The fifth seletion of the vision-series contains Tormis' view to the Finnish national epic Kalevala. He treated it something like the ancient scripture of all the Baltic-Finnish peoples at the coast of the Finnish Gulf.
Ants Soots
Alba (NCD 35)
Recorded at Estonia Concert Hall in January and June 2007 under the supervision of the composer
Recording, editing and mastering: Maido Maadik
Bukletis teostest, koorist, dirigendist eesti ja inglise keeles ja laulusõnad soome, eesti ja inglise keeles
Esitus soome (1, 3), inglise (2), eesti (4, 5) keeles
Buklett 28 lk.
Cover photos: Tõnu Tormis
Other photos: Kaupo Kikkas, Harri Rospu
Booklet layout. Raul Pero, MaxDesign
Booklet editor: Anu Huntsaar
Producer: Indrek Umberg
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Alba Records HomepageVision of Kalevala on Spotify
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Presto ClassicalWith this 10-minute piece [Raua needmine], Tormis successfully transports the listener to a primordial time and place astonishing in its raw primitivism; it sounds like the enactment of a sinister, archaic, and very dark religious ritual, and its power is gripping. The singers are called on not only to sing, but to howl, shriek, and mutter, and the chorus produces a very convincing simulacrum of the drone of a didgeridoo. (Stephen Eddins)
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