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With Estonia's Arvo Pärt ascending to the status of elder statesman of Baltic minimalism, several composers have been jockeying for position (if one is permitted to use such a term in such essentially spiritual surroundings) to supplant him. Among them is Tõnu Kõrvits, a student not of Pärt, but of a lesser-known figure in the Estonian choral tradition, Veljo Tormis. As such, Kõrvits writes music that seems to hang between minimalism and an earlier world of compact, tonal choral music. The two large works here, the string orchestra Labyrinths and Seven Dreams of Seven Birds, for the unusual combination of cello, choir, and orchestra, are not vast minimalist landscapes, but consist of short movements that introduce a few ideas, and in the case of the Labyrinths, circle back to where they started. The role of Anja Lechner's cello, not exactly in dialogue with its companions, but walking beside them and offering commentary, is unique, and it's the Seven Dreams that you might sample for the flavor of the whole at its best. Also unusual is the Plainland Song (track 9), featuring the kannel, an Estonian zither played by the composer himself. As usual with the minimalists, the physical space of the performance is an important part of the whole, and the Tallinn Methodist Church, a venue with considerable emotional resonance for Estonians (the fine booklet notes by Paul Griffiths go into more detail), is splendidly captured by Kõrvits, Manfred Eicher, and the rest of the ECM engineering team. Recommended for those interested in new developments in the successful Baltic scene.
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Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Veljo Tormis, ComposerLyricist - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anja Lechner, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul-Eerik Rummo, Author - Tonu Korvits, ComposerLyricist - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Labürindid (Tonu Korvits)
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Veljo Tormis, Composer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul-Eerik Rummo, Author - Tonu Korvits, Composer, Dulcimer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kadri Voorand, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Seitsme Linnu Seitse Und (Tonu Korvits)
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anja Lechner, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer, Author - Maarja Kangro, Author - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anja Lechner, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer, Author - Maarja Kangro, Author - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anja Lechner, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer, Author - Maarja Kangro, Author - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anja Lechner, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer, Author - Maarja Kangro, Author - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anja Lechner, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer, Author - Maarja Kangro, Author - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anja Lechner, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer, Author - Maarja Kangro, Author - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anja Lechner, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer, Author - Maarja Kangro, Author - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Veljo Tormis, Composer - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Juhan Smul, Author
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Maido Maadik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anja Lechner, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tonu Korvits, Composer - Tanel Klesment, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
Albumbeschreibung
With Estonia's Arvo Pärt ascending to the status of elder statesman of Baltic minimalism, several composers have been jockeying for position (if one is permitted to use such a term in such essentially spiritual surroundings) to supplant him. Among them is Tõnu Kõrvits, a student not of Pärt, but of a lesser-known figure in the Estonian choral tradition, Veljo Tormis. As such, Kõrvits writes music that seems to hang between minimalism and an earlier world of compact, tonal choral music. The two large works here, the string orchestra Labyrinths and Seven Dreams of Seven Birds, for the unusual combination of cello, choir, and orchestra, are not vast minimalist landscapes, but consist of short movements that introduce a few ideas, and in the case of the Labyrinths, circle back to where they started. The role of Anja Lechner's cello, not exactly in dialogue with its companions, but walking beside them and offering commentary, is unique, and it's the Seven Dreams that you might sample for the flavor of the whole at its best. Also unusual is the Plainland Song (track 9), featuring the kannel, an Estonian zither played by the composer himself. As usual with the minimalists, the physical space of the performance is an important part of the whole, and the Tallinn Methodist Church, a venue with considerable emotional resonance for Estonians (the fine booklet notes by Paul Griffiths go into more detail), is splendidly captured by Kõrvits, Manfred Eicher, and the rest of the ECM engineering team. Recommended for those interested in new developments in the successful Baltic scene.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:58
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Kadri Voorand Anja Lechner Tonu Korvits Tallinn Chamber Orchestra Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Tõnu Kaljuste
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ECM New Series
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2016 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2016 ECM Records GmbH
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