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SOFIA GUBAIDULINA / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / TORU TAKEMITSU
Tre Voci Kim Kashkashian (viola) Sivan Magen (harp) Marina Piccinini (flute) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] "There may be no such thing as the 'perfect' disc, but if this one has flaws then I'm at a loss to point them out. Everyone should own a copy." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Jan 2015) |
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Paul Motian, Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell
Time And Time Again [ ECM / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] |
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Márta and György Kurtág
In Memoriam Haydée [ ECM / DVD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] Games and Transcriptions for piano solo and four hands', this is a film, directed by Isabelle Soulard, of a Kurtág concert at Paris's Cité de la Musique. The duo performances of Márta and György Kurtág are distinguished by tough new music precision,... |
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KURTAG
Jatekok Marta Kurtag / Gyorgy Kurtag (piano duet) [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/May/2002 ] Wonderful two and four handed piano accounts of Kurtág's Játékok (Games) and Bach Transcriptions by Kurtág himself and his wife Márta. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphony No. 39 in G min & No. 45 in F# min Farewell (with Isang Yun-Chamber Symphony 1) Munich Chamber Orchestra / Alexander Liebreich (conductor) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "These are lithe performances on modern instruments, but certainly "historically informed". The winds are pure but characterful and the horns rise to Haydn's challenges (which from time to time in his symphonic career could be steep indeed)."... |
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Muthspiel / Grenadier / Blade
Driftwood [ ECM / CD - released 27/Mar/2015 ] Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel makes his ECM leader debut with Driftwood, a trio album of subtlety and depth featuring renowned US jazz players Larry Grenadier and Brian Blade. |
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Naná Vasconcelos
Saudades (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 28/Apr/2023 ] Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos's Saudades album, recorded in March 1979, was the culmination of a dream for a musician who had long yearned to hear the berimbau in an orchestral context. This 'concerto' for an innovative player of a... |
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Jack DeJohnette / Larry Goldings / John Scofield : Trio Beyond
Saudades [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "I've been inspired by this project since Jack first phoned me with the musical concept. It seemed fitting to spotlight Tony Williams as Jack himself follows directly in the lineage of drum innovators. We each owe a debt to Tony for his genius, broad... |
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GYORGY KURTAG
Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir Natalia Zagorinskaya (soprano), Gerrie de Vries (mezzo-soprano), Yves Saelens (ten) / Netherlands Radio Choir / Schoenberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw [ ECM New Series / 3 CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "Spareness, that supercharged concision, is ever the Kurtag note - and, as caught by these outstanding musicians, resonates powerfully here." Sunday Times |
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ARVO PÄRT
Pärt: The Symphonies NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, Tonu Kaljuste (Conductor) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 11/May/2018 ] All four of Arvo Pärt's symphonies, newly recorded with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic under the direction his musical accomplice, Tõnu Kaljuste. Each of the symphonies, as the great Estonian composer has noted, is a world unto itself. Heard in... |
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Nicolas Masson Quartet
Travelers [ ECM / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] After two ECM albums with the cooperative trio Third Reel, Swiss reedman Nicolas Masson presents a quartet for which he is the sole composer. The group has existed for a decade with unchanged personnel, touring as Nicolas Masson's Parallels, and the... |
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Nik Bartsch's Ronin
Stoa [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Jun/2006 ] "The largely acoustic instrumentation, the insistent piano lines and subtle percussive support combine to make this a beguiling and intriguing set that produces much with less... |
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Nik Bärtsch's Mobile
Continuum (LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 4/Mar/2016 ] |
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Nils Økland Ensemble
Kjølvatn [ ECM / CD - released 19/Jun/2015 ] |
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Nils Økland, Sigbjørn Apeland
Glimmer (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 11/Aug/2023 ] Violinist Nils Økland and keyboardist Sigbjørn Apeland, musical partners for thirty years, have long explored the interface of Norwegian traditional music and improvisation. Glimmer, an exceptionally beautiful and touching album, takes as its... |
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KONSTANTIA GOURZI
Anájikon Nils Mönkemeyer, William Youn, Minguett Quartett, Luzern Academy Orchestra [ ECM New Series / CD - released 30/Apr/2021 ] Anájikon, the second ECM album after Music for piano and string quartet (ECM New Series 2309) by Athens-born and Munich-based Konstantia Gourzi, incorporates her chamber and orchestral music of the past decade. The composer also conducts the Lucerne... |
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Nils Okland
Monograph [ ECM Records / CD - released 2/Mar/2009 ] On 'Monograph' - a powerful and moving solo performance - violinist, Okland plays his own music, and underlines his connection to the rich Norwegian folk tradition. |
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Nils Petter Molvaer
Khmer (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 6/Jun/2019 ] Massive beats and throbbing grooves underpin the Norwegian trumpeter's fiery solos in a project that forms a bridge between ECM's improvised soundscapes and the brave new world of trip-hop, drum'n'bass, ambient/illbient, techno, industrial,... |
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Nils Petter Molvaer
Solid Ether [ ECM Records / CD ] The Norwegian trumpeter's liquid sound floats weightlessly in ambient electronic aether, or vaults over thunderous beats, rock-derived guitar and the noises of DJ Strangefruit's spun turntables. |
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Nis Økland (fiddles) Ørjan Haaland (guitars) Per Steinar Lie (drums)
Lumen Drones [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] Lumen Drones is a fascinating and powerful collaboration between Hardanger fiddle master Nils Økland and Per Stainar Lie and Ørjan Haaland, respectively guitarist and drummer with Norwegian 'post-rock' group The Low Frequency In Stereo. The... |