Browse: ECM (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label ECM.
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Zwiegespräche: Holliger & Kurtág
Heinz Holliger (oboe/cor anglais/piano), Marie-Lise Schüpbach (cor anglais/oboe), Ernesto Molinari (bass clarinet/ contrabass clarinet), Sarah Wegener (soprano), Philippe Jaccottet (speaker)
A lot of concentration is required to take in this programme of spartan, potent oboe works by Holliger and Kurtág. But there are real musical rewards, and it’s beautifully produced. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Contemporary Music
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist (Holliger)
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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A caressing velvety choral reassurance underpins Jaan-Eile Tulve’s tender direction of Psalm 121…Nothing is forced. The singing breathes with a collective, gentle inevitability…The final impression... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Bookended by Bach arrangements, this album of solo piano works explores musical connections through history. The overwhelming echo in the recording creates a shimmering effect, overriding some... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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[Brahms] The equality of the two voices goes beyond the usual soloist with piano accompaniment. This is the secret, I think, that makes these performances compelling no matter how reflective,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Chamber Music
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Officium Novum: Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble
Jan Garbarek (soprano & tenor saxophones)
The Hilliard Ensemble (David James, countertenor, Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor, Steven Harrold, Gordon Jones, baritone)
Over the immanent, limpid voices Garbarek improvises equally immaculate counter-melodies. His contributions tend to be somewhat predictable, more decoration than improvisation in the fullest... — More…
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Heinz Holliger: Lunea
Christian Gerhaher (Lenau), Juliane Banse (Sophie), Ivan Ludlow (Anton Schurz), Sarah Maria Sun (Marie/Karoline), Annette Schönmüller (Therese)
Philharmonia Zurich, Basler Madrigalisten, Heinz Holliger
Gerhaher is astonishing in the virtuoso principal role...traversing the gamut of language and expression from song to speech. Yet this is an ensemble piece, in which past and present lovers and... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Contemporary Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Composer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - World Premiere Recording
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Secret History - Music by Josquin and Victoria John Potter (vocals), Anna Maria Friman (vocals), Ariel Abramovich (vihuela), Jacob Heringman (vihuela), Lee Santana (vihuela), Hille Perl (viola da gamba)
[Potter’s] approach is varied…In the Gloria of the Mass and elsewhere [he[] artfully switches between parts as he goes along so as to produce an appealing continuous vocal line. The instrumentalists... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2017
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The first movement of the big C major Sonata is conceived very much on orchestral lines with a dramatic variety of colouring and characterisation, as well as an unexpected use of the sustaining... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2010, First Choice
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the 100-minute score creates a space in which recorded voices that Goebbels has sourced from wax cylinders, news reports and ethnographic sources can be given a political or historical context... — More…
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Composer of the Year
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Trio Mediaeval defend the corner for beautiful simplicity in this album — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2005, Choral & Song Choice
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