Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor
Forgotten Peoples
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)
Conductor
Tõnu Kaljuste
Label
ECM Records (ECM 1459/60)
Recorded February 1990 Tapiola Church, Finland
Recording Supervision /Engineer: Peter Laenger
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)
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1. Livonian Heritage: Waking The Birds
5:062. Livonian Heritage: Day Of S Herdsboy
3:213. Livonian Heritage: Shrove Tuesday
1:354. Livonian Heritage: Wee Winkie Mouse
2:565. Livonian Heritage: Sang The Father, Sang His Son
2:586. Votic Wedding Songs: The Ritual Whisking Of The Bride
1:027. Votic Wedding Songs: The Arrival Of Wedding Guests
1:558. Votic Wedding Songs: Mockery Singing
1:249. Votic Wedding Songs: Distributing The Dowry Chest
1:2210. Votic Wedding Songs: Instructing The Newly-Weds
1:3911. Votic Wedding Songs: Praising The Cook
1:0412. Votic Wedding Songs: When I, Chick, Was Growing Up
2:4613. Izhorian Epic: Creation Of The World
3:0314. Izhorian Epic: The Call Of Three Cuckoos
4:2115. Izhorian Epic: Wedding Song
1:5316. Izhorian Epic: A Son Or A Daughter?
3:1617. Izhorian Epic: Recruitment
3:2718. Izhorian Epic: Oh, I Am A Luckless Lad
1:1819. Izhorian Epic: My Mouth Was Singing, My Heart Was Worrying
3:3620. Izhorian Epic: A Sword From The Sea
3:3121. Izhorian Epic: Incantation Of Snakes
0:4522. Izhorian Epic: Undarmoi And Kalervoi
5:442
1. Ingrian Evenings: Röntuska I (A Dance Song)
3:042. Ingrian Evenings: Röntuska II
1:463. Ingrian Evenings: Röntuska III
1:524. Ingrian Evenings: Chastushka I (A Village Party Song)
1:305. Ingrian Evenings: Chastushka II
1:256. Ingrian Evenings: A Roundelay
2:027. Ingerimaa õhtud: Röntuska IV / Ingrian Evenings: Röntuska IV
2:338. Ingrian Evenings: Röntuska V
1:239. Ingrian Evenings: Ending And Going Home
3:2710. Vepsian Paths: My Sister, My Little Cricket
1:5011. Vepsian Paths: Urging Her Into The Boat
1:4012. Vepsian Paths: The Heavenly Suitors
1:4913. Vepsian Paths: I Went To Kikoila
0:3414. Vepsian Paths: Cuckoo And Cuckoo
0:5715. Vepsian Paths: I Went To Fetch Some Water
0:1516. Vepsian Paths: Pussy-Cat, Pussy-Cat
0:3517. Vepsian Paths: I'd Like To Sing You A Song
0:3518. Vepsian Paths: Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
0:5019. Vepsian Paths: What Are They Doing At Your Place?
2:0520. Vepsian Paths: The Ox Climbed A Fir Tree
0:4221. Vepsian Paths: Forced To Get Married
2:0522. Vepsian Paths: A Cradle Song
1:4023. Vepsian Paths: The Only Son
1:5324. Vepsian Paths: Toot-Toot, Herdsboy
3:5225. Karelian Destiny: A Weeping Maiden
4:2626. Karelian Destiny: Suitors From The Sea
4:5927. Karelian Destiny: A Thrall In Viru
5:0928. Karelian Destiny: The Oak Cutter
5:2429. Karelian Destiny: A Lullaby
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DiscogsECM Reviews | Veljo Tormis: Forgotten Peoples (ECM New Series 1459/60)
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 ReviewsKlassikaraadio | Eesti klassikaplaat. Veljo Tormis. Forgotten Peoples |
Helilooja Veljo Tormise esimene autoriplaat "Forgotten Peoples" maineka Müncheni plaadifirma ECM Records sarjas New Series. Kuula albumi tutvustust Klassikaraadios (Johanna Mängel, 2020-06-24)
ERRAmazon | EPCC - Forgotten Peoples
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AllMusicGramophone | Tormis Forgotten Peoples
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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SpotifyStereophile | Recording of August 1992: VeljoTormis: Forgotten Peoples
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.comESTER | EFK - Forgotten Peoples (1992)
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ester.eeECM Reviews | Veljo Tormis: Forgotten Peoples (ECM New Series 1459/60)
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 ReviewsGramophone | Tormis Forgotten Peoples
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: ????)
GramophoneStereophile | Recording of August 1992: VeljoTormis: Forgotten Peoples
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.comECM Records | EPCC - Forgotten Peoples
Album overview on the record company homepage
ECM Records HomepageKlassikaraadio | Eesti klassikaplaat. Veljo Tormis. Forgotten Peoples |
Helilooja Veljo Tormise esimene autoriplaat "Forgotten Peoples" maineka Müncheni plaadifirma ECM Records sarjas New Series. Kuula albumi tutvustust Klassikaraadios (Johanna Mängel, 2020-06-24)
ERRAmazon | EPCC - Forgotten Peoples
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