Cello
All records with cello · Solo cello only
Navidad de los Andes
Dino Saluzzi (bandoneon), Anja Lechner (cello) and Felix Saluzzi (tenor saxophone, clarinet) in eleven pieces, mostly by Dino Saluzzi. Recorded July 2010 at Auditorio RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Tarkovsky Quartet
Third Tarkovsky-inspired album by pianist François Couturier, with Anja Lechner (cello), Jean-Louis Matinier (accordion) and Jean-Marc Larché (soprano saxophone): nine compositions and three group improvisations. Recorded December 2009, Auditorio RSI, Lugano; released 2011.
El Encuentro
Four works by Dino Saluzzi for bandoneon, cello and string orchestra, with Anja Lechner (cello), Felix Saluzzi (tenor saxophone) and the Metropole Orchestra strings under Jules Buckley. Recorded live on 13 February 2009 at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam; released 2010.
Fabula Suite Lugano
Second ECM album by Christian Wallumrød's sextet with Eivind Lønning, Gjermund Larsen, Tanja Orning, Giovanna Pessi and Per Oddvar Johansen: through-composed chamber music recorded June 2009 at Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Far Side
Live recording by Roscoe Mitchell and The Note Factory (Corey Wilkes, Craig Taborn, Vijay Iyer, two bassists, two drummers), made on 17 March 2007 at the Stadtsaal, Burghausen, during the Burghausen jazz festival. Released by ECM in 2010.
Gianluigi Trovesi all'opera - Profumo di Violetta
Gianluigi Trovesi (piccolo and alto clarinet, alto saxophone) with Marco Remondini, Stefano Bertoli and the Filarmonica Mousiké conducted by Savino Acquaviva, in a suite on Italian opera from Monteverdi to Puccini. Recorded September 2006, Teatro Serassi, Villa d'Almè (Bergamo).
Melos
Trio album by Vassilis Tsabropoulos (piano), Anja Lechner (cello) and U.T. Gandhi (percussion): twelve Tsabropoulos compositions and three Gurdjieff/de Hartmann pieces. Recorded June 2007 at Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Siwan
Jon Balke (keyboards, conductor) and Amina Alaoui (voice) set Andalusian, Sufi and Christian mystical poetry with Kheir Eddine M'Kachiche (violin), Jon Hassell (trumpet, electronics) and Bjarte Eike's Barokksolistene. Recorded 2007-2008 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo.
The Zoo Is Far
Christian Wallumrød Ensemble sextet: Wallumrød (piano, harmonium, toy piano), Arve Henriksen, Gjermund Larsen, Tanja Orning, Giovanna Pessi, Per Oddvar Johansen. 24 pieces, recorded October 2006 at Radio Studio DRS, Zurich. CD, ECM 2005, 2007.
Her First Dance
Solos, duos and a trio by Misha Alperin (piano) with Arkady Shilkloper (French horn, flugelhorn) and Anja Lechner (cello). Recorded July 2006 at Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 1995, 2008.
Ojos Negros
Duo album by Dino Saluzzi (bandoneon) and Anja Lechner (cello): seven Saluzzi compositions and Vicente Greco's tango Ojos negros. Recorded April 2006 at Kulturbühne AmBach, Götzis, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 1991, 2007.
Boustrophedon
Eight-part suite composed and conducted by Evan Parker for the 14-piece Transatlantic Art Ensemble, co-founded with Roscoe Mitchell, with Craig Taborn, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton and others. Recorded live September 2004 at the Muffathalle, Munich.
Kyanos
Jon Balke (piano, keyboards) and the Magnetic North Orchestra, a septet with Per Jørgensen, Arve Henriksen, Morten Halle, Svante Henryson, Anders Jormin and Audun Kleive. Recorded November 2001 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, released by ECM in 2002.
Review (1968-2000)
Anthology of Michael Mantler's work chosen by the composer: 22 tracks recorded 1968-2000 for JCOA, WATT and ECM, with Jack Bruce, Robert Wyatt, Marianne Faithfull, Carla Bley, Pharoah Sanders and others. Released by ECM in 2006.
In Touch
Trio album by Yves Robert (trombone), Vincent Courtois (cello) and Cyril Atef (drums), Robert's first ECM album as leader, seven of eight pieces by him. Recorded March 2001 at Piccolo Studio, Paris, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 1787, 2002.
The Source and Different Cikadas
The Source (Trygve Seim, saxophones; Øyvind Brække, trombone; Per Oddvar Johansen, drums) with the Cikada String Quartet, Arve Henriksen, Frode Haltli and others. Recorded November 2000 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo; produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM, 2002. CD edition.
Songs And One Symphony
Michael Mantler's Ernst Meister settings, sung by Mona Larsen with the Chamber Music and Songs Ensemble (Copenhagen, 1993), and his One Symphony, played by the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt under Peter Rundel (Frankfurt, 1998). CD, 2000.
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.
The Sea II
Second album by Ketil Bjørnstad's The Sea quartet, with David Darling (cello), Terje Rypdal (guitar) and Jon Christensen (drums). Recorded in December 1996 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher, released by ECM in 1998.
The River
Duo album by pianist Ketil Bjørnstad and cellist David Darling: twelve parts drawing on William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons, mixing composition and improvisation. Recorded May 1995, Rainbow Studio, Oslo; produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 1593, 1997.