Folk /
Wolf Rune
Solo album by Norwegian singer and kantele player Sinikka Langeland: rune songs, folk hymns, dances and settings of Eckhart, Hauge and Fosse, for voice and three kanteles. Recorded December 2019 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo. ECM 2674, 2021.
Beyond The Borders
Maria Farantouri (voice) and Cihan Türkoğlu (saz, kopuz, voice) with Anja Lechner, Meri Vardanyan, Christos Barbas and İzzet Kızıl: traditional songs from Greece, Turkey, Lebanon and Armenia and new songs, recorded June 2017 at Sierra Studios, Athens.
Siwan - Nahnou Houm
Second ECM album by Jon Balke's Siwan, with Algerian singer Mona Boutchebak, Derya Türkan (kemençe), Helge Norbakken and Pedram Khavar Zamini (percussion) and strings of Barokksolistene, setting poetry of Al Andalus. Recorded January 2017 in Copenhagen.
Rímur
Chants, hymns and folk songs from Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish sources, sung by Trio Mediaeval (Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Berit Opheim) with Arve Henriksen on trumpet. Recorded February 2016 in Munich; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Komitas
Arrangements of songs, dances and piano pieces by Komitas Vardapet for Armenian folk instruments, played by the ten-member Gurdjieff Ensemble directed by Levon Eskenian. Recorded February 2015 at the Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Songs of Thessaloniki
Fourth ECM album by Greek singer Savina Yannatou with Primavera en Salonico: songs and hymns of the communities of Thessaloniki, arranged by Kostas Vomvolos. Recorded February 2014 at Sierra Studios, Athens; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Trusting In The Rising Light
Fourth ECM album by Robin Williamson (vocals, Celtic harp, guitar, Hardanger fiddle, whistles), his first of all-original songs, with Mat Maneri (viola) and Ches Smith (vibraphone, drums, percussion). Recorded January 2014 at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth; produced by Steve Lake.
Over Tones
Duo album by Benedicte Maurseth (Hardanger fiddle, voice) and Åsne Valland Nordli (voice) from Hardanger, Norway: traditional tunes and songs, their own compositions and free improvisations. Recorded May 2011 at Strype Audio, Oslo.
Solo Guitarra
Solo album by Barcelona guitarist José Luis Montón: twelve of his own flamenco-based pieces and an Air after Bach, for unaccompanied guitar. Recorded April 2011 at the Auditorio RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Arco Iris
Amina Alaoui (vocals, daf) with Saïfallah Ben Abderrazak (violin), Sofiane Negra (oud), José Luis Montón (flamenco guitar), Eduardo Miranda (mandolin) and Idriss Agnel (percussion). Recorded April 2010 at Auditorio RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Monograph
Solo album by Norwegian violinist Nils Økland, playing his own pieces on Hardanger fiddle, violin and viola d'amore. Recorded July 2007 in Olavskirken, Avaldsnes, Norway, engineered by Audun Strype. CD, ECM 2069, 2009.
Songs Of An Other
Third ECM album by Greek singer Savina Yannatou with the Thessaloniki ensemble Primavera en Salonico: traditional songs from Armenia, the Balkans, Kazakhstan, Italy and Greece, arranged mostly by Kostas Vomvolos. Recorded October 2007, Sierra Studios, Athens.
The Iron Stone
The Iron Stone is Robin Williamson's third ECM album, with Mat Maneri on viola, Ale Möller on mandola, accordion and flutes, and Barre Phillips on double bass, recorded in September 2005 at Mill House, Abergavenny, Wales, and produced by Steve Lake.
The Rain
Ghazal, Kayhan Kalhor (kamancheh) and Shujaat Husain Khan (sitar, vocals) with Sandeep Das (tabla), in three Persian and Indian improvisations recorded live by Swiss radio DRS in Bern on 28 May 2001, released by ECM in 2003.
The Seed-At-Zero
Solo album by Robin Williamson (vocals, guitar, harp, mandolin) setting poems by Dylan Thomas, Henry Vaughan and Welsh bardic texts beside his own songs. Recorded March 2000 at Albany Productions, Cardiff, produced by Steve Lake. CD edition.
Milvus
Swedish fiddler Mats Edén on drone-fiddle, violin and viola, with flutist Jonas Simonson and, in his String Quartet No. 1, the Cikada String Quartet. Recorded September 1997 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Agram
Second Nordan Project album, led by Lena Willemark and Ale Möller, with Palle Danielsson, Mats Edén, Jonas Knutsson and Tina Johansson: Swedish traditional and new songs. Recorded 30 March to 3 April 1996, Rainbow Studio, Oslo. ECM 1610.
Nordan
Medieval Swedish ballads and traditional tunes arranged by Ale Möller and sung by Lena Willemark, with Palle Danielsson, Mats Edén, Per Gudmundson and others. Recorded December 1993 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher, released by ECM in 1994 (ECM 1536).
Rosensfole
Medieval Norwegian ballads sung by Agnes Buen Garnås, arranged by Jan Garbarek for saxophones, synthesizers and percussion. Recorded September-December 1988 at Bel Studio, Oslo, produced by Garbarek and Manfred Eicher. CD, ECM 1402, 1989.
Lookaftering
an amazing album 'Lookaftering' displays a much maturer sound and outlook than the sometimes naïve (in retrospect at least) trappings of the Brit-Folk classic. Produced by Max Richter and featuring guest spots from (deep breath) Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, Adem, Adam Pierce (Mice Parade), Robert Kirby (Nick Drake / etc.), Otto Hauser and Kevin Barker, 'Lookaftering' is a Fairport Convention indebted LP of autumnal grace, dappling the likes of 'Lately' and 'Feet Of Clay' in gloriously evocat…