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 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas (with Jorg Widmann: Intermezzi for piano) András Schiff (piano) Jörg Widmann (clarinet) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] Two great artists, pianist András Schiff and composer/clarinettist Jörg Widmann, join forces for the first time on record, performing Brahms's late masterpieces, the clarinet sonatas op. 120, written in 1894. In between the sonatas Schiff plays... |
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) |
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
Big Vicious (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 27/Mar/2020 ] Charismatic trumpeter Avishai Cohen launched his exuberant, home-grown band Big Vicious six years ago, after relocating from the US to his native Israel, rounding up players to shape the music from the ground up, and co-authoring much of its newest... |
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... |
Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan
Epistrophy [ ECM / CD - released 12/Apr/2019 ] Like their acclaimed ECM release Small Town of 2017 - which The Guardian called "wistful and mesmerizing… tonally ingenious and haunting" - Epistrophy by guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Thomas Morgan was recorded at New York City's Village... |
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... |
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... |
GEORGE I. GURDJIEFF
Sacred Hymns Keith Jarrett [ ECM New Series / CD - released 31/Dec/2008 ] The exact date on which George Ivanovich Gurdjieff was born into this world is unknown. This is fitting, for to one who spent his life trying to unravel it, such mundane details would have been unnecessary in the grander scheme of things. Born in... |
ARVO PART
Litany / Psalom / Trisagion The Hilliard Ensemble / David James (countertenor) / Tallinn Chamber Orchestra [ ECM Records / CD - released 6/May/2001 ] The world premiere recording of Arvo Pärt's 'Litany' |
ARCADELT / MARSH / PISANO
Il Cor Tristo The Hilliard Ensemble [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Nov/2013 ] One of the world's finest vocal chamber groups, the Hilliard Ensemble, is unrivalled for its formidable reputation in the fields of both early and new music. The programme featured here - released to mark the beginning of the Hilliard Ensemble's 40th... |
Jan Garbarek
In Praise Of Dreams (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 6/Jun/2019 ] "In Praise of Dreams" - Jan Garbarek's first new album in six years - features two musicians with whom the great Norwegian saxophonist shares some history - American-Armenian violist Kim Kashkashian and African-French drummer Manu Katché. Garbarek,... |