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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Artistas semelhantes
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Arvo Pärt: Tractus
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Classical - Lançado por ECM New Series em 10 de nov. de 2023
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Veljo Tormis: Reminiscentiae
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste
Classical - Lançado por ECM New Series em 8 de set. de 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Arvo Pärt: Tractus
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Classical - Lançado por ECM New Series em 10 de nov. de 2023
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Franssens: Harmony of the Spheres
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Classical - Lançado por Donemus Composers' Voice em 20 de out. de 2004
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tõnu Kõrvits: You Are Light and Morning
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Classical - Lançado por Ondine em 2 de out. de 2020
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Corigliano, Caravassilis & Siegel: Guitar Concertos
Jakob Bangsø, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Kaisa Roose
Classical - Lançado por Orchid Classics em 4 de set. de 2020
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jean-Paul Dessy: Requiems
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Risto Joost
Classical - Lançado por Cypres em 1 de nov. de 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Kõrvits: Moorland Elegies
Emily Bronte, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Marianne Pärna, Jaanika Kilgi, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Risto Joost
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por Ondine em 13 de abr. de 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Eller: Neenia
Tõnu Kaljuste, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por ECM New Series em 11 de mai. de 2001
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Veljo Tormis: Reminiscentiae
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste
Classical - Lançado por ECM New Series em 8 de set. de 2023
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Arvo Pärt: In Principio
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Classical - Lançado por ECM New Series em 20 de fev. de 2009
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Arvo Pärt: Te Deum
Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por ECM New Series em 1 de set. de 1993
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gesualdo / Erkki-Sven Tüür / Brett Dean
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Classical - Lançado por ECM New Series em 18 de set. de 2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Tõnu Kõrvits : Mirror
Kadri Voorand, Anja Lechner, Tonu Korvits, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste
Classical - Lançado por ECM New Series em 18 de mar. de 2016
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
From Sappho's Lyre
Tenth Muse Ensemble, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Kaisa Roose
Secular Vocal Music - Lançado por Orchid Classics em 20 de out. de 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Arvo Pärt: Litany
The Hilliard Ensemble, Tõnu Kaljuste, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Saulius Sondeckis, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por ECM New Series em 1 de ago. de 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
Classical - Lançado por Alba em 15 de abr. de 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Tüür: Crystallisatio
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Classical - Lançado por ECM New Series em 23 de mar. de 1996
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Toivo Tulev: Songs
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Paul Hillier, Robin Blaze
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 14 de out. de 2008
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Mozart: Litaniae K. 109, K. 125 & K. 243 (Carus Classics)
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste
Classical - Lançado por Carus em 1 de jul. de 2014
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Vivaldi: Gloria - Messsätze und Vespern
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Classical - Lançado por Carus em 1 de ago. de 2003
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo