Steve Reich The ECM Recordings Steve Reich and Musicians ECM New Series 3xCD 2540-42 After some one-off studio LPs for a variety of imprints, composer Steve Reich found his first label “home” with ECM Recordings (his second, Nonesuch, came after this triptych of recordings). Initially known primarily as a jazz label, ECM had decidedContinue reading “Steve Reich on ECM”
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Tõnu Kõrvits’s Mirror on ECM (CD Review)
Tõnu Kõrvits Mirror ECM New Series CD 2327 Tõnu Kõrvits, composer and kannel; Anja Lechner, violoncello; Kadri Voorand, voice; Talinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor. Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits is presented to full advantage on his ECM Series debut Mirrors. Most composers would be leery of having a liveContinue reading “Tõnu Kõrvits’s Mirror on ECM (CD Review)”
Arvo Pärt – Musica Selecta
Arvo Pärt Musica Selecta A Sequence by Manfred Eicher ECM New Series 2454/55 2xCD For over thirty years, producer Manfred Eicher has been one of the greatest champions of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. Indeed, the very first ECM New Series release was Pärt’s Tabula Rasa. It seems only fitting that Eicher and ECM would celebrateContinue reading “Arvo Pärt – Musica Selecta”
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