| Compositions
by Veljo Tormis |
CD One -
Track 22. Sööge, langud tsüklist "Seitseteist eesti
pulmalaulu" (Eat, My In-Laws!) from the
cycle "17 Estonian Wedding Songs" (Text: folklore) [1988]
0:35 Estonian Youth Mixed Choir / Taavi Esko
Track 23. Palju veimi tsüklist "Seitseteist
eesti pulmalaulu" (Many Gifts from the Bride) from
the cycle "17 Estonian Wedding Songs" (Text: folklore)
[1988] 1:06 Estonian Youth Mixed Choir / Taavi Esko
Track 24. Lauliku lapsepõli tsüklist
"Laulud laulust ja laulikust" (The Singer's Childhood) from
the cycle "Songs about Song and the Singer" (Text:folklore
) [1966] 2:11 Ellerhein Children's Choir / Heino Kaljuste
CD Two -
Track 16. Pikse litaania (Litany to Thunder) (Text: Ain
Kaalep based on folklore) [1974] 4:48 Estonian National
Male Choir, Ivar Laide (tenor), Kaljo Räästas (bass), Tauno Vahter
(drum) / Kuno Areng
Track 17. Jaani hobu tsüklist "Jaanilaulud"
("Eesti kalendrilaulud") (St. John's Steed) from
the cycle "St. John's Day Songs" ("Estonian Calendar Songs")
(Text: folklore) [1967] 1:19 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber
Choir / Tõnu Kaljuste
Track 18. Jaanilaul tsüklist "Jaanilaulud"
("Eesti kalendrilaulud") (St. John's Song)
from the cycle "St. John's Day Songs" ("Estonian Calendar Songs")
(Text: folklore) [1967] 5:04 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber
Choir / Tõnu Kaljuste
Track 19. Virmalised tsüklist
"Talvemustrid" ("Looduspildid") (Northern Lights)
from the cycle "Winter Patterns" ("Nature Pictures")
(Text: Andrus Ehin) [1968] 2:06 Ellerhein Girl's Choir /
Tiia-Ester Loitme
CD Three -
Track 11. Kolm mul oli kaunist sõna (Three I Had Those
Words of Beauty) (Text: Paul-Eerik Rummo) [1962] 5:47
Estonian National Male Choir, Peeter Malkov (flute) / Ants Soots
Track 12. Laulja (The Singer) (Text: Kristjan Jaak
Peterson) [1974] 5:22 Estonian National Male Choir, Rolf
Uusväli (organ), Kalju Terasmaa, Ole Valgma (percussion) / Olev Oja
Except for CD Three - Track 12
which is uncredited, all of the other above tracks are credited as
being recorded by Estonian Radio. However both CD Two - Track 16 and CD
Three - Track 12 seem to be identical to the recordings of Pikse
litaania and Laulja previously
released on LP as Melodiya
C10 13959-60 and later on CD as Forte
Records 0019/2 . |
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| Other
composers, works, performers and conductors on this collection |
| The details of the other
composers (31), other works (60) and the other performers and
conductors on this 3 disc box set are beyond the scope of this website.
If you are interested in details, please email me at alan.teder@sympatico.ca. |
| Commissions,
Dedications, Premieres and Awards |
Pikse litaania
(Litany To Thunder) is dedicated to Kuno Areng, who conducts the
performance on this present disc.
The Eesti kalendrilaulud were written for
two large amateur choirs, the Female and Male Choirs of the Estonian
Academy of Sciences, and the entire cycle was premiered by them on June
6, 1968 under conductor Arvo Ratassepp (1926-1986). The series Jaanilaulud
received the Soviet Estonia Prize in 1970.
Laulja (The Singer) is dedicated to
conductor/composer Gustav Ernesaks, who was the founder of the Estonian
State Academic Male Choir (now called the Estonian National Male
Choir), and it includes quotes from his compositions Mu
isamaa on minu arm (My Fatherland, My
Love) and Lauliku talveüksindus (The Winter
Solitude of the Singer) which can be distinguished during the solfeggio
portions of the text. |
| Music
Publishers |
| Publishing information for the
Veljo Tormis works is not provided in this box set's information but
the current publishing information is provided here. The scores for Seitseteist
eesti pulmalaulu (CD One - Tracks 22 and 23) Laulja
(CD Three - Track 12), Pikse litaania
(CD Two - Track 16), Jaanilaulud and the
complete Estonian Calendar Songs (excerpts
on CD Two - Tracks 17 and 18) and Talvemustrid
and the complete Looduspildid (excerpt on CD
Two - Track 19) are published by Fennica
Gehrman Oy Ab. The score for Lauliku lapsepõli
and the complete Laulud laulust ja laulikust
(excerpt on CD One - Track 24) is published by Kirjastus
Muusika. The score for Kolm mul oli kaunist sõna
(CD Three - Track 11) is published by edition
49. |
| Other
Points of Interest and Links |
Estonian and English titles are
given for all of the works in this boxset along with track timings,
details of soloists, choirs and conductors. Dates of performances and
recordings are not provided. Texts of songs are not provided. There is
a short introductory text to Estonian choral music by Tiia Järg and
brief single paragraph biographies of the 32 composers (in both
Estonian and English (translation by Urve Läänemets)).
The number of works by Veljo Tormis (9) on this boxset, which could
easily have been titled Greatest Hits of the Estonian
Choral Repertoire, is the largest number by a single
composer, with the next largest numbers being 4 or 5 works by several
other composers (Gustav Ernesaks, Miina Härma, Cyrillus Kreek, Mart
Saar, Rudolf Tobias and Eduard Tubin). |
