If ever there were an artist and recording label that seemed destined to work together, it’s pianist Fred Hersch and ECM. Manfred Eicher’s imprint has long specialized in the pastoral, plaintive sounds that are Hersch’s trademark, and the prolific pianist’s 2024 solo ECM debut Silent, Listening and 2025 trio effort The Surrounding Green provide proof. The latter’s “Plainsong” opens...
