ECM Records

German independent record label

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November 2024 Jakob Bro releases 'Taking Turns' album recorded in March 2014 at Avatar Studios, New York, featuring Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan, and Andrew Cyrille
2023 Danish String Quartet releases Prism V album featuring works by Beethoven, Webern, and Bach
2023 Release of 'Stravaganze Consonanti' by Gianluigi Trovesi and Stefano Montanari
September 2023 John Holloway Ensemble releases 'Henry Purcell: Fantazias', recorded in March 2015
April 2023 Release of Dominic Miller's album 'Vagabond', recorded in April 2021 at Studios La Buissonne
January 2023 András Schiff releases 'J.S. Bach: Clavichord' album
2022 Danish String Quartet releases Prism IV album with works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Bach
2022 Release of 'Maidan' by Kiev Chamber Choir featuring Valentin Silvestrov's work
April 2022 Christian Gerhaher and ensemble release 'Lunea' on ECM New Series
February 2022 Release of Gidon Kremer's album 'Mieczysław Weinberg: Sonatas for Violin Solo' in the ECM New Series
2021 Danish String Quartet continues their Prism series with Prism III, featuring works by Beethoven, Bartók, and Bach
March 2021 Release of Nik Bärtsch's album 'Entendre'
March 2021 Momo Kodama, Seiji Ozawa, and Mito Chamber Orchestra release 'Hosokawa / Mozart' album
February 2021 Release of 'Uma Elmo' by Jakob Bro, Arve Henriksen, and Jorge Rossy, recorded August-September 2020 in Lugano
October 2020 Release of Keith Jarrett's 'Budapest Concert', recorded live in July 2016 at Béla Bartók Concert Hall, Budapest
May 2020 Jean-Louis Matinier and Kevin Seddiki release 'Rivages' album
2019 András Schiff releases Franz Schubert Sonatas & Impromptus album
January 2019 Yonathan Avishai releases 'Joys and Solitudes' album
2018 Released the documentary Open Land: Meeting John Abercrombie, filmed by Arno Oehri and Oliver Primus.
2018 Till Fellner releases 'In Concert – Beethoven / Liszt' as a live ECM New Series album
2018 ECM Records released notable classical albums including Oleg Malov's 'Alexander Knaifel: Lukomoriye' and Ketil Bjørnstad's 'A Suite of Poems'
October 2018 Keith Jarrett releases 'La Fenice' album
April 2018 NFM Wrocław Philharmonic and Tõnu Kaljuste release 'Arvo Pärt: The Symphonies' on ECM New Series label
2017 ECM Records releases multiple albums across various genres, including works by Louis Sclavis, Reinbert de Leeuw, Tigran Mansurian, and Theo Bleckmann
2017 ECM New Series released Alexei Lubimov's 'Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Tangere' and John Potter's 'Secret History – Josquin/Victoria'
November 14 2017 ECM announced the availability of its entire catalog on major music streaming platforms, marking a significant shift in its digital distribution strategy.
2016 Keith Jarrett releases 'A Multitude of Angels' album on ECM Records
2016 ECM Records continued its diverse musical catalog with releases including Tigran Hamasyan's 'Atmosphères', Ben Monder's 'Amorphae', and Andrew Cyrille Quartet's 'The Declaration of Musical Independence'
2016 ECM Records releases albums by Miroslav Vitous and Tõnu Kõrvits
2016 Eleni Karaindrou releases the album 'David'
2015 ECM Records had a prolific year with releases from artists like Elina Duni Quartet, Giovanni Guidi Trio, Stephan Micus, Mathias Eick, and Julia Hülsmann Quartet
2015 Notable releases include albums by Sinikka Langeland, Chris Potter Underground Orchestra, and Jack DeJohnette
2015 Release of a Guillaume de Machaut / Heinz Holliger album featuring multiple performers
2014 ECM Records released multiple notable albums, including Louis Sclavis Quartet's 'Silk and Salt Melodies', Sokratis Sinopoulos Quartet's 'Eight Winds', and Keith Jarrett Trio's 'Hamburg '72'
2014 ECM Records continues strong output with albums by Arild Andersen, Loren Ramou, Norma Winstone, Billy Hart Quartet, and Wolfgang Muthspiel
July 2014 Released the documentary Arrows Into Infinity about reed player Charles Lloyd, directed by Dorothy Darr and Jeffery Morse.
2013 ECM Records was honored by JazzTimes, further solidifying its reputation in the jazz music industry.
2013 Significant year for ECM Records with multiple album releases, including works by Ketil Bjørnstad, Tomasz Stańko New York Quartet, Charles Lloyd, and a 5-CD boxset of Charles Lloyd Quartets
2013 Notable releases include albums by Eleni Karaindrou, Ensemble Belcanto, and Paul Motian's Old & New Masters Edition boxset
September 2013 An extended ECM exhibition was held in Seoul, Korea, under the quote 'Think of your Ears as Eyes', which provided a broader perspective on the label's history and included a concert series featuring artists like Kim Kashkashian, András Schiff, Myung-whun Chung, Heinz Holliger, Norma Winstone, Ralph Towner, and Yeahwon Shin.
2012 ECM Records received multiple awards, including recognition from DownBeat and the Jazz Journalists Association.
2012 ECM Records releases albums by Eivind Aarset (Dream Logic) and Nik Bärtsch's Ronin Live
2012 ECM Records continues to release diverse albums, including works by Arvo Pärt, Tim Berne, and John Surman
2012 Significant albums released, including Terje Rypdal's 'Odyssey – In Studio & In Concert' boxset, John Holloway's 'Dario Castello / Giovanni Battista Fontana' recording, and The Hilliard Ensemble's 'Gesualdo: Quinto libro di madrigali'
September 2012 Haus der Kunst museum in Munich opened the exhibition 'ECM – A Cultural Archaeology', curated by Okwui Enwezor and Markus Müller, focusing on ECM's early jazz years and featuring a concert series with label artists like François Couturier, Enrico Rava, Meredith Monk, András Schiff, Evan Parker, Gidon Kremer, and Tomasz Stańko.
2011 ECM Records was recognized by JazzWeek, highlighting the label's ongoing significance in jazz music.
2011 ECM Records releases multiple albums across various genres, including works by Keith Jarrett, Heinz Holliger, Gidon Kremer, and Charles Lloyd
2011 Notable releases included Alexander Lonquich's 'Schumann / Holliger', András Schiff's 'Robert Schumann: Geistervariationen', and Lee Konitz's 'Live at Birdland'
2010 Peter Guyer and Norbert Wiedmer created the documentary Sounds and Silence, portraying Manfred Eicher's daily work with various musicians.

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