2007
CD
United Kingdom
'The trumpeting voices of these twenty singers combine in a shining and powerful male choir under the energetic direction of their charming young conductor Sofia Söderberg Eberhard. This CD presents the result of this happy endeavour.' (Veljo Tormis)
Sofia Söderberg Eberhard
Toccata Classics (TOCC 0073)
Bukletis autorist ja tema teostest inglise, saksa, prantsuse keeles ja laulutekstid ja tõlked
Veljo Tormise saatetekst
Esitus eesti ja ladina keeles
Buklett 39 lk.
Executive producer: Martin Anderson
Texts: Folke Bohlin, Veljo Tormis
English translation: Harri Mürk (text by Veljo Tormis)
German translation: Jürgen Schaarwächter
French translation: Baudime Jam
Design and lay-out: Paul Brooks, Design & Print – Oxford
Cover photographs courtesy of Triinu Ojamaa (Tormis portrait) and the Svanholm Singers, and
Tormis (p. 6) of Lars Seger.
Recorded in Lomma kyrka, Lomma, Skåne, 9–11 October and 6 and 8 November 2006
Recording and editing: Andreas Nilsson
Veljo Tormis, Gustav Suits
Double Dedication [Diptych] There's One Song I Want to Sing (Gustav Suits)ISRC: GBJZY0700091
Veljo Tormis, Marie Under
Double Dedication [Diptych] Stars (Marie Under)ISRC: GBJZY0700092
Veljo Tormis, Jaan Kaplinski
Once We Will ReapperISRC: GBJZY0700094
Veljo Tormis, Kalevala
Stefan Engström (log drums)
ISRC: GBJZY0700095
Esimese salmi sõnad De sancto Henrico sequentia seadnud Tuomo Pekkanen
Teise salmi sõnad: soome runolaul seadnud Sakari Puurunen
Stefan Engström (counter tenor), Emil Johannisson (tenor), Staffan Lindberg (tenor)
ISRC: GBJZY0700096
Veljo Tormis, Kalevala (tõlkinud Tuomo Pekkanen)
Incantatio maris aestuosi (Incantatio for a Stormy Sea)ISRC: GBJZY0700097
Veljo Tormis, Paul-Eerik Rummo
Men's Songs Part I Mens's SongISRC: GBJZY0700098
Veljo Tormis, Paul-Eerik Rummo
Men's Songs Part I Bundling SongISRC: GBJZY0700099
Veljo Tormis, Paul-Eerik Rummo
Johan Sternby (bass), Martin Stervander (whistling)
ISRC: GBJZY0700100
Veljo Tormis, Paul-Eerik Rummo
Johannes Midgren (tenor)
ISRC: GBJZY0700101
Veljo Tormis, Paul-Eerik Rummo
Men's Songs Part II Serf's SongISRC: GBJZY0700102
Veljo Tormis, Paul-Eerik Rummo
Emil Johannisson (tenor), Erik Emilsson (bass)
ISRC: GBJZY0700103
Veljo Tormis, Kalevala motiividel August Annist, Paul-Eerik Rummo, Jaan Kaplinski
Staffan Lindberg (tenor), Emil Johannisson (tenor), Erik Emilsson (bass), Veljo Tormis (shaman drum)
ISRC: GBJZY0700104
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Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America Sampo cuditur (Forging the Sampo) : Forging the Sampo · Veljo Tormis Tormis: Works for Men's Voice ℗ 2000 Toccata Clasics
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Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron) : Curse Upon Iron · Veljo Tormis Tormis: Works for Men's Voice ℗ 2000 Toccata Classics
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Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America Incantation for a Stormy Sea · Svanholm Singers Tormis: Works for Men's Voice ℗ 2000 Toccata Classics
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Tormis himself gives the disc a symbolic imprimatur by playing the shaman drum in “An Aboriginal Song” and “Curse upon Iron”. Whistling, sighing, tongue-clicking, falsetto and log drumming add to the tonal palette but the music and singing are seductive enough even without them. (David Fanning, 2010)
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It [Curse Upon Iron] must be among the most fearful minimalist pieces ever written, full of revulsion against the iron ore that has contributed to so much of our human destruction: 'Damn you, bastard! Wretched iron! I know your birth, you purblind fool, I know well your source, you evil!'. The only loss in this arrangement for men's voices is the higher pitched screams, and yet there is quite enough brutal and muscular excitement in the divided male voices. (Patric Standford 2008-05-22)
Music & Vision
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Tormis also uses a hugely resonant shamanic drum in several pieces, and it contributes to the ritualistic, primitive atmosphere that some of his work creates. One of the most effective pieces recorded here is also his most famous, Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron), which has a profound monumentality and a sense that a mysterious rite is being enacted. (Stephen Eddins)
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The works on this disc that show the most obvious allegiance musically to ancient runic folk songs are those with Latin texts, The Bishop and the Pagan and Incantation for a Stormy Sea, fascinating mixtures of medieval-sounding chants and ingenious, colourful arrangements. No less ancient in their textual sources but much more modern-sounding are the testosterone-charged Men’s Songs – tales of battle, debauched craving and drink – complete with drunken slurring of words, whistling and the slapping of thighs! (Derek Warby, 2007-10-07)
Musicweb International
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Svanholm Singers’ album Tormis – Works for Men’s Voices (2007) is a collaboration with the renowned Estonian composer Veljo Tormis. The recording has been well received by critics and it was named Album of the Year by Gramophone magazine.
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Listen however to the explosive shamanic drumming – courtesy of the composer as player - that assertively opens An aboriginal song. Often the singing conveys a sense of awe in the face of nature or primeval forces. The tolling and crooning murmur of Crosswinds and Our Shadows contrasts with the initial plainsong curve of The Bishop and the Pagan. (Rob Barnett, 2007-08-07)
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Tormis himself gives the disc a symbolic imprimatur by playing the shaman drum in “An Aboriginal Song” and “Curse upon Iron”. Whistling, sighing, tongue-clicking, falsetto and log drumming add to the tonal palette but the music and singing are seductive enough even without them. (David Fanning, 2010)
Gramophone
en_US
It [Curse Upon Iron] must be among the most fearful minimalist pieces ever written, full of revulsion against the iron ore that has contributed to so much of our human destruction: 'Damn you, bastard! Wretched iron! I know your birth, you purblind fool, I know well your source, you evil!'. The only loss in this arrangement for men's voices is the higher pitched screams, and yet there is quite enough brutal and muscular excitement in the divided male voices. (Patric Standford 2008-05-22)
Music & Vision
et_EE
Tormis also uses a hugely resonant shamanic drum in several pieces, and it contributes to the ritualistic, primitive atmosphere that some of his work creates. One of the most effective pieces recorded here is also his most famous, Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron), which has a profound monumentality and a sense that a mysterious rite is being enacted. (Stephen Eddins)
AllMusic
en_US
The works on this disc that show the most obvious allegiance musically to ancient runic folk songs are those with Latin texts, The Bishop and the Pagan and Incantation for a Stormy Sea, fascinating mixtures of medieval-sounding chants and ingenious, colourful arrangements. No less ancient in their textual sources but much more modern-sounding are the testosterone-charged Men’s Songs – tales of battle, debauched craving and drink – complete with drunken slurring of words, whistling and the slapping of thighs! (Derek Warby, 2007-10-07)
Musicweb International
en_US
Listen however to the explosive shamanic drumming – courtesy of the composer as player - that assertively opens An aboriginal song. Often the singing conveys a sense of awe in the face of nature or primeval forces. The tolling and crooning murmur of Crosswinds and Our Shadows contrasts with the initial plainsong curve of The Bishop and the Pagan. (Rob Barnett, 2007-08-07)
Musicweb International
en_US
Record company homepage
Toccata Music Homepage
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Product info
Presto Classical
en_US
Product info
Classical Archives
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Product info
Amazon
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Svanholm Singers’ album Tormis – Works for Men’s Voices (2007) is a collaboration with the renowned Estonian composer Veljo Tormis. The recording has been well received by critics and it was named Album of the Year by Gramophone magazine.
Svanholm Singers Homepage
en_US
Product info
Amazon
en_US
Stream and Listen
Primephonic
en_US
CD info
RateYourMusic
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CD info
ArkivMusic
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CD info
MusicBrainz
et_EE
Albumi kirjeldus Eesti raamatukogude ühiskataloogis
ester.ee
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Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America Sampo cuditur (Forging the Sampo) : Forging the Sampo · Veljo Tormis Tormis: Works for Men's Voice ℗ 2000 Toccata Clasics
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Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron) : Curse Upon Iron · Veljo Tormis Tormis: Works for Men's Voice ℗ 2000 Toccata Classics
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Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America Incantation for a Stormy Sea · Svanholm Singers Tormis: Works for Men's Voice ℗ 2000 Toccata Classics
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