...The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under their Chief Conductor, Tőnu Kaljuste, do themselves and the music proud in beautyfully sung renditions. A lovely disc.
GRAMOPHONE - january '97 /Guy S Rickards/
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The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under their Chief
Conductor, Tőnu Kaljuste, do themselves and the music proud in
beautyfully sung renditions. A lovely disc.
GRAMOPHONE - january '97 /Guy S Rickards/
...
The Estonian Calendar Songs: a yearful of ritual runo
songs and spells collected, preserved, and re-composed into
classical choral song by Veljo Tormis, a Bartók figure of
Estonia.
Here are songs and incantations for Martinmas, St Catherine's Day
and Shrove Tuesday. The fire of Midsummer is kindled and caught,
fleetingly, in the St John's Day songs as boats are burned and
beacons lit. The Swing songs of spring epitomise the fusion of
beautyful poetry, pulsating chant and robust part-singing in this
extraordinarily varied programme from Balto-Finnic peoples.
The unique timbre of native singers in the Estonian Philharmonic
Chamber Choir makes these spells uniquely potent.
...
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE - february '97 /Hilary Finch/
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