Works for Men's Voices

Svanholm Singers

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)

Artist

Svanholm Singers

Conductor

Sofia Söderberg Eberhard

Label

Toccata Classics (TOCC 0073)

Album info

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.

Recording

Recorded in Lomma kyrka, Lomma, Skåne, 9–11 October and 6 and 8 November 2006
Recording and editing: Andreas Nilsson

1. An Aboriginal Song

Veljo Tormis
Veljo Tormis (shaman drum)

An Aboriginal Song

ISRC: GBJZY0700090

2:31

2. Double Dedication: I'd Like to Sing a Song

Veljo Tormis, Gustav Suits

Double Dedication [Diptych] There's One Song I Want to Sing (Gustav Suits)

ISRC: GBJZY0700091

1:50

3. Double Dedication: Stars

Veljo Tormis, Marie Under

Double Dedication [Diptych] Stars (Marie Under)

ISRC: GBJZY0700092

2:35

4. Crosswind

Veljo Tormis, Henrik Visnapuu

Crosswind

ISRC: GBJZY0700093

4:13

5. Our Shadows (Once We Will Reappear)

Veljo Tormis, Jaan Kaplinski

Once We Will Reapper

ISRC: GBJZY0700094

4:39

6. Forging the Sampo

Veljo Tormis, Kalevala
Stefan Engström (log drums)

Forging the Sampo (Sampo cuditor)

ISRC: GBJZY0700095

7:52

7. The Bishop and the Pagan

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)

The Bishop and the Pagan (Piispa ja pakana)

ISRC: GBJZY0700096

10:05

8. Incantation for a Stormy Sea

Veljo Tormis, Kalevala (tõlkinud Tuomo Pekkanen)

Incantatio maris aestuosi (Incantatio for a Stormy Sea)

ISRC: GBJZY0700097

7:52

9. Men's Songs: No. 1, Men's Song

Veljo Tormis, Paul-Eerik Rummo

Men's Songs Part I Mens's Song

ISRC: GBJZY0700098

1:57

10. Men's Songs: No. 2, Bundling Song

Veljo Tormis, Paul-Eerik Rummo

Men's Songs Part I Bundling Song

ISRC: GBJZY0700099

3:08

11. Men's Songs: No. 3, Betrothal Visit Song

Veljo Tormis, Paul-Eerik Rummo
Johan Sternby (bass), Martin Stervander (whistling)

Men's Songs Part I Betrothal Visit Song

ISRC: GBJZY0700100

3:32

12. Men's Songs: No. 5, Song of the Turkish War

Veljo Tormis, Paul-Eerik Rummo
Johannes Midgren (tenor)

Men's Songs Part I Song of the Turkish War

ISRC: GBJZY0700101

1:17

13. Men's Songs: No. 7, Serf's Song

Veljo Tormis, Paul-Eerik Rummo

Men's Songs Part II Serf's Song

ISRC: GBJZY0700102

3:24

14. Men's Songs: No. 8, Dancing Song

Veljo Tormis, Paul-Eerik Rummo
Emil Johannisson (tenor), Erik Emilsson (bass)

Men's Songs Part II Dancing Song

ISRC: GBJZY0700103

2:37

15. Curse Upon Iron

Veljo Tormis, Kalevala motiividel August Annist, Paul-Eerik Rummo, Jaan Kaplinski
Staffan Lindberg (tenor), Emil Johannisson (tenor), Erik Emilsson (bass), Veljo Tormis (shaman drum)

Curse Upon Iron

ISRC: GBJZY0700104

10:17

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