Meditative
L'Aurore
Solo violin recital by Carolin Widmann: Hildegard von Bingen, Enescu's Fantaisie concertante, George Benjamin's Three Miniatures, Ysaÿe's Sonata No. 5 and Bach's Partita No. 2; recorded July 2021 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Con Anima
Chamber music by Tigran Mansurian (1993-2015) for his 80th birthday, led by violist Kim Kashkashian and violinist Movses Pogossian with Varty Manouelian, Karen Ouzounian and others; recorded January-April 2019 at UCLA's Ostin Music Center, Los Angeles.
Three Or One
Bach organ chorale preludes, cantata arias and a sinfonia transcribed by Fred Thomas for piano trio and solo piano, played by Thomas with Aisha Orazbayeva (violin) and Lucy Railton (cello); recorded 2012 and 2018 at the University of Huddersfield.
Alexander Knaifel, Patrick Demenga, The State Choir Latvija, Riga Cathedral Boys Choir, Youth Choir Kamēr, Andres Mustonen
Chapter EightAlexander Knaifel's Chapter Eight (1992-93), a Song of Songs setting for cathedral, choirs and cello. Patrick Demenga with the State Choir Latvija, Riga Cathedral Boys Choir and Youth Choir Kamēr under Andres Mustonen, live at the Jesuitenkirche Luzern, March 2009.
Remember me, my dear
Live recording from the October 2014 farewell tour of Jan Garbarek (soprano saxophone) and The Hilliard Ensemble, made in the Collegiata dei Santi Pietro e Stefano, Bellinzona: Komitas, Pérotin, Hildegard von Bingen, Brumel, Pärt, Kedrov and Garbarek originals.
The Suspended Harp of Babel
Psalms, folk hymns and vespers by Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek sung by Vox Clamantis under Jaan-Eik Tulve, with nyckelharpa and kannel interludes by Marco Ambrosini; recorded April 2018 at the Transfiguration Church, Tallinn.
Prism V - Beethoven, Webern, Bach
Fifth and final volume of the Danish String Quartet's Prism series: Beethoven's String Quartet No. 16 Op. 135, Webern's String Quartet (1905), Bach's chorale prelude BWV 668 and Contrapunctus 14. Recorded June 2021 at the Festsal KFUM/KFUK, Copenhagen; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Prism I - Beethoven, Shostakovich, Bach
Bach's Fugue BWV 876 in Mozart's arrangement, Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 15 and Beethoven's Op. 127, played by the Danish String Quartet; recorded November 2016 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt, produced by Manfred Eicher. First volume of the Prism series.
Debussy & Hosokawa: Point and Line
Momo Kodama plays Debussy's twelve Etudes (1915) interleaved with Toshio Hosokawa's six Etudes (2011-13); recorded in January 2016 at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt, produced by Manfred Eicher.
The Deer's Cry
Thirteen choral works by Arvo Pärt from 1977 to 2014, including two first recordings, sung by the Estonian ensemble Vox Clamantis under Jaan-Eik Tulve; recorded mainly in Tallinn in 2013 and 2014, with Veni Creator from Haapsalu in 2007.
Lukomoriye
Fourth ECM New Series album of music by Alexander Knaifel: choral prayers, Pushkin songs and piano pieces, performed by Oleg Malov (piano), Tatiana Melentieva (soprano), Piotr Migunov (bass) and the Lege Artis Choir (Boris Abalian). Recorded 2012, Smolny Cathedral, St Petersburg.
Eine Olive des Nichts - Zagajewski, Tranströmer, Jaccottet
Poetry and sound collage by radio author Burkhard Reinartz: texts by Adam Zagajewski, Tomas Tranströmer and Philippe Jaccottet read in German by Reinartz, Anja Lais and Bruno Winzen, woven with ECM recordings. Recorded August 2013, Rheinklang Tonstudio, Cologne.
Aquilonis
Sixth ECM New Series album by Trio Mediaeval (Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Berit Opheim): Icelandic chant of St Thorlak, Italian laude, English carols, Norwegian hymns and works by Jormin, Brooks and Andrew Smith, recorded June 2014 at Propstei St. Gerold.
Transeamus
Final album by The Hilliard Ensemble: 15th-century English carols and motets by John Plummer, Walter Lambe, William Cornysh, Sheryngham and anonymous composers, sung by David James, Rogers Covey-Crump, Steven Harrold and Gordon Jones, recorded in 2012 at Propstei St. Gerold.
The Fifth Century
Gavin Bryars's The Fifth Century, a setting of Thomas Traherne for choir and saxophone quartet, and his Two Love Songs after Petrarch, sung by The Crossing under Donald Nally with the PRISM Quartet, recorded in Philadelphia in 2014 and 2015.
Hieroglyphen der Nacht
Valentin Silvestrov's works for solo cello and for two cellos, played by Anja Lechner (cello, tam-tam) and Agnès Vesterman, recorded in December 2013 at the Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Erik Satie, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Kim Kashkashian, Sarah Rothenberg, Steven Schick, Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson
Rothko ChapelMorton Feldman's Rothko Chapel with music by Satie and Cage, played by Kim Kashkashian (viola), Sarah Rothenberg (piano, celesta), Steven Schick (percussion) and the Houston Chamber Choir under Robert Simpson, recorded in Houston in May 2012 and February 2013.
Moderato cantabile
Cellist Anja Lechner and pianist François Couturier play their own arrangements of Gurdjieff, Komitas and Mompou plus three Couturier pieces, recorded in November 2013 at the Auditorio RSI in Lugano and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Maidan
Valentin Silvestrov's choral cycle Maidan 2014 and Shevchenko settings, sung a cappella by the Kyiv Chamber Choir conducted by Mykola Hobdych, recorded in 2016 at St. Michael's Cathedral, Kyiv.
Tõnu Kõrvits, Veljo Tormis, Anja Lechner, Kadri Voorand, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste
MirrorSix works by Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits, three of them based on songs by Veljo Tormis, with cellist Anja Lechner, singer Kadri Voorand, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tõnu Kaljuste, recorded February 2013 in Tallinn.