Serene
The River
Duo album by pianist Ketil Bjørnstad and cellist David Darling: twelve parts drawing on William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons, mixing composition and improvisation. Recorded May 1995, Rainbow Studio, Oslo; produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 1593, 1997.
Athos
Stephan Micus's cycle of three days and three nights inspired by a stay on Mount Athos, with zither, sattar, shakuhachi, suling, ney, flowerpots and his own multi-tracked voice, recorded at MCM Studios between November 1993 and February 1994.
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.
Twelve Moons
Jan Garbarek Group album with Rainer Brüninghaus, Eberhard Weber, Manu Katché, Marilyn Mazur and singers Agnes Buen Garnås and Mari Boine, recorded September 1992 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 1500, released 1993.
Paris Concert
Solo piano concert by Keith Jarrett, recorded on 17 October 1988 at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, and released by ECM in 1990: a 38-minute improvisation, Russ Freeman's The Wind and Jarrett's Blues.
Making Music
Zakir Hussain (tabla, percussion, voice) with Hariprasad Chaurasia (flutes), John McLaughlin (acoustic guitar) and Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophones), recorded December 1986 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM, 1987.
Magico
Trio album by Charlie Haden (double bass), Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophones) and Egberto Gismonti (guitars, piano), recorded in June 1979 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1980.
Fluid Rustle
Album by German bassist Eberhard Weber (bass, tarang) with Gary Burton (vibraharp, marimba), Bill Frisell (guitar, balalaika) and the voices of Norma Winstone and Bonnie Herman, recorded in January 1979 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, and released b…
Sol Do Meio Dia
Album by Egberto Gismonti (8-string guitar, piano, kalimba, wood flute, voice) with Naná Vasconcelos, Ralph Towner, Collin Walcott and Jan Garbarek, dedicated to the Xingu of the Amazon and recorded at Talent Studio, Oslo, in November 1977.
In memoriam Haydée / Játékok - Games and Transcriptions for piano solo and four hands
Concert film by Isabelle Soulard: Márta and György Kurtág play pieces from Játékok and Kurtág's Bach transcriptions for piano four hands, Cité de la musique, Paris, 22 September 2012, in memory of Haydée Charbagi.
Elegy of the Uprooting
Concert film of Eleni Karaindrou's 'scenic cantata' at the Megaron, Athens, 27 March 2005: music from 13 film and theatre scores with Maria Farantouri, the Camerata Orchestra under Alexandros Myrat and the ERT Choir.
Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher
Documentary by Peter Guyer and Norbert Wiedmer following ECM producer Manfred Eicher to sessions and concerts with Arvo Pärt, Eleni Karaindrou, Jan Garbarek, Anouar Brahem, Dino Saluzzi and others. Premiered at Locarno in 2009; DVD released by ECM in…
Spindrift
Spindrift is the second ECM album by German-American pianist Benjamin Lackner, with Mathias Eick (trumpet), Mark Turner (tenor saxophone), Linda May Han Oh (bass) and Matthieu Chazarenc (drums), recorded in March 2024 at Studios La Buissonne and prod…
Vagabond
Vagabond is Dominic Miller's third ECM album, eight originals for a quartet with pianist Jacob Karlzon, bassist Nicolas Fiszman and drummer Ziv Ravitz, recorded in April 2021 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines, and produced by Manfred Eich…
Uma Elmo
Uma Elmo is a 2021 ECM album by Danish guitarist Jakob Bro in a bassless trio with trumpeter Arve Henriksen and drummer Jorge Rossy, recorded in August-September 2020 at the Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Here Be Dragons
Oded Tzur's ECM debut, with Nitai Hershkovits (piano), Petros Klampanis (double bass) and Johnathan Blake (drums): raga-based originals and a cover of Can't Help Falling In Love, recorded in Lugano in June 2019 and produced by Manfred Eicher. LP edit…
Absinthe
Dominic Miller's second ECM album, ten originals for a quintet with Santiago Arias (bandoneon), Mike Lindup (keyboards), Nicolas Fiszman (bass) and Manu Katché (drums), recorded at Studios La Buissonne in February 2018 and produced by Manfred Eicher.…
The Other Side
Tord Gustavsen's first trio album in over a decade, with Sigurd Hole on double bass and Jarle Vespestad on drums: originals, Bach chorales and Scandinavian hymns, recorded at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, in January 2018 and produced by Manfred Eicher. LP ed…
Taking Turns
Jakob Bro's sextet session with Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan and Andrew Cyrille, recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, in March 2014, produced by Manfred Eicher and first released by ECM in November 2024. LP edition.
Portail
Two recent eight-channel works by Denis Smalley, Fabrezan Preludes, built on chords from Debussy’s La Cathédrale engloutie, and Sommeil de Rameau, plus The Pulses of Time from 1978 for clavichord sounds and EMS Synthi 100.