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)
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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DiscogsThis 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 ReviewsHelilooja 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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AllMusicTormis 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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SpotifyECM'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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ester.eeThis 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 ReviewsTormis 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: ????)
GramophoneECM'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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ECM Records HomepageHelilooja 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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