Memory / Archive
Cycle du Son
Francis Dhomont's four-part homage to Pierre Schaeffer and fifty years of musique concrète (1989-98), built from the first movement of the Étude aux objets, with Machaut, Pierre Henry's door and a list of “inventors of the treasure” along the way.
Ritornare
Ritornare (ECM, 2026) is the ECM debut of Enzo Favata's quintet Atlantico, with Marcello Peghin (ten-string guitar), Daniele di Bonaventura (bandoneon), Salvatore Maltana (double bass) and U.T. Gandhi (drums). Recorded January 2026 in Munich, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Feebles, Fables and Ferns
Feebles, Fables and Ferns (ECM, 2026) is a previously unreleased duo session by guitarist Mick Goodrick and pianist Fred Hersch, recorded in August 1988 at Classic Sound Studio, New York, produced by Hersch and remixed in 2025 by Chris Allen.
Memento
First duo album by pianist Marilyn Crispell and bassist Anders Jormin: four free improvisations and seven compositions by the two. Recorded July 2025 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
A Time To Remember
Elina Duni (voice) with Rob Luft (guitar), Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn) and Fred Thomas (piano, drums): Albanian and Kosovan traditionals, standards and Duni/Luft originals. Recorded July 2022 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines. ECM 2781, 2023.
A Short Diary
Duo album by drummer Sebastian Rochford and pianist Kit Downes, music written after the death of Rochford's father, poet Gerard Rochford, recorded February 2020 at the family home Waverley, Aberdeen. CD, ECM 2749, 2023.
Ruins and Remains
Suite for piano, string quartet and percussion composed in 2018 by Wolfert Brederode for the centenary of the end of World War I, played by Brederode (piano), the Matangi Quartet and Joost Lijbaart (drums, percussion). Recorded August 2021 at Sendesaal Bremen.
La misteriosa musica della Regina Loana
Duo tribute to Umberto Eco by Gianluigi Trovesi (piccolo and alto clarinets) and Gianni Coscia (accordion), inspired by his novel The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana. Recorded November 2017 to January 2018 at Night and Day Studio, Cascinagrossa.
Albores
Solo bandoneon recital by Argentine musician Dino Saluzzi, nine of his own compositions recorded February to October 2019 at Saluzzi Music Studio, Buenos Aires, produced by Manfred Eicher.
White
Duo album by guitarist Marc Sinan and clarinettist Oğuz Büyükberber (both also on electronics), built around 1916 field recordings of Armenian prisoners of war. Recorded October 2016 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Perdu et Retrouvé
Eight fixed-medium works by Darren Copeland from 1991 to 2003, tied by the tension between losing and finding: a CNN eyewitness account of 9/11, the voices of Marconi and Eckersly, a 36-hour train route from London to Moscow. DVD-Audio.
Zoo
Four radio works by Dan Lander from 1988 to 1992, three cut with a razor blade on 1/4" tape: a dismantling of radio conventions with Gregory Whitehead, a portrait of his back injury through friends' memories, and a Toronto zoo heard as machine.
Encore
Eberhard Weber's companion album to Résumé: bass solos recorded live with the Jan Garbarek Group in thirteen European cities between 1990 and 2007, reworked with his keyboards and Ack van Rooyen's flugelhorn. Mixed November 2014 at La Buissonne; produced by Manfred Eicher.
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.
El Valle de la Infancia
Dino Saluzzi (bandoneon) with his family band: Félix Saluzzi (tenor sax, clarinet), José María Saluzzi (guitars), Matías Saluzzi (basses), plus Nicolás Brizuela (guitar) and Quintino Cinalli (drums). Recorded March-May 2013 at Saluzzi Music Studio, Buenos Aires.
Within A Song
John Abercrombie Quartet tribute to 1960s jazz (Rollins, Davis, Coleman, Coltrane, Evans) with three originals: John Abercrombie (guitar), Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone), Drew Gress (double bass), Joey Baron (drums). Recorded September 2011 at Avatar Studios, New York.
Navidad de los Andes
Dino Saluzzi (bandoneon), Anja Lechner (cello) and Felix Saluzzi (tenor saxophone, clarinet) in eleven pieces, mostly by Dino Saluzzi. Recorded July 2010 at Auditorio RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Résumé
Eberhard Weber reworks twelve solo bass sequences recorded live with the Jan Garbarek Group between 1990 and 2007, adding keyboards, saxophone and selje flute by Garbarek and percussion by Michael DiPasqua. Mixed in 2011 at Studios La Buissonne.
Juan Condori
Juan Condori (ECM 1978, 2006) by the Dino Saluzzi Group: Dino Saluzzi (bandoneon) with Felix, José María and Matías Saluzzi and drummer U.T. Gandhi, recorded October 2005 at Estudios Moebio, Buenos Aires, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Review (1968-2000)
Anthology of Michael Mantler's work chosen by the composer: 22 tracks recorded 1968-2000 for JCOA, WATT and ECM, with Jack Bruce, Robert Wyatt, Marianne Faithfull, Carla Bley, Pharoah Sanders and others. Released by ECM in 2006.