1992
2CD
Germany
Six brilliant song-cycles from the folklore of almost forgotten peoples who are close to Estonians. 'I'm convinced that the world would be considerably poorer without the culture of these people.' (Veljo Tormis)
Tõnu Kaljuste
ECM Records (ECM 1459/60)
Bukletis laulude originaaltekstid ja tõlge inglise keelde
Ilmunud ka LP-l
Esitus soome-ugri keeltes
Produced by Paul Hillier
Cover Design: Barbara Wojirsch
Valok Lauri Laiho, 1938 (back photo)
Recorded February 1990 Tapiola Church, Finland
Recording Supervision /Engineer: Peter Laenger
Veljo Tormis
Livonian Heritage Waking the BirdsISRC: DEB339045901
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Livonian Heritage In the Forest PastureISRC: DEB339045902
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Livonian Heritage Wee Winkie Mouse; version for mezzo soprano, male choir in 2000ISRC: DEB339045904
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Livonian Heritage Sang the Father, Sang the SonISRC: DEB339045905
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Votic Wedding Songs The Ritual Whisking of the BrideISRC: DEB339045906
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Votic Wedding Songs Arrival of the Wedding GuestsISRC: DEB339045907
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Votic Wedding Songs Mocking SongISRC: DEB339045908
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Votic Wedding Songs Distributing the DowryISRC: DEB339045909
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Votic Wedding Songs Instructing the NewlywedsISRC: DEB339045910
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Votic Wedding Songs Praising the CookISRC: DEB339045911
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Votic Wedding Songs When I, Little Chick, Was Growing UpISRC: DEB339045912
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Izhorian Epic The Call of Three CuckoosISRC: DEB339045914
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Izhorian Epic A Son or a DaughterISRC: DEB339045916
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Izhorian Epic Oh, I Am a Luckless LadISRC: DEB339045918
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Izhorian Epic My Mouth Was Singing, My Heart Was WorryingISRC: DEB339045919
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Izhorian Epic The Sword from the SeaISRC: DEB339045920
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Izhorian Epic The Spell Against the Snake-biteISRC: DEB339045921
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Izhorian Epic Undarmo and KalervoISRC: DEB339045922
Veljo Tormis
Ingrian Evenings (Inkerin Illat) Röntyshkä (A Dance Song) IISRC: DEB339046001
Veljo Tormis
Ingrian Evenings (Inkerin Illat) Röntyshkä (A Dance Song) IIISRC: DEB339046002
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Ingrian Evenings (Inkerin Illat) Röntyshkä (A Dance Song) IIIISRC: DEB339046003
Veljo Tormis
Ingrian Evenings (Inkerin Illat) Chastushka (Swing Song) IISRC: DEB339046004
Veljo Tormis
Ingrian Evenings (Inkerin Illat) Chastushka (Swing Song) IIISRC: DEB339046005
Veljo Tormis
Ingrian Evenings (Inkerin Illat) Circle Game SongISRC: DEB339046006
Veljo Tormis
Ingrian Evenings (Inkerin Illat) Röntyshkä (Dance Song) IVISRC: DEB339046007
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Ingrian Evenings (Inkerin Illat) Röntyshkä (Dance Song) VISRC: DEB339046008
Veljo Tormis
Ingrian Evenings (Inkerin Illat) Ending and Going HomeISRC: DEB339046009
Veljo Tormis
Vepsian Paths My Sister, My Little CricketISRC: DEB339046010
Veljo Tormis
Vepsian Paths The Maid Striving to the BoatISRC: DEB339046011
Veljo Tormis
Vepsian Paths The Heavenly SuitorsISRC: DEB339046012
Veljo Tormis
Vepsian Paths I Went for WaterISRC: DEB339046015
Veljo Tormis
Vepsian Paths To Sing You a Little SongISRC: DEB339046017
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Vepsian Paths Where Did You Sleep Last Night?ISRC: DEB339046018
Veljo Tormis
Vepsian Paths What Are They Doing?ISRC: DEB339046019
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Vepsian Paths The Ox Climbed a Fir TreeISRC: DEB339046020
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Vepsian Paths Forced to Get MarriedISRC: DEB339046021
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Karelian Destiny (Karjalan kohtalo) The Weeping Maiden (Itkevä neito) (1986)ISRC: DEB339046025
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Karelian Destiny (Karjalan kohtalo) The Suitors fork the Sea (Meren kosijat) (1986)ISRC: DEB339046026
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Karelian Destiny (Karjalan kohtalo) As the Serf in Viru (Orjana Virossa) (1987)ISRC: DEB339046027
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Karelian Destiny (Karjalan kohtalo) Oak-feller (Tammen kaataja) (1987)ISRC: DEB339046028
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Karelian Destiny (Karjalan kohtalo) Lullaby (Kehtolaulu) (1989)ISRC: DEB339046029
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This is a culturally and musically important collection sung by one of the world’s finest vocal collectives. The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir seems to have a limitless supply of breath. Yet while this music certainly does draw in faraway listeners, it also casts a powerful cultural message into a world that had shunned it for so long. This is part of what makes Forgotten Peoples so potent. By the same token, Tormis himself has said that his “promotional” approach to folksong is just as instructive to his own people as it is to the global market. (Tyran Grillo, 2010-06-22)
ECM Reviews
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Helilooja Veljo Tormise esimene autoriplaat "Forgotten Peoples" maineka Müncheni plaadifirma ECM Records sarjas New Series. Kuula albumi tutvustust Klassikaraadios (Johanna Mängel, 2020-06-24)
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Tormis integrates folk-material into his own style in much the same way as Bartok does. As a result, there is a great variety of timbres and textures in the songs that make up these six cycles. Pedals, ostinatos and dance-rhythms abound as does frequent alternation of solo and choral singing. He makes extensive use of accompanied Sprechstimme to narrate some of the lengthy ballads in Izhorian Epic. (Author: ????)
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ECM's US marketing team dreaded this set's release—a full-price double CD of an unknown choir performing unknown music by an unknown composer—until they heard it. Forgotten Peoples, a recording without a marketing niche, may well create one of its very own, or find a home in many already established markets. It deserves to do both. It is as important as it is beautiful. (Richard Lehnert, 1992-08-02)
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This is a culturally and musically important collection sung by one of the world’s finest vocal collectives. The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir seems to have a limitless supply of breath. Yet while this music certainly does draw in faraway listeners, it also casts a powerful cultural message into a world that had shunned it for so long. This is part of what makes Forgotten Peoples so potent. By the same token, Tormis himself has said that his “promotional” approach to folksong is just as instructive to his own people as it is to the global market. (Tyran Grillo, 2010-06-22)
ECM Reviews
en_US
Tormis integrates folk-material into his own style in much the same way as Bartok does. As a result, there is a great variety of timbres and textures in the songs that make up these six cycles. Pedals, ostinatos and dance-rhythms abound as does frequent alternation of solo and choral singing. He makes extensive use of accompanied Sprechstimme to narrate some of the lengthy ballads in Izhorian Epic. (Author: ????)
Gramophone
en_US
ECM's US marketing team dreaded this set's release—a full-price double CD of an unknown choir performing unknown music by an unknown composer—until they heard it. Forgotten Peoples, a recording without a marketing niche, may well create one of its very own, or find a home in many already established markets. It deserves to do both. It is as important as it is beautiful. (Richard Lehnert, 1992-08-02)
Stereophile.com
en_US
Album overview on the record company homepage
ECM Records Homepage
en_US
Helilooja Veljo Tormise esimene autoriplaat "Forgotten Peoples" maineka Müncheni plaadifirma ECM Records sarjas New Series. Kuula albumi tutvustust Klassikaraadios (Johanna Mängel, 2020-06-24)
ERR
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