Oud
All records with oud · Solo oud only
Héloise
Live recording from Donaueschingen, 17 October 1992: Michael Riessler's project on Abélard and Héloise, with Valentin Clastrier, Michel Godard, Renaud Garcia-Fons, Rabih Abou-Khalil and others, recorded by Südwestfunk.
Lotfi Bouchnak - Tunisia
Tunisian singer and oud player Lotfi Bouchnak in concert in Berlin on 18 April 1998, with classical Arabic songs and a few popular titles.
Souvenance
Double album of music for oud, quartet and string orchestra by Anouar Brahem, with François Couturier (piano), Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet), Björn Meyer (bass) and the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana under Pietro Mianiti. Recorded in Lugano, May 20…
Hasretim - Journey to Anatolia
Marc Sinan's Hasretim for mixed ensemble and Anatolian field recordings: a live CD with the Dresdner Sinfoniker (Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, July 2011) and a DVD of the 2010 Hellerau premiere plus the field recordings made in Anatolia in 2010.
Trojan Women - Music for the Stageplay by Euripides
Eleni Karaindrou's music for Antonis Antypas's 2001 Epidaurus staging of Euripides' Trojan Women, for women's chorus, soprano and traditional Greek and Eastern instruments, recorded in July 2001 at Studio Polysound, Athens, produced by Manfred Eicher…
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…
Watersong
Fifth ECM album by Greek singer Savina Yannatou with Primavera en Salonico and Tunisian singer Lamia Bedioui: traditional and early songs about water from the Mediterranean, the Arab world, Scotland and the US. Recorded at Sierra Studios, Athens, pro…
Siwan - Hafla
Third album by Jon Balke's Siwan, setting poems from 11th-century Al-Andalus, with singer Mona Boutchebak, Derya Türkan (kemençe), Pedram Khavar Zamini (tombak), Helge Norbakken and Barokksolistene. Recorded May-June 2021 at The Village Recording, Co…
Trickster Orchestra
The 23-piece Trickster Orchestra, founded in Berlin in 2013 and led by singer Cymin Samawatie and percussionist Ketan Bhatti, with Wu Wei (sheng), Naoko Kikuchi (koto) and others. Texts in Farsi, Hebrew, Arabic and Turkish. Recorded January 2019, Mei…
Blue Maqams
Quartet album by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem with Dave Holland (double bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums) and Django Bates (piano), nine Brahem compositions recorded May 2017 at Avatar Studios, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Komitas
Arrangements of songs, dances and piano pieces by Komitas Vardapet for Armenian folk instruments, played by the ten-member Gurdjieff Ensemble directed by Levon Eskenian. Recorded February 2015 at the Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano; produced by Man…
Songs of Thessaloniki
Fourth ECM album by Greek singer Savina Yannatou with Primavera en Salonico: songs and hymns of the communities of Thessaloniki, arranged by Kostas Vomvolos. Recorded February 2014 at Sierra Studios, Athens; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Arco Iris
Amina Alaoui (vocals, daf) with Saïfallah Ben Abderrazak (violin), Sofiane Negra (oud), José Luis Montón (flamenco guitar), Eduardo Miranda (mandolin) and Idriss Agnel (percussion). Recorded April 2010 at Auditorio RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Ei…
The Astounding Eyes Of Rita
Anouar Brahem (oud) with Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet), Björn Meyer (bass) and Khaled Yassine (darbouka, bendir), eight Brahem compositions dedicated to Mahmoud Darwish. Recorded October 2008, Artesuono Recording Studio, Udine, produced by Manfred Eic…
Songs Of An Other
Third ECM album by Greek singer Savina Yannatou with the Thessaloniki ensemble Primavera en Salonico: traditional songs from Armenia, the Balkans, Kazakhstan, Italy and Greece, arranged mostly by Kostas Vomvolos. Recorded October 2007, Sierra Studios…
Le Voyage de Sahar
Le Voyage de Sahar is the second ECM album by the trio of oud player Anouar Brahem, pianist François Couturier and accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier, recorded in February 2005 at the Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano, and released in 2006.
Le pas du chat noir
Twelve compositions by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem, written at the piano and played with François Couturier (piano) and Jean-Louis Matinier (accordion). Recorded July 2001 at Radio Studio DRS, Zürich, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 1792, 2002.
Astrakan café
Astrakan Café is a 2000 ECM album by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem with Turkish clarinettist Barbaros Erköse and percussionist Lassad Hosni, recorded in June 1999 at the Propstei St. Gerold, Austria, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Thimar
Trio album by Anouar Brahem (oud), John Surman (soprano saxophone, bass clarinet) and Dave Holland (double bass), recorded on 13-15 March 1997 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1998.
Madar
Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophone), Anouar Brahem (oud) and Ustad Shaukat Hussain (tabla), recorded August 1992 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 1515, released 1994.
Barzakh
Anouar Brahem's first ECM album, a trio with violinist Béchir Selmi and percussionist Lassad Hosni, recorded in September 1990 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. CD, ECM 1432, 1991.