ECM, an independent record label founded by Manfred Eicher in 1969, has released over 1700 albums across various genres.
Eicher, who studied double bass and was a production assistant at Deutsche Grammophon, focused on achieving the highest recording standards. The label's first release, “Free at Last” by Mal Waldron, signaled its intent.
ECM has become known for recording artists like Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, and Chick Corea, and in 1984, launched the New Series for notated music. Both the original and New Series emphasize multi-genre and transcultural projects.
ECM's recordings are celebrated for their transparent sound, though Eicher says there is no one-size-fits-all "ECM sound." Instead, each recording is tailored to the artists' sound and aesthetic ideas. The label's cover designs have also been influential and have been the subject of multiple books.
Kurtag & Ligeti: Music for Viola
Kim Kashkashian
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Filia Sion
Vox Clamantis & Jean-Eik Tulve
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Stifters Dinge
Heiner Goebbels
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Musique Funebre: Witold Lutoslawski / Bela Bartok
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra & Dennis Russell Davies
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Vinding's Music: Songs From The Alder Thicket
Ketil Bjornstad
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Gesualdo: Quinto Libro Di Madrigali
The Hilliard Ensemble
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Castello / Fontana Sonate Conc
John Holloway
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Heiner Goebbels, Ensemble Modern & Joseph Bierbichler
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Surrogate Cities
Heiner Goebbels
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Britten / Bach / Ligeti
Miklos Perenyi
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Frère Jacques: Round About Offenbach
Gianluigi Trovesi & Gianni Coscia
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Boris Yoffe: Song of Songs
The Hilliard Ensemble & Rosamunde Quartet
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Toshio Hosokawa: Landscapes
Myumi Miyata, Munich Chamber Orchestra & Alexander Liebreich
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Sounds And Silence - Travels With Manfred Eicher
Peter Guyer & Norbert Wiedmer
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Schumann: Geistervariationen
Andras Schiff
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Songs Of Ascension
Meredith Monk
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Manto and Madrigals
Thomas Zehetmair & Ruth Killiuss
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A Worcester Ladymass
Trio Mediaeval
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Erkki-Sven Tuur: Strata
Nordic Symphony Orchestra & Anu Tali
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Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa
Gidon Kremer, Keith Jarrett, Staatsorchester Stuttgart & Dennis Russell Davies
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Officium Novum
Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble
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Arvo Part: Tabula rasa
Gidon Kremer, Keith Jarrett, & Dennis Russell Davies
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Arvo Part: Symphony No. 4
Los Angeles Philharmonic & Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Maria's Song
Sinikka Langeland
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Henri Dutilleux: D'ombre et de silence
Robert Levin
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
Till Fellner, Montreal Symphony Orchestra & Kent Nagano
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Othmar Schoeck: Notturno
Christian Gerhaher
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Partitas
Andras Schiff
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Heinz Holliger: Romancendres; Clara Schumann: Romanzen
Heinz Holliger, SWR Vokalensemble & Sinfonieorchester des SWR
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J.S. Bach: Inventionen und Sinfonien; Franzosische S...
Till Fellner
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