Hardanger Fiddle

Lute songs old and new: John Potter and Anna Maria Friman (voices) with lutenists Ariel Abramovich and Jacob Heringman sing new songs by John Paul Jones, Tony Banks and Sting beside Campion, Warlock, Moeran and Picforth. Recorded November 2014, Rainbow Studio, Oslo.

Sixth ECM New Series album by Trio Mediaeval (Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Berit Opheim): Icelandic chant of St Thorlak, Italian laude, English carols, Norwegian hymns and works by Jormin, Brooks and Andrew Smith, recorded June 2014 at Propstei St. Gerold.

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.

Debut of the Norwegian psychedelic drone trio Lumen Drones: Nils Økland (Hardanger fiddle), Per Steinar Lie (guitars) and Ørjan Haaland (drums). Recorded November 2011 at ABC Studio, Etne, Norway, with engineer Kjetil Ulland.

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.

First ECM album by the Nils Økland Band: Økland (Hardanger fiddle, violin, viola d'amore) with Sigbjørn Apeland, Mats Eilertsen, Håkon Mørch Stene and Rolf-Erik Nystrøm. Recorded June 2012 in Hoff Church, Østre Toten, Norway.

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.

Fifth ECM album by the Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, a sextet with trumpet, tenor saxophone, Hardanger fiddle, cello and drums around Wallumrød's piano and harmonium, playing eleven of his pieces. Recorded at the Auditorio RSI in Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.

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.

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.

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.

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.