Serene
Music for Unborn Children
Peter Pannke's piece for four tamburas in unusual tunings, played in a circle by Mechthild Kampik, Tina Rusvay, Werner Durand and Pannke. Recorded at Radio Bremen in 1982, in two parts.
Zen
Michael Vetter's solo koto improvisations, recorded live without edits at Tonstudio van Geest, Heidelberg/Sandhausen, on 24 March 1985.
Walking, North, North
Four works by Japanese composer Makiko Nishikaze, three solos and a duo built on sound, resonance and silence, played by the ensemble L'Art pour L'Art after many years of collaboration. Released 2009.
Silence Is the Only Music
Six works by Klaus Hinrich Stahmer for East Asian and Western instruments (sheng, guzheng, koto, shakuhachi, kayagum, changgu, accordion, flutes, cello), with Wu Wei, Xu Fengxia, Makiko Goto, Stefan Hussong and others; recorded 2000-2007.
Visions
Four electroacoustic works by German composer Wilfried Jentzsch (1994-2003): Lumière cendrée, Apokalyptische Vision 2000 for choir, narrator and electronics recorded at its 2000 Dresden premiere, Kyoto Bells and Trance oder Lamento di Bali on gamelan samples.
Works 1939 - 2000
Overview of Lou Harrison's work from 1939 to 2000, with first recordings including the original septet version of Marriage at the Eiffel Tower, Mass to St. Anthony, Easter Cantata, arias from Young Caesar and Music for Remy.
The Piano Works 2 - Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano
John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano played by Philipp Vandré, the first recording on a Steinway “O”-type baby grand, the piano Cage composed on, with corrections to discrepancies in the printed score.
Complete string quartets, volume 2
Two string quartets by John Cage played by the Arditti Quartet: String Quartet in Four Parts (1949-50), in a new recording, and Four (1989), a first recording written for the ensemble. Composer-supervised sessions.
44 Harmonies from Apartment House 1776
First recording of all 44 Harmonies from Cage's Apartment House 1776, arranged for string quartet by Irvine Arditti and played by the Arditti Quartet, with Arditti's solo violin performance of Cheap Imitation.
Das Wohltemperierte Clavier
András Schiff plays both books of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier (BWV 846-893) on piano, recorded in August 2011 at the Auditorio RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher. Four CDs, ECM New Series 2270-73, 2012.
Clavichord
András Schiff plays Bach's Capriccio BWV 992, Inventions and Sinfonias, Four Duets, Ricercar à 3 and Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue on a 2003 Joris Potvlieghe copy of a 1743 Specken clavichord. Recorded July 2018 at the Beethoven-Haus, Bonn; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Six Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Michelle Makarski (violin) and Keith Jarrett (piano) in Bach's six sonatas for violin and keyboard, BWV 1014-1019. Recorded November 2010 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.
Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I
Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (24 preludes and fugues, BWV 846-869) played by Austrian pianist Till Fellner on two CDs, his ECM debut. Recorded September-October 2002 at the Jugendstiltheater, Vienna; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Mnemosyne
Double album by Jan Garbarek (soprano and tenor saxophones) and The Hilliard Ensemble: early, ancient Greek and folk vocal music with improvisation, recorded April 1998 at Propstei St. Gerold, Austria, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Kanon Pokajanen
Arvo Pärt's Kanon Pokajanen, a complete a cappella setting of the Orthodox Canon of Repentance in Church Slavonic, sung by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tõnu Kaljuste. Recorded June 1997, Niguliste Church, Tallinn. Two CDs.
As It Was
Box set of the four ECM albums by Peter Erskine (drums), John Taylor (piano) and Palle Danielsson (double bass): You Never Know, Time Being, As It Is and Juni, recorded 1992-97 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo. 4CD, ECM 2490-93, Old & New Masters series.
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 2014.
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - Concert Recording
Keith Jarrett plays Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book I (BWV 846-869) in concert at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, New York, on 7 March 1987. Archival recording first released in 2019.
Serenity
Double CD by the Bobo Stenson Trio (Bobo Stenson piano, Anders Jormin double bass, Jon Christensen drums), recorded in April 1999 at HageGården Music Center, Brunskog, Sweden, and produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM, 2000.
Pur ti miro
Wu Wei (sheng), Martin Stegner (viola) and Janne Saksala (double bass) play Monteverdi, Bach organ trio sonatas, Vivaldi's La Follia and a Norwegian bridal march. Recorded October 2022 at Teldex Studio, Berlin.