The Independent, 22nd April 2011 **** |
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ARVO PART
Tabula Rasa / Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten / Fratres Gidon Kremer (violin) / Keith Jarrett (piano) / Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Davies [ ECM Records / CD - released 6/May/2001 ] Recorded November 1977, October 1983, January & February 1984 |
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ARVO PART
Tabula Rasa: Deluxe Limited Edition (with scores and 200 page book) Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten / Fratres Gidon Kremer (violin) / Keith Jarrett (piano) / Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Davies [ ECM Records / CD/Book - released 20/Oct/2010 ] In celebration of Arvo Pärt's 75th birthday (on 11 September), ECM New Series and the composer's publisher Universal Edition have joined forces to present a special deluxe limited edition version of Tabula rasa. This recording launched the New Series... |
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FRANCK / TICKMAYER / KANCHELI
Hymns and Prayers Gidon Kremer (violin) / Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) / The Kremerata Baltica [ ECM New Series / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "Hymns and Prayers combines three works from disparate eras whose moods fit together in a pleasingly astringent manner...The modern pieces are separated by César Franck's "Piano Quintet in F-minor", the lachrymose tone of which works surprisingly... |
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GIYA KANCHELI
Lament Gidon Kremer (violin) Maacha Deubner (soprano) / Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Feb/2001 ] "Soprano Maacha Deubner is a marvelous singer; her clear, perfectly tuned, unaffected tone is ideal for this music. Like all of Kancheli's works, this one offers another truly unique and unforgettable experience." (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
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GIYA KANCHELI
In l'istesso tempo Gidon Kremer (violin) / Oleg Maisenberg (piano) / The Kremerata Baltica. The Bridge Ensemble [ ECM New Series / CD - released 23/Apr/2005 ] Five Stars (Chamber choice of the Month) BBC Music Mag (April 2005) |
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PURCELL / LEONARD COHEN / NICK DRAKE
If Grief Could Wait Giovanna Pessi (baroque harp) / Susanna Wallumrød (voice) / Jane Achtman (viola da gamba) / Marco Ambrosini (nyckelharpa) [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] Unique, intimate album initiated by Swiss baroque harpist Giovanna Pessi and featuring the pure, non-classical voice of Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød. Best known for her work in pop and indie-rock contexts (including the duo Susanna and the... |
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Giovanni Guidi (piano)
Avec Le Temps [ ECM / CD - released 15/Feb/2019 ] Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi's core trio with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer João Lobo opens Avec le temps with a deeply-felt interpretation of the title track, the song of love and loss by Léo Ferré, and closes the album with "Tomasz",... |
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Giovanni Guidi, James Brandon Lewis, Thomas Morgan, Joao Lobo
A New Day (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 12/Jul/2024 ] Rekindling the familiarly flowing interplay with fellow travellers Thomas Morgan and João Lobo - the trio's musical partnership goes back over a decade at this point -, on A New Day Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi moreover expands the group's... |
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Giovanni Guidi Trio
City Of Broken Dreams [ ECM / CD - released 18/Mar/2013 ] |
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Giovanni Guidi Trio
This is the Day [ ECM / CD - released 29/Apr/2016 ] The Giovanni Guidi Trio plays jazz of uncommon originality and reflective depth. On their second ECM album, Italian pianist Guidi, US bassist Morgan, and Portuguese drummer Lobo continue the work begun on the 2011 recording City of Broken Dreams,... |
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Glauco Venier
Minatures - Music For Piano and Percussion [ ECM / CD - released 8/Jul/2016 ] 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 work... |
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J.S. BACH
Goldberg Variations Keith Jarrett (piano) [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded January 1989 |