(Post-Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz) VA - ECM Selected Signs III-VIII (6CD) - 2013, MP3, 320 kbps

01. Heiner Goebbels/Heiner Muller - In einem alten Fahrstuhl (2:13)
02. Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians (excerpt) (11:31)
03. Arvo Part - Fratres (for violin and piano) (11:26)
04. Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa, I. Ludus (9:38)
05. Gyorgy Kurtag - Aus der Ferne (1:58)
06. Johann Sebastian Bach - Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (2:22)
07. Tigran Mansurian - Testament (4:56)
08. Betty Olivero - Neharot Neharot (excerpt) (2:56)
09. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Fantasie fur Klavier fis-Moll (11:38)
10. Joseph Haydn - The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, IV. Largo (8:19)
11. Meredith Monk - River (excerpt) (0:27)
12. Meredith Monk - Scared Song (6:13)
13. Heiner Goebbels/Heiner Muller - Der Chef (The Boss) (1:38)

01. Heiner Goebbels - Horstuck II ('Ich mochte Ihnen einen Vorschlag machen...') (7:30)
02. Giya Kancheli - Vom Winde beweint, I. Largo molto (9:45)
03. John Tavener - Funeral Canticle (excerpt) (5:16)
04. Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 15, I. Elegy (11:45)
05. Arvo Part - Most Holy Mother of God (4:35)
06. Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble - Tres morillas m'enamoran (3:35)
07. Dmitri Shostakovich - Chamber Symphony op. 110 bis, I. Largo (6:24)
08. Valentin Silvestrov - I. Postludium 'DSCH' (6:54)
09. Valentin Silvestrov - III. Postludium (4:16)

01. Eleni Karaindrou - Voyage (2:15)
02. Eleni Karaindrou - Closed Roads (5:36)
03. Eleni Karaindrou - Invocation (2:28)
04. Eleni Karaindrou - Tango of Love (1:41)
05. Eleni Karaindrou - Tom's Theme (1:36)
06. Eleni Karaindrou - Laura's Waltz (3:22)
07. Eleni Karaindrou - Adagio (3:50)
08. Eleni Karaindrou - After Memory (2:47)
09. Eleni Karaindrou - Farewell Theme (4:28)
10. Eleni Karaindrou - Seeking Theme (2:18)
11. Eleni Karaindrou - Nostalgia Song (2:26)
12. Eleni Karaindrou - Requiem for Willy Loman, var. (4:10)
13. Eleni Karaindrou - The Weeping Meadow (3:29)
14. Eleni Karaindrou - Memories (2:49)
15. Jan Garbarek - Dis (7:55)
16. Jon Balke/Amina Alaoui - O Andalusin (2:30)
17. Jon Balke/Amina Alaoui - Ashiyin Raiqin (4:17)
18. Rolf Lislevand Ensemble - Passacaglia andaluz II (2:20)
19. Rolf Lislevand Ensemble - Toccata (2:37)
20. Rolf Lislevand Ensemble - Passacaglia cromatica (1:52)
21. Rolf Lislevand Ensemble - Arpeggiata addio (7:15)

01. Andrey Dergatchev - Underwater (2:05)
02. Andrey Dergatchev - In the Bedroom (4:36)
03. Andrey Dergatchev - The Road (3:29)
04. Andrey Dergatchev - Mugam (2:14)
05. Andrey Dergatchev - Japan (2:11)
06. Andrey Dergatchev - Port (2:52)
07. Andrey Dergatchev - Rehearsal (3:29)
08. Andrey Dergatchev - Piano (3:00)
09. Andrey Dergatchev - Georgians (3:19)
10. Andrey Dergatchev - Final Titles (2:06)
11. Andrey Dergatchev - Wolf (2:35)
12. Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (4:55)
13. Nils Petter Molvaer - Tlon (7:53)
14. Nils Petter Molvaer - Access/Song of Sand I (5:52)
15. Nils Petter Molvaer - On Stream (5:01)
16. Nils Petter Molvaer - Platonic Years (6:34)
17. Nils Petter Molvaer - Phum (3:39)
18. Nils Petter Molvaer - Song of Sand II (6:17)
19. Eivind Aarset - Close (For Comfort) (6:29)

01. Stefano Bataglia Trio - Euphonia Elegy (12:12)
02. Food - Celestial Food (4:27)
03. Tord Gustavsen Quartet - Prelude (2:49)
04. Egberto Gismonti - Memoria e Fado (marrom) (3:28)
05. Norma Winstone Trio - Like a Lover (4:08)
06. Norma Winstone Trio - Cradle Song (Hoy Nazan) (4:34)
07. Jan Garbarek/Egberto Gismonti/Charlie Haden - Carta de Amor (7:03)
08. Ralph Alessi - Zone (5:17)
09. Anja Lechner/Vassilis Tsabropoulos - Trois morceaux apres des hymnes byzantins I (5:00)
10. Anja Lechner/Vassilis Tsabropoulos - Trois morceaux apres des hymnes byzantins II (4:52)
11. Colin Vallon Trio - Telepathy (5:00)
12. Christian Wallumrod Ensemble - Solemn Mosquitoes (4:50)
13. Christian Wallumrod Ensemble - Blop (4:11)
14. Tomasz Stanko Quartet - Song for Ania (7:51)

01. Jimmy Giufre 3 - Jesus Maria (6:23)
02. Paul Bley/Evan Parker/Barre Phillips - Time Will Tell (4:26)
03. Barre Phillips - Mountainscapes V (4:54)
04. Old and New Dreams - Lonely Woman (12:19)
05. Robin Williamson - The Four Points Are Thus Beheld (6:22)
06. Sinikka Langeland - Langt innpa skoga (8:10)
07. Frode Haltli - Psalm (8:19)
08. Gary Peacock - Voice from the Past (11:05)
09. Steve Kuhn Trio with Joe Lovano - Spiritual (8:19)
10. Wadada Leo Smith - Kulture of Jazz (5:38)
11. Robin Williamson - The World (2:51)

In the winter of 2012/13, the Haus der Kunst in Munich – one of Europe’s most important museums for contemporary art – hosted the exhibition ECM – A Cultural Archaeology. The goal of curators Okwui Enwezor and Markus Müller was to show the range of the label’s artistic endeavours in music, graphic art, and photography and its creative interchanges with film, theatre and literature. For this exhibition, Manfred Eicher and Steve Lake created this box-set accentuating directions in ECM's rich musical history.
Many themes and streams are touched upon here including the range of composition in the New Series, music for and from films, imaginative historical reconstructions, trans-cultural music, ambient minimalism, and jazz and improvisation of many hues, in a collection with a playing time of more than seven hours.