Violin
All records with violin · Solo violin only
Fabula Suite Lugano
Second ECM album by Christian Wallumrød's sextet with Eivind Lønning, Gjermund Larsen, Tanja Orning, Giovanna Pessi and Per Oddvar Johansen: through-composed chamber music recorded June 2009 at Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano, produced by Manfred Ei…
Complete Works for Violin & Piano
All of Christian Wolff's works for violin and piano: the first recording of Pebbles (1999) and two performances of Duo for Violinist and Pianist (1961), played by the Canadian duo Sabat/Clarke with the composer present.
Monograph
Solo album by Norwegian violinist Nils Økland, playing his own pieces on Hardanger fiddle, violin and viola d'amore. Recorded July 2007 in Olavskirken, Avaldsnes, Norway, engineered by Audun Strype. CD, ECM 2069, 2009.
Songs Of An Other
Third ECM album by Greek singer Savina Yannatou with the Thessaloniki ensemble Primavera en Salonico: traditional songs from Armenia, the Balkans, Kazakhstan, Italy and Greece, arranged mostly by Kostas Vomvolos. Recorded October 2007, Sierra Studios…
Siwan
Jon Balke (keyboards, conductor) and Amina Alaoui (voice) set Andalusian, Sufi and Christian mystical poetry with Kheir Eddine M'Kachiche (violin), Jon Hassell (trumpet, electronics) and Bjarte Eike's Barokksolistene. Recorded 2007-2008 at Rainbow St…
The Zoo Is Far
Christian Wallumrød Ensemble sextet: Wallumrød (piano, harmonium, toy piano), Arve Henriksen, Gjermund Larsen, Tanja Orning, Giovanna Pessi, Per Oddvar Johansen. 24 pieces, recorded October 2006 at Radio Studio DRS, Zurich. CD, ECM 2005, 2007.
Boustrophedon
Eight-part suite composed and conducted by Evan Parker for the 14-piece Transatlantic Art Ensemble, co-founded with Roscoe Mitchell, with Craig Taborn, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton and others. Recorded live September 2004 at the Muffathalle, Munich.
Vindonissa
Paul Giger (violin, violino d'amore, viola d'amore, foot bells) with Robert Dick (flutes) and Satoshi Takeishi (percussion): solo pieces, duos and trios recorded 1995-2000 and edited at Big Ear Studio, Dübendorf, released by ECM in 2003.
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.
The Source and Different Cikadas
The Source (Trygve Seim, saxophones; Øyvind Brække, trombone; Per Oddvar Johansen, drums) with the Cikada String Quartet, Arve Henriksen, Frode Haltli and others. Recorded November 2000 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo; produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM, 2002. …
Songs And One Symphony
Michael Mantler's Ernst Meister settings, sung by Mona Larsen with the Chamber Music and Songs Ensemble (Copenhagen, 1993), and his One Symphony, played by the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt under Peter Rundel (Frankfurt, 1998). CD, 2000.
Trinity
Solo album by Mat Maneri on acoustic violin and viola: his own compositions and pieces by Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and Joe Maneri, recorded July 1999 at Gateway Studio, Kingston, produced by Steve Lake. CD, 2001.
High Lines
Quartet album by violinist Michael Galasso with Terje Rypdal (guitar), Marc Marder (double bass) and Frank Colón (percussion): sixteen Galasso compositions, recorded November 2002 and April 2004 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo. CD, 2005.
Open Land
Sextet album by guitarist John Abercrombie with Dan Wall (organ), Adam Nussbaum (drums), Kenny Wheeler (trumpet, flugelhorn), Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone) and Mark Feldman (violin), recorded September 1998 at Avatar Studios, New York. CD, 1999.
Blessed
First duo album by Joe Maneri (alto and tenor saxophones, clarinet, piano) and his son Mat Maneri (acoustic and electric violins, electric viola), recorded October 1997 at Hardstudios, Winterthur, produced by Steve Lake.
Milvus
Swedish fiddler Mats Edén on drone-fiddle, violin and viola, with flutist Jonas Simonson and, in his String Quartet No. 1, the Cikada String Quartet. Recorded September 1997 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Poros
Duo album by violinist Dominique Pifarély and pianist François Couturier: nine pieces, mostly their own plus Mal Waldron's Warm Canto, recorded April 1997 at the Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Agram
Second Nordan Project album, led by Lena Willemark and Ale Möller, with Palle Danielsson, Mats Edén, Jonas Knutsson and Tina Johansson: Swedish traditional and new songs. Recorded 30 March to 3 April 1996, Rainbow Studio, Oslo. ECM 1610.
Cerco un paese Innocente
Michael Mantler's suite of songs and interludes on poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti, sung by Mona Larsen with the Danish Radio Big Band under Ole Kock Hansen and Mantler's chamber ensemble, recorded at Danmarks Radio, Copenhagen, in January 1994.
Nordan
Medieval Swedish ballads and traditional tunes arranged by Ale Möller and sung by Lena Willemark, with Palle Danielsson, Mats Edén, Per Gudmundson and others. Recorded December 1993 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher, released by ECM…