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.
Despite The Fire-Fighters
M.Stockhausen's Aparis
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Alexander Knaifel: Amicta Sole
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To Be Sung on the Water
Michelle Makarski
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Ceremony
Maya Homburger & Barry Guy
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Hommage a R. Sch. - Kurtag & Schumann
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Gyorgy Kurtag: Music for String Instruments
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Luminessence: Music for String Orchestra & Saxophone
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Well Tempered Clavier 2
Keith Jarrett
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The Well Tempered Clavier: Book 1
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Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87
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Georg Friedrich Handel: Suites For Keyboard
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Bridge Of Light & Other Works
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Bach: The French Suites
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Bach: 3 Sonatas for Viola da Gamba und Cembalo
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Veracini: Sonatas
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Alexander Knaifel: Blazhenstva
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Johann Ludwig Trepulka & Norbert von Hannenheim - Kl...
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Lijnen
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Signs, Games and Messages
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Gyorgy Kurtag: Kafka-Fragmente
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Kancheli: Lament
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J.S. Bach: The Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo
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Elliott Carter: What Next?
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Ulysses' Gaze, Original Soundtrack
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Arvo Part, Peter Maxwell Davies, Philip Glass: Trivium
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Gideon Lewensohn: Odradek
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Music For Two Pianos
Andras Schiff & Peter Serkin
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J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
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