Cello
All records with cello · Solo cello only
Cerco un paese Innocente
Michael Mantler's suite of songs and interludes on poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti, sung by Mona Larsen with the Danish Radio Big Band under Ole Kock Hansen and Mantler's chamber ensemble, recorded at Danmarks Radio, Copenhagen, in January 1994.
Música de Sobrevivência
Album by the Egberto Gismonti Group: Gismonti (piano, guitar, flute), Nando Carneiro (synthesizers, guitar, caxixi), Zeca Assumpção (bass) and Jaques Morelenbaum (cello), recorded April 1993 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo. ECM 1509, released 1993.
Folly Seeing All This
Michael Mantler's chamber pieces for trumpet, the Balanescu Quartet, guitar, alto flute, vibraphone and piano, ending with a setting of Samuel Beckett's last poem sung by Karen Mantler and Jack Bruce. Recorded June 1992, Angel Studios, London. ECM 1485, 1993.
Q.E.D.
Two concert works by Terje Rypdal for electric guitar and ensemble, Q.E.D. Opus 52 and Largo Opus 55, played by Rypdal with the Borealis Ensemble conducted by Christian Eggen. Recorded August and December 1991, Rainbow Studio, Oslo. ECM 1474, 1993.
Music For Films
Eleni Karaindrou's first ECM album: film music written 1979-1990 for Theo Angelopoulos, Christoforos Christofis and Lefteris Xanthopoulos, recorded at Polysound, Athens, with Jan Garbarek on four tracks. Produced by Manfred Eicher. CD, ECM 1429, 1991.
Accélération
The only ECM album by the Swiss trio of Hans Koch (clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor and soprano saxophones), Martin Schütz (bass, cello) and Marco Käppeli (drums), nine pieces by Koch recorded June 1987 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Septet
Chick Corea's five-movement septet for string quartet, piano, flute and French horn, commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, plus The Temple of Isfahan. Recorded October 1984 at Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, produced by Corea. ECM, 1985.
Lyric Suite For Sextet
Chick Corea's seven-part suite for his duo with vibraphonist Gary Burton plus a string quartet (Ik-Hwan Bae, Carol Shive, Karen Dreyfus, Fred Sherry), recorded in September 1982 at Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM, 1983.
Saudades
First ECM album as leader by Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos (berimbau, percussion, voice, gongs), with Egberto Gismonti and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart under Mladen Gutesha, recorded in March 1979 in Ludwigsburg. CD edition.
Luminessence
Three compositions by Keith Jarrett for string orchestra and saxophone, with Jan Garbarek (tenor, soprano saxophone) and the strings of the Südfunk Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart conducted by Mladen Gutesha, recorded 29-30 April 1974 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg. ECM 1975. CD edition.
El Encuentro - A film for bandoneon and violoncello by Norbert Wiedmer and Enrique Ros
Documentary by Norbert Wiedmer and Enrique Ros about bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi and cellist Anja Lechner, with interviews, rehearsals and concert footage from Argentina, Armenia and Amsterdam, where they play with the Metropole Orchestra. DVD released by ECM in 2012.
Ulysses' Gaze - Film by Theo Angelopoulos
Eleni Karaindrou's score for Theo Angelopoulos's film Ulysses' Gaze, with Kim Kashkashian (viola) and a string orchestra conducted by Lefteris Chalkiadakis, recorded in December 1994 at Sound Studio, Athens, and released on ECM New Series in 1995. Cassette edition.
Keel Road
Danish String Quartet's third folk album: traditional tunes from Denmark, Norway, the Faroe Islands, Ireland and England plus originals by Sørensen and Sjölin, arranged by the quartet. Recorded November 2022 at The Village Recording, Copenhagen. LP, ECM New Series 2785.
Last Leaf
The Danish String Quartet's second ECM album: Nordic folk tunes, hymns and dances from Denmark, Sweden, the Faroes and Shetland, plus a few originals, arranged by the quartet and recorded in January 2017 at the Kirsten Kjær Museum, Frøstrup. LP edition, 2018.
Navigation for strings. Small waves
Two microtonal works by Alvin Lucier written for the performers: Navigations for Strings, played by the Arditti Quartet, and Small Waves for string quartet, trombone, piano and two water pourers, with Hildegard Kleeb and Roland Dahinden.
Gratte-Cité
Five works from 1999 to 2005 in which Ned Bouhalassa “plays” the city like a record, mixing street recordings from Montréal, Las Vegas and Berlin with breakbeats, including Urban Cuts for cello, drums and fixed medium. DVD-Audio.
Lieu-Temps
Two 5.1 works by John Young from 2005 about his parents meeting in wartime Forlì: the Bourges-winning Ricordiamo Forlì, built from war correspondence archives and his father’s memories, and Arrivederci for the ensemble Stroma and the Duomo bells. DVD-Audio.