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In the 57th episode of the ECM podcast we’re joined by bass legend Marc Johnson to talk about the release of “Tramonto”,...
23/09/2025

In the 57th episode of the ECM podcast we’re joined by bass legend Marc Johnson to talk about the release of “Tramonto”, the live album of John Taylor with Joey Baron and Marc Johnson, recorded in Birmingham during a Contemporary Music Network tour in 2002.

You can find it here: https://ecm.lnk.to/Podcast

Marc talks about the art of the trio, the love for the beat, long-term relationships and more.

Lyra player Sokratis Sinopoulos and pianist Yann Keerim just released the piece “Vlachia” from their upcoming album “Top...
22/09/2025

Lyra player Sokratis Sinopoulos and pianist Yann Keerim just released the piece “Vlachia” from their upcoming album “Topos”, to be released on October 17.

Listen to "Vlachia" and pre-order the album here: https://ecm.lnk.to/Topos

Their debut studio statement as a duo is a deep well of inspired musical dialogues that cross the idiomatic space between European folk tradition and chamber-jazz seamlessly, with Bartók’s six “Romanian Folk Dances” appearing in newly shaped guises throughout.

Meredith Monk just released her new composition "Lullaby for Lise", the first piece off of her upcoming record "Cellular...
20/09/2025

Meredith Monk just released her new composition "Lullaby for Lise", the first piece off of her upcoming record "Cellular Songs" to be released on October 10.

With "Cellular Songs" Monk offers some of her most adventurous and daring vocal music to date. Featuring, alongside Monk, the women of her acclaimed Vocal Ensemble: Ellen Fisher, Katie Geissinger, Joanna Lynn-Jacobs, and Allison Sniffin.

Listen to "Lullaby for Lise" and pre-order the new album here: https://ecm.lnk.to/CellularSongs

19/09/2025

On Youtube you can find the full video of "Čieđđa, fas", "0 °" and "Solsnu" by Mette Henriette, played at the Oslo Opera House: https://youtu.be/tpsr9Yo7Fyo

19/09/2025

Recorded live in Birmingham during a Contemporary Music Network tour in 2002, “Tramonto” finds UK pianist John Taylor (1942-2015) in celebratory, outgoing mood, fronting one of his most dynamic and quick-witted groups, with US musicians Marc Johnson and Joey Baron.

Here the repertoire features the well-known Taylor tunes “Pure and Simple”, “Between Moons” and “Ambleside” (heard in an epic 15 minute version), as well as the Ralph Towner-composed title track and Steve Swallow’s “Up Too Late”, which swirls from bop phrasing to free playing, and includes high arco soloing from Johnson, and skittering drums from Baron. In all, a welcome reminder of what a creative force John Taylor could be, as leader of an outstanding piano trio.

“Tramonto”, the new album by John Taylor is out now on CD and digital. You can find it here: https://ecm.lnk.to/Tramonto

Pärt’s music caught the attention of Manfred Eicher, the founder of ECM Records, who created the label ECM New Series ju...
18/09/2025

Pärt’s music caught the attention of Manfred Eicher, the founder of ECM Records, who created the label ECM New Series just to release the album ‘Tabula Rasa’ in 1984. It was Pärt’s breakthrough, a catapult to global attention that has never gone away.” – Joshua Barone, The New York Times

Arvo Pärt’s 90th has been celebrated across the globe throughout the year, creating a great echo in the international press, including this current piece in The New York Times. On this occasion, “And I heard a voice”, the new recording of Pärt’s music by Vox Clamantis under Jaan-Eik Tulve was just released on ECM’s New Series.

Take a look at the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/arts/music/arvo-part-90th-birthday.html

Listen to the new album here: https://ecm.lnk.to/IHeardAVoice

15/09/2025

Dieter Rehm is responsible for much of the distinct imagery on the ECM cover art.

Discover more on the ECM website.

"Talk“, the first of three movements from Dobrinka Tabakova’s new composition “Suite In Jazz Style” is out now and antic...
12/09/2025

"Talk“, the first of three movements from Dobrinka Tabakova’s new composition “Suite In Jazz Style” is out now and anticipates the composer’s upcoming album “Sun Triptych”, to be released on September 26. You can check it here: https://ecm.lnk.to/SunTriptych

It is performed by violist Maxim Rysanov and pianist Dasol Kim.

The album comprises new works by the acclaimed British-Bulgarian composer, captured in performances by the BBC Concert Orchestra and soloists Maxim Rysanov, Dasol Kim, Roman Mints and Kristina Blaumane.

Arvo Pärt turns 90 today. In the decades since ECM introduced his music with the epochal Tabula Rasa album in 1984, he h...
11/09/2025

Arvo Pärt turns 90 today. In the decades since ECM introduced his music with the epochal Tabula Rasa album in 1984, he has become the most widely-performed contemporary composer.

“Pärt’s popularity has not diluted the intensity of his vision. If anything, it underscores the hunger many feel for what his music offers: a refuge from noise, a space for reflection... In an age of distraction and crisis, Pärt’s work invites listeners into an intimate encounter with stillness. It is not escapism, but focused attention – music that opens the soul to something beyond itself. In an age increasingly defined by noise, he offers us silence not as absence, but as invitation. At 90, his music still speaks – softly, clearly, and with unwavering grace.” (The Guardian)

Pärt birthday arrives on the occasion of the release of his new album "And I heard a voice", performed by Vox Clamantis, under the direction of Jaan-Eik Tulve: https://ecm.lnk.to/IHeardAVoice

The new Arvo Pärt album “And I hear a voice” by Vox Clamantis includes the composition “O Holy Father Nicholas”, which P...
09/09/2025

The new Arvo Pärt album “And I hear a voice” by Vox Clamantis includes the composition “O Holy Father Nicholas”, which Pärt wrote for the opening of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World Trade Center Ground Zero site. St. Nicholas Church was completely destroyed during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001…

Arvo Pärt: “The (re)opening of St. Nicholas Church at Ground Zero, where the relics of the saints have become intermingled in the dust with the remains of the attack victims, is a special event for the whole Christian world. I am grateful that my music can be part of this occasion.”

You can find the new album here: https://ecm.lnk.to/IHeardAVoice

The official video of "And I heard a voice...", the work by Arvo Pärt contained in the eponymous new album, is out now o...
08/09/2025

The official video of "And I heard a voice...", the work by Arvo Pärt contained in the eponymous new album, is out now on the ECM Records Channel: https://youtu.be/KRbuXMJseDc

Arvo Pärt´s new album title piece "And I heard a voice" is, to date, the only work of Pärt’s set to sacred text in his mother tongue, with words based on a passage from upon the 1938 Estonian translation of the Book of Revelation, where the phrase “they rest from their labours” is expressed as “they breathe from their labours [nad hingavad oma vaevadest]”. As the booklet essay notes, “the incessant repetition of these words becomes the most important image of the work, the symbol of eternal life.”

"And I heard a voice", the new album with Arvo Pärt´s works, performed by Vox Clamantis, is out now on ECM New Series: https://ecm.lnk.to/IHeardAVoice

NEW RELEASE"And I Heard a Voice", the new album of Arvo Pärt’s new works performed by Vox Clamantis, is out now on ECM N...
05/09/2025

NEW RELEASE

"And I Heard a Voice", the new album of Arvo Pärt’s new works performed by Vox Clamantis, is out now on ECM New Series, on vinyl, CD and digital. You can listen and order it here: https://ecm.lnk.to/IHeardAVoice

Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and their leader Jaan-Eik Tulve have established themselves among the leading interpreters of Arvo Pärt’s music over a quarter-century of close collaboration with the composer – a relationship that builds on the almost half a century long artistic partnership between Pärt and producer Manfred Eicher.

The new album "And I heard a voice", recorded in Haapsalu Cathedral, Estonia, and released as Arvo Pärt turns 90, shows that the rapport between choir and composer, rooted in a shared feeling for both ancient plainchant and contemporary music, continues to deepen.

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