ECM reviews
Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (Schiff/OAE)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/András Schiff (piano) (ECM)
Prism III (Danish String Quartet)
Danish String Quartet (ECM)
Hosokawa • Mozart: Piano Concertos
Momo Kodama (piano); Mito Chamber Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa (ECM)
Hallgató
Ferenc Snétberger (guitar); Keller Quartett (ECM)
Erkki-Sven Tüür: Lost Prayers
Florian Donderer (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), et al; *Signum Quartett (ECM)
Brahms • Jörg Widmann: Clarinet Sonatas; Intermezzi
Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Andras Schiff (piano) (ECM)
Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel
Vox Clamantis/Jaan-Eile Tulve (ECM)
Ravel • Franck • Ligeti • Messiaen
Duo Gazzana
(ECM)
Pärt: Symphonies Nos 1-4
NFM Wrocław Philharmonic/Tõnu Kaljuste
(ECM)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32; Liszt: Années de pèlerinage; Première année – Suisse
Till Fellner (ECM)
JS Bach: Six Cello Suites (arr. for viola)
Kim Kashkashian (ECM)
JS Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
Thomas Zehetmair (baroque violin) (ECM)
Kit Downes's latest album brings us jazz – but not as we know it
'Downes stays at the centre of the music and, while sax player Tom Challenger is never far away, the other players move in and out of orbit'
Russell Davies conducts Maderna transcriptions and Berio's Chemins V
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Grigoryan makes a case for Komitas
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Lechner and Vesterman perform Silvestrov
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Shiokawa and Schiff perform Bach, Beethoven and Busoni
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Bach, Schnittke and Beethoven more connected than ever
‘A revelatory connected soundscape in which Beethoven’s introspection feels more unsettling than usual’
Anouar Brahem: Blue Maqams
Western jazz musicians were exploring Arabic music and maqams(modes) half a century ago, long before ‘world music’ became a scene.