Voice
Music For Films
Eleni Karaindrou's first ECM album: film music written 1979-1990 for Theo Angelopoulos, Christoforos Christofis and Lefteris Xanthopoulos, recorded at Polysound, Athens, with Jan Garbarek on four tracks. Produced by Manfred Eicher. CD, ECM 1429, 1991.
Rosensfole
Medieval Norwegian ballads sung by Agnes Buen Garnås, arranged by Jan Garbarek for saxophones, synthesizers and percussion. Recorded September-December 1988 at Bel Studio, Oslo, produced by Garbarek and Manfred Eicher. CD, ECM 1402, 1989.
Der Mann im Fahrstuhl
Heiner Goebbels' setting of a monologue from Heiner Müller's play Der Auftrag, with Arto Lindsay, Don Cherry, Fred Frith, George Lewis and actor Ernst Stötzner, recorded in March 1988 in New York and Berlin and released by ECM in 1988.
Offramp
Third studio album by the Pat Metheny Group (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, Danny Gottlieb, with Naná Vasconcelos), recorded in October 1981 at the Power Station, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1982. CD edition.
Eventyr
Trio album by Jan Garbarek (saxophones, flutes), John Abercrombie (electric guitars, mandolin guitar) and Naná Vasconcelos (berimbau, percussion, voice), recorded in December 1980 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1981. CD edition.
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Album by Pat Metheny (guitars, bass) and Lyle Mays (piano, synthesizer, organ, autoharp) with Naná Vasconcelos (berimbau, percussion, drums, voice), recorded in autumn 1980 at Talent Studio, Oslo, and released by ECM in 1981. 2022 CD reissue.
Saudades
First ECM album as leader by Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos (berimbau, percussion, voice, gongs), with Egberto Gismonti and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart under Mladen Gutesha, recorded in March 1979 in Ludwigsburg. CD edition.
Fluid Rustle
Album by German bassist Eberhard Weber (bass, tarang) with Gary Burton (vibraharp, marimba), Bill Frisell (guitar, balalaika) and the voices of Norma Winstone and Bonnie Herman, recorded in January 1979 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, and released by ECM in May 1979.
Solo
Solo album by Brazilian composer Egberto Gismonti on 8-string guitars, piano, surdo, cooking bells and wordless voice, recorded in November 1978 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1979.
Sol Do Meio Dia
Album by Egberto Gismonti (8-string guitar, piano, kalimba, wood flute, voice) with Naná Vasconcelos, Ralph Towner, Collin Walcott and Jan Garbarek, dedicated to the Xingu of the Amazon and recorded at Talent Studio, Oslo, in November 1977.
Return To Forever
Chick Corea's 1972 ECM album with Joe Farrell, Flora Purim, Stanley Clarke and Airto Moreira, recorded 2-3 February 1972 at A & R Studios, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher. CD edition.
Elegy of the Uprooting
Concert film of Eleni Karaindrou's 'scenic cantata' at the Megaron, Athens, 27 March 2005: music from 13 film and theatre scores with Maria Farantouri, the Camerata Orchestra under Alexandros Myrat and the ERT Choir.
Ulysses' Gaze - Film by Theo Angelopoulos
Eleni Karaindrou's score for Theo Angelopoulos's film Ulysses' Gaze, with Kim Kashkashian (viola) and a string orchestra conducted by Lefteris Chalkiadakis, recorded in December 1994 at Sound Studio, Athens, and released on ECM New Series in 1995. Cassette edition.
So I Write
First album under her own name by Norwegian singer Sidsel Endresen, with Nils Petter Molvær (trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion), Django Bates (piano) and Jon Christensen (percussion), recorded in June 1990 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, and released by ECM in 1990. Cassette edition.
Keel Road
Danish String Quartet's third folk album: traditional tunes from Denmark, Norway, the Faroe Islands, Ireland and England plus originals by Sørensen and Sjölin, arranged by the quartet. Recorded November 2022 at The Village Recording, Copenhagen. LP, ECM New Series 2785.
Mountain Call
Miroslav Vitous's first ECM album as leader in ten years: duets with Michel Portal, pieces with Jack DeJohnette and two suites with Esperanza Spalding, Bob Mintzer and orchestra, recorded 2003-2010 at his Universal Syncopations studio and produced with Manfred Eicher. LP edition.
12 miniatures for voice and piano
Printed score of Giya Kancheli's 12 Miniatures for Voice and Piano, songs based on themes from his film and theatre music with Georgian lyrics by Ia Sakandelidze. Published 2016, A4, 40 pages, texts in Georgian and English.
Dômes
Five works by Robert Normandeau from 2005 to 2014, several conceived for loudspeaker domes, from Karlsruhe trams and church bells in Kuppel to Baobabs, a Little Prince piece for four voices and the percussion group Sixtrum that won at Musica Nova 2013.
Fenêtres Intérieures
Eight works by Roxanne Turcotte from 2009 to 2014, fixed media alone or with melodicas, narrator, guitars, shakuhachi and piano, from a bird and animal bestiary to field recordings of the 2012 Maple Spring protests in Montréal.
La Marée
Five mixed works by Pierre Alexandre Tremblay from 2008 to 2013 for soloist, live processing and tape, with Sarah Nicolls on piano and Baschet-Malbos piano, Heather Roche, Peyee Chen and Jean-François Laporte on his Babel table.