Discography

2009

Jüri Reinvere. Requiem

Release date: February 2010
CD + DVD
Produced by Repinmedia www.repinmedia.ee

Requiem for flute reader and four male voices
1. I Melancholy Dancing
2. II The Drops of the Night
3. III The Opposite of Though
4. IV The Wakes in White
5. Interlude
6. Beneath the Burial Sky

   

2010

Baltic Runes

 

Harmonia Mundi 2010
Release date: May 2010

 

Paul Hillier leads the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir in a programme tracing the Balto-Finnic folksong tradition through the works of Jean Sibelius, Cyrillus Kreek, Erik Bergman and Veljo Tormis.

   

2010

Frank Martin.
Kolgata

Harmonia Mundi 2010
Release date: March 2010

 

2009. aasta aprillis salvestasid Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor, Cappella Amsterdam ja ERSO dirigent Daniel Reussi juhatusel Estonia kontserdisaalis Frank Martini oratooriumit “Kolgata” (Golgotha).

Kaasa teeb rahvusvaheline kõrgetasemeline solistideansambel: prantsuse sopran Judith Gauthier, norra metsosopran Marianne Beate Kielland, inglise tenor Adrian Thompson, hollandi bariton Mattijs van de Woerd ja saksa bass Konstantin Wolff.

 

 

   

2009

PSALMS

MENDELSSOHN. KREEK

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Release date: November 2009

 

Arvustused:

Postimees

Eesti Ekspress. Areen

Felix Mendelssohn

- Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt

- Warum toben die Heiden

- Richte mich, Gott

- Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen?

- Hebe deine Augen auf

- Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen

- Wie selig sind die Todten

Cyrillus Kreek

- Taaveti laul 22

- Taaveti laul 141

- Taaveti laul 104

- Õnnis on inimene

- Taaveti laul 137

- Kui suur on meie vaesus

- Jeesus kõige ülem hää
- Armas Jeesus, Sind ma palun

- Oh Jeesus, sinu valu

- Mu süda, ärka üles

 

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber  Choir

Conductor Daniel Reuss

 

   

2009

Rene Eespere. De spe

ERP 2009

Release date: 2009

 

RENE EESPERE

Epigram I

Epigram I

Epigram I

Epigram I

Epigram I

Epigram I

Epigram I

Invocatio

Mater Rosae

 

Francois Soulet

Jelena Voznessenskaja

Sauli Tiilikainen

Rene Soom

Anu Lamp

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Conductor:

Risto Joost

   

2009

Arvo Pärt.

In Principio

ECM 2050

Release date: February 2009

ARVO PÄRT

In principio

La Sindone

Cecilia, vergine romana

Da pacem Domine

Mein Weg

Für Lennart in memoriam

 

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Tõnu Kaljuste

   
2008

Cyrillus Kreek. Requiem

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Release date: November 2008

 

Arvustused:

Postimees

Muusika

TÕNU KÕRVITS

Kreegi vihik /

Kreek’s Notebook


CYRILLUS KREEK

Requiem c-moll

 

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Tõnu Kaljuste

   

2008

Howard Shore. The Betrayal

Howe records

Release date: 2008

HOWARD SHORE

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)

 

Sophie Shao (cello)

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Ensemble

Conductor: Howard Shore

   

2008

Toivo Tulev. Songs

Harmonia Mundi 2008

HMU 807452


Arvustused:

Muusika

Songs

Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt I

Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice!

Leave, alas this tormenting

Jusques au printemps

Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt II

 

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Paul Hillier, direction

with Robin Blaze, countertenor

   
2008

Scattered Rhymes

Harmonia Mundi 2008

CD HMU 807469

Release date: March 2008

TARIK O’REGAN

Scattered Rhymes

Guillaume de Machaut

Messe de Nostre Dame

GUILLAUME DUFAY

Ave Regina celorum

GAVIN BRYARS

Super flumina

Guillaume de Machaut

Douce dame jolie

TARIK O’REGAN

Virelai: Douce dame jolie

 

Orlando Consort

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Conductor Paul Hillier

   
2007

Erkki-Sven Tüür. Magma
Virgin Classics 2007
0094638578529 
0094638578550 Digital

 

Arvustused / Reviews:

Press-round-up

Postimees

Postimees

ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜR (1959)

* Symphony No. 4 “Magma� for solo percussion & symphony orchestra (dedicated to Evelyn Glennie, 2002) 31:60

* Inquiétude du fini for chamber choir & orchestra (1992) 18:29

* Igavik (Eternity) for male choir & orchestra (in memoriam Lennart Meri, 2006) 4:37

* The Path and the Traces for strings (dedicated to Arvo Pärt, 2005) 12:36

 

Evelyn Glennie (percussion)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Paavo Järvi

   

2007

Mart Saar. Luule, see ei tule tuulest

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Release date: April 2007

 

2007. aasta kooriplaat (Kooriühingu nõukogu preemia) 

Arvustused:

Sirp

Mart Saar

Meie elu

Sööt

Seitse sammeldanud sängi

Metsalaul    

Põhjavaim

Allik

Mets kohiseb

Kasehaldjate laul

Luule, see ei tule tuulest

Lindude laul

Kõver kuuseke

Latsõ hällütamise laul

Imäl oli jo, solist Kaia Urb

Vihmakõne, vellekõne

Karjase kaebus

Peeter Süda

Linakatkuja

Mart Saar

Noore veljo, veeritäge

Tere, kuusi, tere, petäj

Sii om leelo liinast tuudu

Jaan läheb jaanitulele

Miks sa nutad, tammekene?

 

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Conductor Mikk Üleoja

   
2006

A New Joy

Harmonia Mundi (USA)

HMU 907410

 

Orthodox Christmas

Music from Russia, Ukraine

Nicolas Kedrov - Our Father

Arvo Pärt - Rejoice, O Virgin

Alexander Kastalsky - Verses before the Six Psalms No 2

Alexander Kastalsky - Shepherds of Bethlehem

Vasyl Barvinskyi - Oh, What a Wander

Alexander Kastalsky - Today the Virgin Gives Birth

Kyrylo Stetsenko - The Angels Exclaimed

Kyrylo Stetsenko - A New Joy

Yakiv Yatsynevych - Bells Rang Early in Jerusalem

Alexander Kastalsky - When Augustus Ruled Alone upon Earth

Mykola Leontovych - A Song of Good Cheer

Kyrylo Stetsenko - Throughout the World

Piotr Tchaikovsky - The Legend

Georgiy Izvekov - Christ Is Born

Alexander Kastalsky - Good Is with Us

Kievas Chant - Blessed Is the Man

 

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Conductor Paul Hillier

   
2006

 

Arvo Pärt. Da pacem

CD HMU 907401

Release date: September 2006

GRAMMY AWARD:
Best Choral Performance

 

 

 

"Editor’s Choice" in Gramophone, highest ratings from Classics Today, was featured on The New York Times’ "Recordings of the Year", New Yorker magazine critic Alex Ross’s "Top 10 CDs for 2006", Danish Music Award 2007

 

 

 

 

Arvustused:

Sirp

Press-round-up

 

 

Salve Regina

Da pacem Domine

Nunc dimittis

Littlemore Tractus

Dopo la vittoria

Magnificat

2 slawische Psalmen

An den Wassern zu Babel

 

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (Organ)

Conductor Paul Hillier

   
2005

Baltic Voices 3
Harmonia Mundi
HMU 907391

Vaclovas Augustinas TreputÄ— Martela

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen Statements

Kaija Saariaho Nuits, adieux

Rytis Mažulis Apstulbusi akis prarado amą

Erik Bergman Vier Galgenlieder Op 51b

Algirdas Martinaitis Alleluia

Erkki-Sven Tüür Meditatio

Henryk Mikolaj Górecki Five Kurpian Songs Op 75

 

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Raschèr Saxophone Quartet

Director Paul Hillier

   
2005

Lepo Sumera
Mushroom Cantata

BIS Records AB
BIS-CD-1560

 

Concerto per voci e strumenti
Kui tume veel kauaks ka sinu maa
Seenekantaat
Saare piiga laul merest

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Janika Lentsius
(flute), Kadri-Ann Sumera (piano), Madis Metsamart (percussion)
Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

 

 

   
2005

Rachmaninov – All-Night Vigil op37
Harmonia Mundi
HMU 907384

Arvustused:
Areen

Reviews:
Amazon, StLouis, Classics

6 Vespers and 8 Matins


 

 

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Conductor Paul Hillier

 

 

   

2004

Baltic Voices 2
Harmonia Mundi
HMU 907331

Arvustused: Sirp, Muusika
Reviews: ClassicsCNN

GRAMMY Nominations:
Best Choral Performance

Urmas Sisask Five songs from Gloria Patri
Toivo Tulev And then in silence there with me be only You (first recording)
Per Norgard Winter Hymn
Galina Grigorjeva On Leaving (first recording)
Alfred Schnittke Three Sacred Hymns

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Conductor 
Paul Hillier 

 

   

2003

The Powers of Heaven
Harmonia Mundi
HMU 907318

GRAMMY Nominations:
Best Classical Producer - Robina Young

 

Russian Orthodox Music of the 17th & 18th Centuries:

Dmitri Bortniansky
Giuseppe Sarti
Vasily Titov
Baldassare Galuppi
Nikolai Diletsky
Artemy Vedel

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Conductor Paul Hillier

   
2003

Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria
Settings from the
Mass and Vespers
Carus-Verlag
Carus 83.403

Kyrie RV 587
Gloria D-Dur RV 589
Credo RV 591
Magnificat RV 610

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinna Kammerkorkester
Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste
Soloists  Kaia Urb (sopran)
             Vilve Hepner (sopran)
             Anna Zander (alt)
             Mati Turi (tenor)

   

2002

Baltic Voices 1
Harmonia Mundi
HMU 907311

GRAMMY Nominations:
Best Choral Performance,
Best Classical Producer - Robina Young

Cyrillus Kreek Psalms of David
Sven-David Sandström Hear my prayer, O Lord
Einojuhani Rautavaara Lorca Suite, Op. 72
Veljo Tormis Latvian Bourdon Songs
Sven-David Sandström Es ist genug
Arvo Pärt ...which was the son of...
Peteris Vasks  Dona nobis pacem *

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
*Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Paul Hillier
   

2002

Antonio Vivaldi
Salmi a due cori
CARUS-VERLAG
Carus 83.404

Arvustus / Review

Beatus vir RV 597
Domine ad adjuvandum me festina RV 593
Canta in prato RV 636
Dixit Dominus RV 594

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste
Soloists: Kaia Urb – soprano
Vilve Hepner (RV 597, 594) - soprano
Risto Joost (ct) (RV 597, 594) - alto
Mati Turi (RV 597, 594) - tenore
Uku Joller (RV 597, 594)- basso

   
2001

Te Deum

Guild Music

GMCD 7245

 

DDD 69.52 Recorded: Dom St Jakob, Innsbruck, Austria – 10 & 11 October and 20 November 2001

 

Paul Engel – Venezianisches Déjà-vu für neun Blechbläser nach Giovanni Gabrieli

Cyrillus Kreek – Psalms of David

Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata, Adagio und Fuge C-Dur BWV 564

Knut Nystedt – Immortal Bach nach “Komm Süsser Tod�

Paul Engel – Te Deum für Chor, neun Blechbläser, Orgel und Schlaginstrumente

 

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Mikk Üleoja – choir conductor

Ensemble Art of Brass, Vienna
Franz Hauk – organ

Paul Engel – director of music

 

 

   

2000

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Litaniae
CARUS-VERLAG
Carus 83.402

Litaniae Lauretaniae KV 109 /
Litaniae de venerabili Sacramento KV 125 e 243

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

conductor Tõnu Kaljuste
soloists:
Kaia Urb - soprano
Ave Moor (KV 109, 243),
Juta Roopalu-Malk (KV 125) - alto
Tiit Kogermann (KV 109),
Mati Turi (KV 123, 243) - tenore
Uku Joller - basso


   

2000

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Vesperae et Litania
CARUS-VERLAG
Carus 83.401

Vesperae solennes de Dominica KV 321 /
Vesperae solennes de Confessore KV 339 /
Litaniae Lauretaniae KV 195

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

conductor Tõnu Kaljuste
soloists:
Kaia Urb - soprano
Ave Moor - alto
Tiit Kogermann (KV 195, 339),
Mati Turi (KV 321) - tenore
Uku Joller - basso

   

2000

Veljo Tormis
Laulu palju
(Liederhaufen)
CARUS-VERLAG
Carus 83.400

Arvustus / Review

Zwei Lieder nach Ernst Enno / Drei Lieder aus dem
Epos "Kalevipoeg" / Drei Arbeitslieder aus Setu /
Vier Spiellieder von Sangaste / Sechs estnische
Kinderlieder / Neun estnische Erntelieder / Dreizehn
estnische lyrische Volkslieder / Liederhaufen

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste
, conductor

   

2000

Paul Giger
Ignis
ECM 1681
CD 465 648-2

Organum / Karma Shadub / Tropus / Alleluia / O Ignis

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
conductor Tõnu Kaljuste
Paul Giger - violin, violino d'amore
Marius Ungureanu - viola
Beat Schneider - violoncello

   

1999

Veljo Tormis
Litany To Thunder
ECM 1687
CD 465 223-2

How Can I Recognize My Home* / Singing Aboard
Ship / Curse Upon Iron / The Singer's Childhood /
Songs Of The Ancient Sea / The Bishop And The
Pagan / Litany To Thunder / The Lost Geese*

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
conductor Tõnu Kaljuste
*Eve Härma, Kadri Ratt - soprano
*Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann - piano

   

1999

Karl August Hermann, Raimo Kangro, Leelo Tungal
Eesti lauleldused
(Estonian Singspiels)
EESTI FILHARMOONIA
KAMMERKOOR
The best pieces of the Estonian singspiels
"Uku and Vanemuine" and "Uku and Ecu"

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
conductor Tõnu Kaljuste
   

1998

Arvo Pärt
Kanon Pokajanen
ECM 1654/55
CD 457 834- 2

GRAMMY Nominations:
Best Classical Contemporary Composition – Arvo Pärt,
Best Classical Producer - Manfred Eicher

Arvo Pärt: Kanon Pokajanen

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

   

1997

Arvo Pärt
Beatus
VIRGIN CLASSICS
7243 5 45276 2 3

Statuit ei Dominus / Missa syllabica / Beatus Petronius /
7 Magnificat-Antiphonen / De profundis / Memento /
Cantate Domino / Solfeggio

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
conductor Tõnu Kaljuste
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent - organ

   

1996

Veljo Tormis
Casting a Spell
VIRGIN CLASSICS
7243 5 45185 2 2

Estonian Calendar Songs / 3 Estonian
Game Songs

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

   

1996

Arvo Pärt
Litany
ECM 1592
CD 449 810- 2

GRAMMY Nominations:

Best Classical Producer - Manfred Eicher

Litany
Psalom *
Trisagion *

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
The Hilliard Ensemble
conductor Tõnu Kaljuste
* Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
* Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

   

1996

Erkki-Sven Tüür
Crystallisatio
ECM 1590
CD 449 459-2

GRAMMY Nominations:

Best Classical Producer - Manfred Eicher

Architectonics VI / Passion / Illusion /
Crystallisatio / Requiem

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

   
1994

Kaunimad laulud
(The Most Beautiful Songs)
VOX EST/FORTE
FD 0010/2
< Selection of Estonian choral music
from XIX-XX cc >
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor
   

1993

Arvo Pärt
Te Deum
ECM 1505
CD 439 162-2

GRAMMY Nominations:
Best Choral Performance

< Te Deum / Silouans Song /
Magnificat / Berliner Messe >
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor
   

1992

Veljo Tormis
Forgotten Peoples
ECM 1459
CD 434 275-2
LP 434 275-1
< Livonian Heritage / Votic Wedding Songs /
Izhorian Epic / Ingrian Evenings/
Vepsian Paths / Karelian Destiny >
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor
   


Vinyl Records
1989

Cyrillus Kreek
Religious Folk Songs
MELODIJA
stereo A 1000557 002

Religious Folk Songs Notebook I-II

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

  
1988

Erkki-Sven Tüür
Ante Finem Saeculi
MELODIJA
C 1027187 009
< Oratorio 'Ante Finem Saeculi' /
Symphony #2 * >
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Estonian State Symphony Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor
* State Symphonic Orchestra of the USSR Ministry of Culture
* Paul Mägi, conductor
  
1987

Claudio Monteverdi
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cyrillus Kreek
Joonas Kokkonen
MELODIJA
C 1025915 004
< Magnificat by Monteverdi / Sancta Maria, Ave Verum by Mozart /
4 psalms by Kreek / Laudatio Domini by Kokkonen >
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor
  
1985

Siin on ilus elada
(It Is Nice to Live Here)
MELODIJA
C 1023195 002
< Selection of Estonian early
choral music from XIX c >
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor
  
1984

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Francois Poulenc
Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor
(Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)
MELODIJA
C 1021249 006
< 5 songs by Mendelssohn /
7 chansons by Poulenc >
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor
  
1982

Veljo Tormis
Kammerkoor "Ellerhein"
(Chamber Choir "Ellerhein")

MELODIJA
C 1017089-90
< Ingrian Evenings / Curse upon Iron /
Autumn Landscapes >
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor
  
1981

Veljo Tormis
Kammerkoor "Ellerhein"
(Chamber Choir "Ellerhein")

MELODIJA
C 1014085-6
< Thirteen Estonian Lyric Folk Songs /
Two Estonian Runic Songs >
Chamber Choir "Ellerhein"
Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor