Steve Reich The ECM Recordings Recorded 1976-1981 Release date: September 30, 2016 Steve Reich creates more than music; he renders his sound so systematically as to make it seem organic. Like the frond of a fern or the edge of a tide’s diurnal crawl, it reveals internal order upon inspection, working its fractal splendor at […]
Steve Reich Octet / Music for a Large Ensemble / Violin Phase Russ Hartenberger marimba Glen Velez marimba Gary Schall marimba Richard Schwarz marimba Bob Becker xylophone David Van Tieghem xylophone James Preiss vibraphone Nurit Tilles piano Edmund Niemann piano Larry Karush piano Steve Reich piano Jay Clayton voice Elizabeth Arnold voice Shem Guibbory violin […]
Steve Reich Tehillim Pamela Wood voice Cheryl Bensman voice Rebecca Armstrong voice Jay Clayton voice Bob Becker percussion Russ Hartenberger percussion Garry Kvistad percussion Steve Reich percussion Gary Schall percussion Glen Velez percussion Virgil Blackwell clarinet, flute Mort Silver clarinet, piccolo Vivian Burdick oboe Ellen Bardekoff English horn Edmund Niemann electric organ Nurit Tilles electric […]
Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians Shem Guibbory violin Ken Ishii cello Elizabeth Arnold voice Rebecca Armstrong voice Pamela Fraley voice Nurit Tilles piano Steve Chambers piano Larry Karush piano, maracas Gary Schall marimba, maracas Bob Becker marimba, xylophone Russ Hartenberger marimba, xylophone Glen Velez marimba, xylophone James Preiss metallophone, piano Steve Reich piano, […]
Shibui marks the full-length debut of the eponymous Bostonian sextet. Led by bassist and composer Tim Doherty, whose music filters out all but the most necessary light, the album nestles five numbered pieces in the simpatico auras of pianist Bradley Goff, clarinetist Céline Ferro, percussionists Derek Hayden (primarily on marimba) and Curtis Hartshorn, and drummer Kyle […]
Below is a list of ECM releases by catalogue number. Dates in parentheses indicate the month(s) and/or year(s) in which albums were recorded. ECM RECORDINGSECM 1001 Mal Waldron Trio Free at Last (Nov 1969) ECM 1002 Just Music s/t (Dec 1969) ECM 1003 Paul Bley Trio Paul Bley with Gary Peacock (1964/68) ECM 1004 Marion Brown […]
Vincent Courtois West Vincent Courtois cello, vocal guide Daniel Erdmann tenor saxophone Robin Fincker clarinet, tenor saxophone Benjamin Moussay piano, harpsichord, celesta, toy piano Recorded September 1-4 and mixed November 20/21, 2014 at Studios La Buissonne by Gérard de Haro, assisted by Nicolas Baillard Mastered Nicolas Baillard at Studios La Buissonne Piano, harpsichord, celesta, prepared […]
Selected Signs III – VIII If a story is determined by its beginning and ending, then this Selected Signs boxed set, specially curated for the “ECM: A Cultural Archaeology” exhibition held at Munich’s Haus der Kunst in 2013, is a narrative of frayed edges. Put another way: an open circuit waiting for the listener’s magnetic field. […]
Hommage à Eberhard Weber Pat Metheny guitars Jan Garbarek soprano saxophone Gary Burton vibraphone Scott Colley double bass Danny Gottlieb drums Paul McCandless English horn, soprano saxophone Klaus Graf alto saxophone Ernst Hutter euphonium Eberhard Weber bass (from tapes) Michael Gibbs arranger, conductor Ralf Schmid arranger Rainer Tempel arranger Libor Šíma arranger SWR Big Band Helge Sunde conductor Concert organized and produced by Martin Mühleis, sagas productions […]
Anthony de Mare Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano Anthony de Mare piano All pieces were commissioned expressly for The Liaisons Project, Rachel Colbert and Anthony de Mare, Producers. Producer for The Liaisons Project: Rachel Colbert Recording producer and engineer: Judy Sherman Additional engineer and editing assistant: Jeanne Velonis Recorded 2010-2014 at the American Academy of […]
Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond 