Piano
All records with piano · Solo piano only
Galina Ustvolskaya
Galina Ustvolskaya's Trio (1949), Violin Sonata (1952) and Duet (1964), played by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, pianist Markus Hinterhäuser and clarinettist Reto Bieri, recorded in March 2013 at the RSI Auditorio in Lugano.
Cantante e tranquillo
Slow movements and miniatures by Beethoven, Bach, Ligeti, Kurtág, Schnittke and Knaifel played by the Keller Quartett, with Alexei Lubimov in the Schnittke; recorded 1995-2012 in Vienna, Eichstätt and Zürich and compiled with producer Manfred Eicher.
Between Two Waves
Three works by Victor Kissine: the piano concerto Between Two Waves, the Duo (after Osip Mandelstam) for viola and cello, and Barcarola for violin, strings and percussion, with Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica. Recorded live at the Lockenhaus Festival in July 2011.
Music for piano and string quartet
Konstantia Gourzi's chamber music: piano pieces, two string quartets and two works for piano quintet, played by pianist Lorenda Ramou and Ensemble Coriolis. Recorded July 2012 at the Himmelfahrtskirche, Munich, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Canto Oscuro
Russian pianist Anna Gourari's ECM debut: Bach chorale preludes, the Chaconne and a prelude in transcriptions by Busoni and Siloti, with Gubaidulina's Chaconne and Hindemith's Suite 1922, recorded in May 2011 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt.
Chamber Music
Chamber works and songs by Harrison Birtwistle (1998-2011): two sets of Lorine Niedecker settings, the Trio and Bogenstrich, played by Till Fellner, Lisa Batiashvili, Adrian Brendel, Amy Freston and Roderick Williams, recorded at the Herkulessaal, Munich.
Precipitando - Alban Berg / Leoš Janáček / Franz Liszt
Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon's first solo ECM New Series album: Berg's Piano Sonata op. 1, Janáček's In the mists and Liszt's Sonata in B minor, recorded in April 2011 at the RSI Auditorio in Lugano and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Five Pieces - Takemitsu / Hindemith / Janáček / Silvestrov
Debut album of the Italian sisters Natascia (violin) and Raffaella Gazzana (piano), playing Takemitsu's Distance de fée, Hindemith's Sonata in E, Janáček's Sonata and Silvestrov's Five Pieces, recorded in March 2011 at the RSI Auditorio in Lugano.
Concert in Athens
Live recording of Eleni Karaindrou's theatre and film music with guests Kim Kashkashian (viola) and Jan Garbarek (tenor saxophone), oboist Vangelis Christopoulos and the Camerata Orchestra under Alexandros Myrat, Megaron, Athens, 19 November 2010.
Stifters Dinge
Audio edition of Heiner Goebbels' music-theatre installation for five mechanised pianos, archival voices and texts after Adalbert Stifter, recorded 20-21 October 2007 at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg.
Moments musicaux
Valery Afanassiev plays Schubert's six Moments musicaux D. 780 and the Piano Sonata in D major D. 850. Recorded September 2010 at the Auditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Victor Kissine / Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Piano Trios
Gidon Kremer (violin), Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė (cello) and Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) play Victor Kissine's Zerkalo (2009), dedicated to them, and Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio op. 50. Recorded August 2010, Himmelfahrtskirche Sendling, Munich.
Tief in der Nacht - Alban Berg / Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Juliane Banse (soprano) and Aleksandar Madžar (piano) in Alban Berg's early songs and Karl Amadeus Hartmann's Lamento after Andreas Gryphius. Recorded March 2009 at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt.
Phantasy of Spring - Feldman / Zimmermann / Schönberg / Xenakis
Carolin Widmann (violin) and Simon Lepper (piano) play duos by Feldman (Spring of Chosroes), Zimmermann (Sonata, 1950), Schoenberg (Phantasy op. 47) and Xenakis (Dikhthas). Recorded October and December 2006 at the WDR Funkhaus, Cologne.
Elegie
Jörg Widmann's Messe and Elegie, played by the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie under Christoph Poppen with Widmann as clarinet soloist, plus Fünf Bruchstücke with Heinz Holliger on piano. Recorded 2008 in Saarbrücken and 2009 in Cologne.
D'ombre et de silence
Robert Levin plays Henri Dutilleux's music for piano, from the 1946-48 Sonata to the three Préludes, joined by Ya-Fei Chuang in Figures de résonances for two pianos. Recorded in December 2008 at Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Robert Schumann / Heinz Holliger
Alexander Lonquich plays the 1838 first edition of Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana op. 16 and Heinz Holliger's Partita (1999). Recorded November 2008 at the Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Dust of Time - Music for the film by Theo Angelopoulos
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.
Neharót - Betty Olivero / Tigran Mansurian / Eitan Steinberg
Kim Kashkashian plays works by Betty Olivero, Tigran Mansurian and Eitan Steinberg, with the Münchener Kammerorchester, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Kuss Quartett, Robyn Schulkowsky and Mansurian, recorded 2006-2008 in Munich, Poznań and Boston.
Heinz Holliger, Clara Schumann, Christoph Richter, Dénes Várjon, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Heinz Holliger / Clara Schumann: RomancendresClara Schumann's Drei Romanzen Op. 22 and Heinz Holliger's Romancendres, played by Christoph Richter (cello) and Dénes Várjon (piano) in Lugano in 2008, with Holliger's Gesänge der Frühe for choir, orchestra and tape, recorded in Sindelfingen in 2007 under the composer.