Double Bass
All records with double bass · Solo double bass only
Music for Strings
All of Xenakis's chamber music for strings except the quartets, from Syrmos (1959) to the first recording of Ittidra (1996), played by Ensemble Resonanz under Johannes Kalitzke, with John Eckhardt on solo contrabass in Theraps.
String Paths
First portrait album of Dobrinka Tabakova: the Cello Concerto, Suite in Old Style, Insight, Frozen River Flows and Such Different Paths, with Maxim Rysanov, Kristina Blaumane, Janine Jansen and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, recorded in Vilnius and Berlin.
Witold Lutosławski / Béla Bartók: Musique funèbre
Lutosławski's Musique funèbre and Bartók's Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances and seven choruses, played by the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester under Dennis Russell Davies with the Hungarian Radio Children's Choir, recorded at the Liederhalle, Stuttgart, in 2004 and 2010.
Gustav Mahler / Dmitri Shostakovich
Kremerata Baltica directed by Gidon Kremer play Mahler's Adagio from Symphony No. 10 (strings version, Riga, October 2001) and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 14 with Yulia Korpacheva and Fyodor Kuznetsov (live, Musikverein Vienna, November 2004).
Night Sessions
The Dowland Project (John Potter, Stephen Stubbs, John Surman, Barry Guy, Maya Homburger, Miloš Valent) improvise on medieval poems and early music fragments. Recorded September 2001 and January 2006 at Propstei St. Gerold.
Sofia Gubaidulina, Elsbeth Moser, Boris Pergamenschikow, Münchener Kammerorchester, Christoph Poppen
Sofia GubaidulinaSofia Gubaidulina's Seven Words, Ten Preludes and De Profundis, played by Elsbeth Moser (bayan), Boris Pergamenschikow (cello) and the Münchener Kammerorchester under Christoph Poppen; recorded January 2001 in Munich.
Ceremony
Maya Homburger (baroque violin) and Barry Guy (double bass) play Biber's Annunciation prelude and five pieces by Guy, one for violin and seven-track tape, recorded in April and July 1997 at Propstei St. Gerold and Rainbow Studio, Oslo.
Giya Kancheli, Maacha Deubner, Natalia Pschenitschnikova, Catrin Demenga, Ruth Killius, Rebecca Firth, Christian Sutter, Wladimir Jurowski
ExilGiya Kancheli's Exil (1994), settings of Psalm 23 and poems by Paul Celan and Hans Sahl for soprano, instruments and tape, sung by Maacha Deubner with a chamber ensemble conducted by Wladimir Jurowski, recorded in May 1994 at Propstei St. Gerold.
What Exit
What Exit is Mark Feldman's first ECM album as a leader, eight of his compositions played with John Taylor (piano), Anders Jormin (double bass) and Tom Rainey (drums), recorded in 2005 at Avatar Studios, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Easy Living
Easy Living is Enrico Rava's 2004 ECM album with his Italian quintet: Gianluca Petrella (trombone), Stefano Bollani (piano), Rosario Bonaccorso (double bass) and Roberto Gatto (drums), recorded in June 2003 at Artesuono Recording Studio, Udine, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Achirana
First album by the trio of Vassilis Tsabropoulos (piano), Arild Andersen (double bass) and John Marshall (drums), Tsabropoulos's ECM debut, with nine original pieces. Recorded October 1999 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. First released in 2000 as ECM 1728.
Juni
Fourth and last ECM album by the Peter Erskine Trio, with Erskine (drums), John Taylor (piano) and Palle Danielsson (double bass), recorded July 1997 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, and produced by Manfred Eicher. First released in 1999 as ECM 1657.
At The Blue Note, 3rd CD
The complete first set played by Keith Jarrett (piano), Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums) at the Blue Note, New York, on 4 June 1994: Autumn Leaves, Days of Wine and Roses, Bop-Be, You Don't Know What Love Is / Muezzin and When I Fall In Love.
Khomsa
Album by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem with Richard Galliano (accordion), François Couturier (piano, synthesizer), Palle Danielsson (double bass), Jon Christensen (drums) and others, recorded September 1994 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo. First released by ECM in 1995.
The Brass Project
John Surman (saxophones, clarinets, piano) with his trio of Chris Laurence and John Marshall and a seven-piece brass section conducted by John Warren. Recorded April 1992 at Angel Studios, London; produced by Surman and Steve Lake.
Atmos
Duo album by Miroslav Vitous (double bass) and Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophones), with seven Vitous compositions and two joint improvisations. Recorded February 1992 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Bye Bye Blackbird
Keith Jarrett (piano), Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums) in a tribute to Miles Davis, recorded on 12 October 1991 at the Power Station, New York, two weeks after his death. Executive producer Manfred Eicher.
Rouge
First ECM album by the Louis Sclavis Quintet: Sclavis (clarinets, soprano saxophone), Dominique Pifarély (violin), François Raulin (piano, synthesizer), Bruno Chevillon (bass), Christian Ville (drums). Recorded September 1991 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo.
Extensions
Extensions is a 1990 ECM album by the Dave Holland Quartet: Holland (double bass), Steve Coleman (alto saxophone), Kevin Eubanks (guitar) and Marvin "Smitty" Smith (drums), recorded in September 1989 at the Power Station, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Triplicate
Triplicate is the only album by the trio of Dave Holland (double bass), Steve Coleman (alto saxophone) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), recorded digitally in March 1988 at the Power Station, New York, produced by Lee Townsend and released by ECM in 1988.