Cello
All records with cello · Solo cello only
Ulysses' Gaze - Film by Theo Angelopoulos
Eleni Karaindrou's music for Theo Angelopoulos's 1995 film Ulysses' Gaze, with Kim Kashkashian (viola), soloists and a string orchestra conducted by Lefteris Chalkiadakis, recorded in December 1994 at Sound Studio, Athens, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Giya Kancheli, Maacha Deubner, Natalia Pschenitschnikova, Catrin Demenga, Ruth Killius, Rebecca Firth, Christian Sutter, Wladimir Jurowski
ExilGiya Kancheli's Exil (1994), settings of Psalm 23 and poems by Paul Celan and Hans Sahl for soprano, instruments and tape, sung by Maacha Deubner with a chamber ensemble conducted by Wladimir Jurowski, recorded in May 1994 at Propstei St. Gerold.
Cellorganics
Four pieces for cello and pipe organ by Thomas Demenga (cello) and Heinz Reber (organ), recorded digitally in October 1980 at the Pauluskirche in Bern and produced by Manfred Eicher; first released by ECM in 1981.
Strawa no Sertão
Egberto Gismonti's suite Strawa no Sertão and other pieces, played by Bernard Wystraëte (flutes) and his Paris ensemble, with Gismonti as guest pianist. Recorded in Paris, 2001-2002. Carmo, 2005.
Black Angels and Makrokosmos III
Two George Crumb works of the 1970s: Black Angels in an arrangement for string quartet and string orchestra, with Cuarteto Latinoamericano, and Makrokosmos III for two amplified pianos and percussion, conducted by Juan Pablo Izquierdo.
So There
So There (XtraWATT, 2006) sets readings by poet Robert Creeley to music by Steve Swallow (bass), with Steve Kuhn (piano) and the Cikada String Quartet; recorded 25 August 2001 in West Shokan, NY, and 27-28 August 2005 in Oslo.
Different Rivers
Different Rivers is Trygve Seim's 2000 ECM debut as a leader, for a thirteen-piece, mostly wind ensemble with Arve Henriksen, Sidsel Endresen and others, recorded at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, between December 1998 and December 1999.
Children's Songs
Chick Corea's cycle of twenty short solo piano pieces, written between 1971 and 1983, plus an Addendum for piano trio with Ida Kavafian (violin) and Fred Sherry (cello). Recorded in July 1983 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg. Produced by Manfred Eicher.
Special Edition
The first album by Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, recorded in March 1979 at Generation Sound Studios, New York, with David Murray (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet), Arthur Blythe (alto saxophone) and Peter Warren (bass, cello). DeJohnette also plays piano and melodica.
The Following Morning
Eberhard Weber (bass) and Rainer Brüninghaus (piano) with members of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra on cellos, French horns and oboe, in four Weber compositions. Recorded August 1976 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Solstice
Ralph Towner's 1975 ECM quartet album with Jan Garbarek (saxophones, flute), Eberhard Weber (bass, cello) and Jon Christensen (drums, percussion), recorded in December 1974 at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
While I Was Away
While I Was Away (ECM, 2026) is the first album by Julia Hülsmann's octet: piano, violin, cello, bass and drums with singers Aline Frazão, Live Maria Roggen and Michael Schiefel, setting Dickinson, Atwood and Cummings. Recorded September 2023 at Hansa Studio, Berlin.
Off Stillness
Third ECM album by Thomas Strønen's Time Is A Blind Guide: Strønen (drums), Ayumi Tanaka (piano), Håkon Aase (violin), Leo Svensson Sander (cello), Ole Morten Vågan (double bass). Recorded December 2021 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, mixed in Munich in 2024.
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.
Siwan - Hafla
Third album by Jon Balke's Siwan, setting poems from 11th-century Al-Andalus, with singer Mona Boutchebak, Derya Türkan (kemençe), Pedram Khavar Zamini (tombak), Helge Norbakken and Barokksolistene. Recorded May-June 2021 at The Village Recording, Copenhagen.
Coda
Michael Mantler reworks his own compositions (1975-2010) into five suites for a chamber orchestra conducted by Christoph Cech, with Mantler (trumpet), Bjarne Roupé (guitar) and David Helbock (piano) as soloists. Recorded September 2019 at Porgy & Bess, Vienna.
Trickster Orchestra
The 23-piece Trickster Orchestra, founded in Berlin in 2013 and led by singer Cymin Samawatie and percussionist Ketan Bhatti, with Wu Wei (sheng), Naoko Kikuchi (koto) and others. Texts in Farsi, Hebrew, Arabic and Turkish. Recorded January 2019, Meistersaal, Berlin.
Lontano
Second duo album by cellist Anja Lechner and pianist François Couturier: improvisations, original pieces and music by Dutilleux, Kancheli, Brahem, Bach and Ariel Ramírez. Recorded October 2019 at Sendesaal Bremen, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Dreamlife of Debris
Second ECM album by keyboardist Kit Downes (piano, church organ) with Tom Challenger (tenor saxophone), Lucy Railton (cello), Stian Westerhus (guitar) and Sebastian Rochford (drums), recorded November 2018 in Huddersfield and Snape, produced by Sun Chung.
Life Of
Thirteen short pieces by guitarist Steve Tibbetts (12-string guitar, piano), with Marc Anderson (percussion, handpan) and Michelle Kinney (cello, drones), recorded by Tibbetts in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2016-2017. His ninth album for ECM, released 2018.