Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
The Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, in Estonian the Tallinna Kammerorkester, has been a fixture of the audiophile recordings of music by contemporary Estonian composers released by ECM and other labels. The group has often performed and recorded with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir in music by Arvo Pärt and other figures in the minimalist style. Yet its repertoire covers a wide range of music and extends back to the Renaissance era.
The Tallinn Chamber Orchestra was founded in April of 1993 by conductor Tõnu Kaljuste, growing out of a Tallinn Conservatory String Orchestra that had been established by Jüri Gerretz four years earlier. Kaljuste was succeeded as conductor by Juha Kangas, Eri Klas, and, since 2013, Risto Joost. The orchestra's players are drawn from the top ranks of Estonian musicians, and the group has given concerts at its home base, the Tallinn Philharmonic concert hall; around Estonia; at a variety of European festivals; and on tour in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Japan, and China. Guest conductors over the years have included Jaakko Kuusisto, Neeme Järvi, Kristjan Järvi, John Storgårds, Pietari Inkinen, Richard Tognetti, Terje Tønnesen, Alexander Rudin, Florian Donderer, and Dmitri Sitkovetsky.
Outside Estonia, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra may be best known for its large catalog of high-quality recordings, beginning with its internationally acclaimed reading of Pärt's Te Deum on ECM in 1993. Since then the group has recorded for ECM, Carus, BIS, Estonian Record Productions, Warner Classics (in 2014, with Roxanna Panufnik's Tallinn Mass), and, as of 2017, Ondine, with a recording of Tõnu Kõrvits' Moorland Elegies. The latter recording, as well as several others from the group's catalog, featured the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. The Tallinn Chamber Orchestra's recorded output has hardly been limited to contemporary music; the ensemble has recorded (again with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir) masses and vespers settings of Vivaldi, and, for ECM in 2015, music by Carlo Gesualdo and by modern composers reflecting on his legacy.
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Arvo Pärt: Tractus
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 10 nov. 2023
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Veljo Tormis: Reminiscentiae
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 8 sep. 2023
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Arvo Pärt: Tractus
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 10 nov. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Franssens: Harmony of the Spheres
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Klassiek - Released by Donemus Composers' Voice on 20 okt. 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Arvo Pärt: Te Deum
Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 1 sep. 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tõnu Kõrvits: You Are Light and Morning
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Klassiek - Released by Ondine on 2 okt. 2020
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Corigliano, Caravassilis & Siegel: Guitar Concertos
Jakob Bangsø, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Kaisa Roose
Klassiek - Released by Orchid Classics on 4 sep. 2020
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Jean-Paul Dessy: Requiems
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Risto Joost
Klassiek - Released by Cypres on 1 nov. 2018
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Kõrvits: Moorland Elegies
Emily Bronte, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Marianne Pärna, Jaanika Kilgi, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Risto Joost
Koormuziek - Released by Ondine on 13 apr. 2017
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Eller: Neenia
Tõnu Kaljuste, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 11 mei 2001
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Veljo Tormis: Reminiscentiae
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 8 sep. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Arvo Pärt: In Principio
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 20 feb. 2009
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Gesualdo / Erkki-Sven Tüür / Brett Dean
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 18 sep. 2015
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Tõnu Kõrvits : Mirror
Kadri Voorand, Anja Lechner, Tonu Korvits, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 18 mrt. 2016
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
From Sappho's Lyre
Tenth Muse Ensemble, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Kaisa Roose
Wereldlijke vocale muziek - Released by Orchid Classics on 20 okt. 2023
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Arvo Pärt: Litany
The Hilliard Ensemble, Tõnu Kaljuste, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Saulius Sondeckis, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 1 aug. 1996
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Pēteris Vasks: Cello Concerto No. 2 "Klātbūtne" & Viola Concerto
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas, Marko Ylonen, Lilli Maijala, Eva-Maria Sumera
Klassiek - Released by Alba on 15 apr. 2022
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Tüür: Crystallisatio
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 23 mrt. 1996
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Toivo Tulev: Songs
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Paul Hillier, Robin Blaze
Koormuziek - Released by harmonia mundi on 14 okt. 2008
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Ülo Krigul: Liquid Turns
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Kaspars Putnins
Koormuziek - Released by BIS on 5 aug. 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Vivaldi: Gloria - Messsätze und Vespern
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Klassiek - Released by Carus on 1 aug. 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo