The Estonian Music Awards 2023 have announced the best albums of the year in Estonia. The EPCC album with the Rachmaninov's “Liturgy of St John Chrysostom” was titled as the Best Choral Music Album and the nominee of the Best Classical Music Album in Estonia. The album is released by BIS Records, conductor Kaspars Putniņš, sound engineer Jens Braun. The music of the Russian Orthodox Church was an essential part of Sergei Rachmaninov’s musical background. As a boy he was deeply moved by the sound of St Petersburg’s cathedral choirs, and phrases reminiscent of liturgical chant permeate his ...
Veljo Tormis “Küsimus on…” (1981) Text: Olaf Utt
Performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded 05.05.1988 in Estonian Radio.
Photo by Tõnu Tormis