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Officium Novum
Third album by Jan Garbarek (soprano and tenor saxophones) and The Hilliard Ensemble, centred on Armenian sacred music arranged by Komitas, with chant, Pérotin and Pärt. Recorded at Propstei St. Gerold in summer 2009.
Secret History - Josquin / Victoria
John Potter (tenor) and Anna Maria Friman (soprano) with vihuelas and viola da gamba perform Victoria's Missa Surge propera and motets by Josquin in versions modelled on Renaissance lute arrangements. Recorded at Propstei St. Gerold, produced by Manf…
Inventionen und Sinfonien / Französische Suite V
Till Fellner plays Bach's two-part Inventions, three-part Sinfonias and French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816, on piano; recorded in July 2007 at the Mozartsaal, Wiener Konzerthaus, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Folk Songs
Trio Mediaeval (Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Torunn Østrem Ossum) sing traditional Norwegian ballads, hymns and lullabies, with Birger Mistereggen on percussion and jew's harp. Recorded at Propstei St. Gerold in 2007.
Musica del Delphin
Pablo Márquez plays seventeen pieces from Luys de Narváez's Los seys libros del Delphin (Valladolid, 1538) on modern guitar, recorded in April 2006 at the Kulturbühne AmBach, Götzis.
Thomas Tallis / Christopher Tye / John Sheppard - Audivi vocem
The Hilliard Ensemble sing sacred polyphony by Thomas Tallis, Christopher Tye and John Sheppard, built around movements of Tye's Missa sine nomine. Recorded March 2005 at Propstei St. Gerold, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Stella Maris
Trio Mediaeval (Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Torunn Østrem Ossum) sing 12th- and 13th-century English and Notre Dame pieces with Sungji Hong's Missa Lumen de lumine (2002). Recorded February 2005 at Propstei St. Gerold.
Gurdjieff & Tsabropoulos: Chants, Hymns & Dances
Anja Lechner (cello) and Vassilis Tsabropoulos (piano) play music by G.I. Gurdjieff arranged for their duo, with Tsabropoulos's own pieces after Byzantine hymns. Recorded December 2003 at the Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Soir, dit-elle
Trio Mediaeval (Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Torunn Østrem Ossum) sing Leonel Power's Missa Alma redemptoris mater alongside new works by Gavin Bryars, Ivan Moody, Andrew Smith and Oleh Harkavyy, recorded in April 2003 at Propstei St. Ger…
Words of the Angel
Debut album of the Norwegian vocal trio Trio Mediaeval: the 14th-century Messe de Tournai with English polyphony, Italian laude and Ivan Moody's title piece. Produced by John Potter, recorded December 1999 in Gönningen.
Alexander Knaifel, Mstislav Rostropovich, Tatiana Melentieva, Boy Choir Glinka Choral College, State Hermitage Orchestra, Arkady Shteinlukht
Amicta SoleAlexander Knaifel's Psalm 51 (50) for solo cello, played by Mstislav Rostropovich (St. Gerold, 2001), and Amicta Sole for soprano Tatiana Melentieva, Glinka Choral College boys and State Hermitage Orchestra under Arkady Shteinlukht (St. Petersburg, 2…
Officium
Jan Garbarek (soprano and tenor saxophones) improvising with the Hilliard Ensemble on sacred vocal music from Gregorian chant to Morales, Dufay and Pérotin, recorded in September 1993 at the Propstei St. Gerold, Austria.
Codex Speciálnik
Sacred polyphony from a Prague manuscript of about 1500, sung by the Hilliard Ensemble (David James, Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, Gordon Jones), recorded in January 1993 in the Stadtkirche, Gönningen.
Henryk Górecki, Erik Satie, Darius Milhaud, Gavin Bryars, Sarah Leonard, Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
Górecki: O Domina Nostra / Satie / Milhaud / BryarsSoprano Sarah Leonard and organist Christopher Bowers-Broadbent in Górecki's O Domina Nostra, Satie's Messe des pauvres, two Milhaud preludes and Gavin Bryars's The Black River. Recorded June 1992, Hofkirche Luzern.
Água e Vinho
Recorder and guitar duets by Rodney Waterman and Doug de Vries: Gismonti, Hermeto Pascoal, Garoto, Catalan songs, Diego Ortiz and originals. Recorded in Australia 1997-1998 and 1999. Carmo, 2000.
Carioca
Solo album by Carioca (Ronaldo Leite de Freitas) on guitars of 6 to 12 strings, mandolin, viola, kalimba and northeastern cítara, recorded by Egberto Gismonti at Porão Studio, Rio, in 1984 and 1991. Carmo CD reissue, 1993.
Purcor
Purcor (Songs For Saxophone And Piano) is the 2010 ECM duo album of Trygve Seim (tenor and soprano saxophones) and Andreas Utnem (piano, harmonium), recorded in May 2008 at Tøyen Kirke, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
To The Evening Child
Solo album by Stephan Micus, recorded January-February 1992 at MCM Studios, in seven parts for steel drum, voice, dilruba, suling, kortholt, nay and sinding, all played and sung by Micus. First released by ECM in 1992 as ECM 1486.
Animato
Animato is a 1990 ECM album by guitarist John Abercrombie with composer Vince Mendoza (synthesizers) and drummer Jon Christensen, mostly of Mendoza's compositions, recorded in October 1989 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Ecotopia
Oregon's 1987 ECM album, the first after Collin Walcott's death: Ralph Towner (guitars, piano, synthesizer), Paul McCandless (oboe, cor anglais, soprano sax), Glen Moore (double bass) and Trilok Gurtu (tabla, percussion). Recorded March 1987 at Tonst…