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Enrico Rava ““ Italian jazz trumpeter matches lyricism and adventure on...
Enrico Rava New York Days ECM CD (www.ecmrecords.com) Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava appears in a quintet setting on New York Days, his latest CD for the ECM imprint (slated for release 29 Jan. ’09)....
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In Principio
Arvo Pärt In Principio Estonian National Symphony; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor (www.ecmrecords.com) ECM celebrates the Silver Anniversary...
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Reinventing student works as masterworks
Bach: Inventionen und Sinfonien; Franzosische Suite V Till Felner ECM Records Bach’s Inventions and Sinfonias, relatively brief 2-part and 3-part contrapuntal works, were written as teaching pieces,...
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Trygve Seim makes NY debut on 9/11
Last year, saxophonist Trygve Seim and pianist Andreas Utnem collaborated on Purcor, a recording for the ECM imprint (Seim’s sixth as leader). Drawing on material from a wide range of sources,...
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Hosokawa’s Landscapes on ECM (CD Review)
Toshio Hosokawa Landscapes Mayumi Miyata, shô; Munich Chamber Orchestra; Alexander Liebreich, conductor Composer Toshio Hosokawa (b. 1955) has been featured once before on an ECM recording, as one of...
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Hilliard Ensemble Sings Gesualdo (CD Review)
Carlo Gesualdo Quinto Libro di Madrigali Hilliard Ensemble ECM New Series CD It’s tempting, yet often misleading, to create direct parallels between life and art. The music of Carlo Gesualdo...
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Hirundo Maris
Hirundo Maris Arianna Savall and Petter Udland Johansen ECM New Series 2227 CD/Digi Swiss soprano and harpist Arianna Savall pairs with Norwegian folksinger, Hardanger fiddle player, and mandolinist...
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Jörg Widmann: Elegie (CD Review)
Jörg Widmann Elegie Widmann, clarinet; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Christoph Poppen, conductor ECM New Series 2110 39 year old Jörg Widmann is a virtuoso clarinetist and one of...
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File Under ?’s Best of 2012: Rangell and Schiff’s Bach CDs
Bach: The Art of Fugue Andrew Rangell, piano Steinway & Sons CD Bach: Das Wohltemperiete Clavier András Schiff, piano ECM Records CD Those who read this site likely already know that I have a...
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Anna Gourari: Canto oscuro
If you have not yet heard Canto oscuro pianist Anna Gourari’s recent debut for ECM Records, you are missing out.The CD’s program combines affecting performances of transcriptions by Ferrucio Busoni of...
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