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.
Lathe of Heaven
Mark Turner Quartet
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Moderato Cantabile - Komitas, Gurdjieff & Mompou
Anja Lechner & Francois Couturier
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Robert Erickson: Complete String Quartets
Quartet,Del Sol
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Lisetta Van Vleck: A Loving Home’s a Happy Home - 19...
Barbara Lister-Sink / Hannah Rose Carter / Mary Siebert
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Stuart Saunders Smith: A River Rose: Music for Viollin
Airi Yoshioka
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Rand Steiger: A Menacing Plume
Talea Ensemble / James Baker / Ben Reimer / Leanne Zacharias
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Joy in Spite of Everything
Stefano Bollani
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Arrows Into Infinity - A film by Dorothy Darr & Jeff...
Charles Lloyd
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Robert Schumann / Heinz Holliger: Aschenmusik
Heinz Holliger, Anita Leuzinger & Anton Kernjak
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Driftwood
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Larry Grenadier & Brian Blade
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Inventio
Jean-Louis Matinier & Marco Ambrosini
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Forever Young
Jacob Young
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Poulenc, Walton, Dallapiccola, Schnittke & Silvestrov
Duo Gazzana
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Annbling
The Flexible Orchestra
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Piano Plus: Piano Works 1963-1998
Richard Teitelbaum
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A Trumpet in the Morning
Marty Erlich Large Ensemble
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Sunrise - A Cantata on Texts By Edvard Munch
Ketil Bjornstad
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Book of Horizons
Joseph Kubera
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El Valle de la Infancia
Dino Saluzzi Group
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Levering: Parallel Universe
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Piano - Debussy, Chopin, Schubert, Schumann etc.
Myung Whun Chung
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Harrison Birtwistle: Chamber Music
Lisa Batiashvili, Adrian Brendel, Till Fellner & Roderick Williams
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Babylon-Suite
Kappeler / Zumthor
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Over Tones
Benedicte Maurseth & Asne Valland Nordli
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Makrofauna
Vilde&Inga
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Meredith Monk: Piano Songs
Ursula Oppens & Bruce Brubaker
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Play Blue - Oslo Concert
Paul Bley
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Tigran Mansurian: Quasi parlando
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Anja Lechner & Amsterdam Sinfonietta
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Pavans and Fantasies From the Age of Dowland
John Holloway
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Mutations
Vijay Iyer
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