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Aaron Parks (piano), Ben Street (double bass), Billy Hart (drums)
Find the Way [ ECM / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] For the second ECM album by Aaron Parks - following the solo release Aborescence, which JazzTimes praised as "expansive, impressionistic… like a vision quest" - the prize-winning pianist has convened a trio featuring bassist Ben Street and drummer... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Partitas BWV825-BWV830 Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 MUSICWEB UK RECORDING OF THE MONTH "Schiff's…unashamedly and masterfully pianistic, contrasting sustained tone and light staccato teasing out fragmentary motifs." BBC Music |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas: Complete Edition András Schiff (piano) [ ECM / 11 CD Box Set - released 25/Nov/2016 ] Andras Schiff: "The Beethoven sonatas can be logically divided into three distinct groups: early, middle and late. To me, playing them in chronological order is most convincing and deeply satisfying. Among the thirty-two there is not one weak link.... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Volume 4: Sonatas opp. 26, 27 and 28 (Incls 'Moonlight') Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "So, for those collecting Schiff's cycle, or for those wanting just these four sonatas, there is no need to hesitate. This one is a winner" (Fanfare September 2007) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations Andras Schiff (pianos) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 NZ LISTENER BEST CLASSICAL Recordings 2014 |
BEETHOVEN
The Piano Sonatas Volume 1 (Sonatas opp. 2 and 7) Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "Early Beethoven is maybe the toughest Beethoven to pull off: His ideas aren't always as compelling as those in his later music, and he has trouble saying what he means. You'd never think so, however, from András Schiff's superb first instalment of... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Volume 3: Two Sonatas op. 49; Two Sonatas op. 14; Sonata No. 11 B flat major op. 22 Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Dec/2006 ] International critics writing on the first two volumes of András Schiff's Beethoven cycle have praised a particularly "sharp attention to detail" (Jed Distler in Gramophone on volume II) |
BEETHOVEN
The Piano Sonatas Volume 7: Sonatas opp. 90, 101 & 106 Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 10/Nov/2008 ] The simultaneous yet separate release of the last two volumes of Schiff's complete Beethoven sonatas in autumn 2008 finally offers the opportunity to oversee the pianist's approach to this unique repertoire segment in total. Part VII, recorded once... |
SCHUBERT
Sonatas, Impromptus & Moments Musicaux András Schiff (fortepiano) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/May/2015 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2016 Finalist - Instrumental |
Anouar Brahem
Le Pas Du Chat Noir [ ECM Records / CD - released 27/Aug/2002 ] |
Anthony de Mare (piano)
Liasons - Reimagining Sondheim [ ECM / 3 CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "A starry who s who of the contemporary music world... Each composer was asked to do a free treatment of a Sondheim song, and the results - on this irresistible new CD set are little short of breathtaking... the whole undertaking is a triumph" SF Chr |
Avishai Cohen &Yonathan Avishai
Playing The Room (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Playing The Room bears testimony to the long musical friendship of Avishai Cohen and Yonathan Avishai. They began to explore jazz as teenagers in Tel Aviv, and have continued to play together over many years, with Yonathan making important... |
Charles Lloyd
Arrows Into Infinity (DVD) [ ECM / DVD - released 17/Oct/2014 ] Arrows Into Infinity chronicles the arc of an improviser's still-unfolding life, moving through time with memories, archive footage and music, lots of music. Charles Lloyd's story is a special one, and it intersects with important moments in jazz... |
Chick Corea
Return to Forever [ ECM Records / CD - released 9/Sep/1999 ] Recorded in February 1972, this was initially a solo album by ex-Miles Davis keyboardist, Chick Corea which became the debut for the first incarnation of his legendary group Return to Forever, featuring bassist Stanley Clarke. |
Django Bates' Beloved
The Study of Touch [ ECM / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] British pianist Django Bates returns to ECM with one of his very finest constellations, the trio Belovèd, with Swedish bassist Petter Eldh and Danish drummer Peter Bruun, and an aptly named album, The Study of Touch. All three musicians are highly... |
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
Ordo Virtutum Ensemble Belcanto, Dietburg Spohr [ ECM New Series / CD - released 5/Aug/2013 ] This is the second New Series album to feature the Stuttgart-based Ensemble Belcanto |
ARVO PART
Part: In Principio Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Tallinn Chamber Orchestra / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "This is a superbly constructed recital of some of the most recent music of Estonian composer Arvo Part." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
Gary Peacock Trio
Now This [ ECM / CD - released 29/May/2015 ] 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 last summer in Oslo.... |
George Adams
Sound Suggestions [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] George Adams made only one ECM recording, but it's a beauty, placing his powerful tenor sax at the front of a talent-packed group, with Adams, Kenny Wheeler and Heinz Sauer all contributing compositions to the programme. "The spirit of Mingus hovers... |
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",... |
