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First recordings of eight chamber and ensemble works (1992-2016) by Argentine composer Mariano Etkin, including Flores blancas and the Estudios para lágrimas, played by Ensemble Aventure, recorded in Cologne in 2019 and 2020. Co-production with Deutschlandradio.

Portrait CD of the Iranian composer Elnaz Seyedi: five works for duo, trio and ensemble, played by the Zöllner-Roche Duo, Alice Belugou and David Eggert, Trio Aventure, Ensemble Musikfabrik and the Kommas Ensemble, plus two online videos.

The 1976 Epic debut of bassist Jaco Pastorius, produced by Bobby Colomby and recorded in New York, with Herbie Hancock, Don Alias, Lenny White, Wayne Shorter, Hubert Laws, Sam & Dave and strings conducted by Michael Gibbs.

Eight chamber works (1968-2006) by Uruguayan composer Coriún Aharonián (1940-2017), played by Ensemble Aventure, and the orchestral Mestizo (1993) with the SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden under Zoltán Peskó.

Violeta Dinescu's works for flute (1983-2015), the cycles Aus dem Tagebuch and Blicke with chamber pieces for flute and horn quartet, piano, harp and violin; Carin Levine with the Dauprat-Hornquartett, Stephan Rahn and others.

Edition Musikfabrik: Brian Ferneyhough's Finis Terrae (with EXAUDI), Klaus Lang's The Ocean of Yes and No, Carola Bauckholt's Schlammflocke and Jorge E. López's Gonzales the Earth Eater, first recordings by Ensemble Musikfabrik under four conductors.

Ten works for trumpet by Liza Lim, Rebecca Saunders, Georg Friedrich Haas, Carl Ruggles, Agata Zubel, Martin Smolka and others, mostly first recordings, played by Marco Blaauw on trumpet, double-bell trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn, with brass ensemble.

First portrait CD of the Serbian composer Milica Djordjević, seven works from 2008-2015 played by the Arditti Quartet, Teodoro Anzellotti, Ensemble Musikfabrik under Johannes Schöllhorn and soloists, recorded at Deutschlandfunk Cologne in 2016.

Eleni Karaindrou's score for Theo Angelopoulos's film Dust of Time, with Sergiu Nastasa (violin), Renato Ripo (cello), Maria Bildea (harp), the Camerata and the ERT orchestra under Alexandros Myrat, recorded January and March 2008 at the Megaron, Athens.

Haydn's Symphonies No. 39 and No. 45 'Farewell' with Isang Yun's Chamber Symphony I (1987), played by the Münchener Kammerorchester under Alexander Liebreich; recorded in May 2007 at the Himmelfahrtskirche, Munich-Sendling.

Eleni Karaindrou's score for Theo Angelopoulos's 1998 film Eternity and a Day, played by La Camerata Athens under Loukas Karytinos with Greek soloists and the composer on piano, recorded March-April 1998 at the Athens Concert Hall.

Eleni Karaindrou's music for Theo Angelopoulos's 1995 film Ulysses' Gaze, with Kim Kashkashian (viola), soloists and a string orchestra conducted by Lefteris Chalkiadakis, recorded in December 1994 at Sound Studio, Athens, produced by Manfred Eicher.

Different Rivers is Trygve Seim's 2000 ECM debut as a leader, for a thirteen-piece, mostly wind ensemble with Arve Henriksen, Sidsel Endresen and others, recorded at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, between December 1998 and December 1999.

Eberhard Weber (bass) and Rainer Brüninghaus (piano) with members of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra on cellos, French horns and oboe, in four Weber compositions. Recorded August 1976 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.

Terje Rypdal's 1974 ECM album: two pieces with a quintet including Odd Ulleberg, Pete Knutsen, Sveinung Hovensjø and Jon Christensen, and a title work for electric guitar and Südfunk Symphony Orchestra members under Mladen Gutesha. Recorded January-August 1974 in Oslo and Ludwigsburg.

Michael Mantler reworks his own compositions (1975-2010) into five suites for a chamber orchestra conducted by Christoph Cech, with Mantler (trumpet), Bjarne Roupé (guitar) and David Helbock (piano) as soloists. Recorded September 2019 at Porgy & Bess, Vienna.

Song cycle in ten parts by Michael Mantler (trumpet, music and French texts), sung by Himiko Paganotti with the Max Brand Ensemble conducted by Christoph Cech. Recorded April 2016 at Porgy & Bess, Vienna, with additional recording at La Buissonne. ECM 2537, 2017.

Michael Mantler's 2013 reworking of his 1968 Jazz Composer's Orchestra music, played live at Porgy & Bess, Vienna, by the Nouvelle Cuisine Big Band under Christoph Cech, with radio.string.quartet.vienna, guitarist Bjarne Roupé and Mantler on trumpet.

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).

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.

Nine-part suite by John Surman (soprano and baritone saxophones, bass clarinet) with Jack DeJohnette (drums, piano) and the ten-piece London Brass, a BBC Radio 3 commission. Recorded live in June 2001 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. ECM 1802, 2003.

Solo double bass album by Anders Jormin, with six short pieces for brass quartet. Bass recorded 17 December 1999 at Artisten, Göteborg; brass recorded 2 October 2000 at Studio Bohus, Kungälv. Produced by Manfred Eicher, released by ECM in 2001. CD edition.

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.

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.

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.

Second album by Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, arranged by Carla Bley, with a twelve-piece band including Don Cherry, Dewey Redman and Paul Motian: resistance songs from Spain, Portugal, Chile and El Salvador, recorded November 1982 in Ludwigsburg.