“I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. 

Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear.

This prism could be the spirit of the listener.” (Arvo Pärt)

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Arvo Pärt - Alina 30th Anniversary

“I was like an upbeat suspended in the air, waiting for the phrase to start.” – Arvo Pärt, on the compositional approach initiated with Für Alina Thirty years ago, in July 1995, Arvo Pärt and Manfred Eicher convened at Frankfurt’s […]

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Artists in Focus

Joe Lovano

Joe Lovano is fearless in finding new modes of artistic expression. Over his career, the Cleveland, Ohio-born and Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer has released over 25 recordings as a leader and has steadily performed in multiple prominent contexts as a prolific sideman.

Joe Lovano

Album in Focus

Arvo Pärt - Alina

Thirty years ago, in July 1995, Arvo Pärt and Manfred Eicher convened at Frankfurt’s Festeburgkirche with four insightful musicians–the violinist Vladimir Spivakov, the cellist Dietmar Schwalke, and the pianists Alexander Malter and Sergej Bezrodny – to realize a recording intensely focused upon the composer’s Für Alina and Spiegel im Spiegel. The outcome, the ECM New Series album Alina, has a special place in the Estonian composer’s discography and for the ECM catalogue as well.


Fine Art Prints

A third selection of iconic ECM covers has been treated to strictly limited Fine Art Prints with superior aluminum frames, available in two sizes (A2 / A3) for purchase in the ECM webshop. New album covers available are: Keith Jarrett’s Belonging, Pat Metheny Group’s Offramp, Arvo Pärt's Alina and Anouar Brahem's The Astounding Eyes Of Rita. Printed with Canon Lucia Prom pigment ink on Hahnemühle Photo Rag ® bright White, 310g/m², 100% cotton. Each print comes with an official certificate of authenticity.

Fine art prints

About ECM

The Label

The independent record label ECM – Edition of Contemporary Music – was founded by producer Manfred Eicher in 1969, and to date has issued more than 1800 albums spanning many idioms.

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