Svanholm Singers
Works for Men's Voices
'Need 20 luigehäälset lauljat moodustavad särava ja võimsa meeskoori oma veetleva dirigendi Sofia Söderberg Eberhardi energilisel juhatusel! Siinsel plaadil on meie hästisujunud ühistöö tulemus.' (Veljo Tormis)
Dirigent
Sofia Söderberg Eberhard
Plaadifirma
Toccata Classics (TOCC 0073)
Salvestatud 9.–11. oktoobril ja 6. ja 8. novembril 2006, Lomma kyrka, Lomma, Skåne
Salvestus ja helimontaaž: Andreas Nilsson
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.
1. An Aboriginal Song
2:312. Double Dedication: I'd Like to Sing a Song
1:503. Double Dedication: Stars
2:354. Crosswind
4:135. Our Shadows (Once We Will Reappear)
4:396. Forging the Sampo
7:527. The Bishop and the Pagan
10:05Teise salmi sõnad: soome runolaul seadnud Sakari Puurunen
Stefan Engström (counter tenor), Emil Johannisson (tenor), Staffan Lindberg (tenor)
8. Incantation for a Stormy Sea
7:529. Men's Songs: No. 1, Men's Song
1:5710. Men's Songs: No. 2, Bundling Song
3:0811. Men's Songs: No. 3, Betrothal Visit Song
3:32Johan Sternby (bass), Martin Stervander (whistling)
12. Men's Songs: No. 5, Song of the Turkish War
1:17Johannes Midgren (tenor)
13. Men's Songs: No. 7, Serf's Song
3:2414. Men's Songs: No. 8, Dancing Song
2:37Emil Johannisson (tenor), Erik Emilsson (bass)
15. Curse Upon Iron
10:17Staffan Lindberg (tenor), Emil Johannisson (tenor), Erik Emilsson (bass), Veljo Tormis (shaman drum)
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YouTube | Svanholm Singers - Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron)
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Tormis himself gives the disc a symbolic imprimatur by playing the shaman drum in “An Aboriginal Song” and “Curse upon Iron”. Whistling, sighing, tongue-clicking, falsetto and log drumming add to the tonal palette but the music and singing are seductive enough even without them. (David Fanning, 2010)
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It [Curse Upon Iron] must be among the most fearful minimalist pieces ever written, full of revulsion against the iron ore that has contributed to so much of our human destruction: 'Damn you, bastard! Wretched iron! I know your birth, you purblind fool, I know well your source, you evil!'. The only loss in this arrangement for men's voices is the higher pitched screams, and yet there is quite enough brutal and muscular excitement in the divided male voices. (Patric Standford 2008-05-22)
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Tormis also uses a hugely resonant shamanic drum in several pieces, and it contributes to the ritualistic, primitive atmosphere that some of his work creates. One of the most effective pieces recorded here is also his most famous, Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron), which has a profound monumentality and a sense that a mysterious rite is being enacted. (Stephen Eddins)
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The works on this disc that show the most obvious allegiance musically to ancient runic folk songs are those with Latin texts, The Bishop and the Pagan and Incantation for a Stormy Sea, fascinating mixtures of medieval-sounding chants and ingenious, colourful arrangements. No less ancient in their textual sources but much more modern-sounding are the testosterone-charged Men’s Songs – tales of battle, debauched craving and drink – complete with drunken slurring of words, whistling and the slapping of thighs! (Derek Warby, 2007-10-07)
Musicweb InternationalSvanholm Singers | Records. Tormis
Svanholm Singers’ album Tormis – Works for Men’s Voices (2007) is a collaboration with the renowned Estonian composer Veljo Tormis. The recording has been well received by critics and it was named Album of the Year by Gramophone magazine.
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Listen however to the explosive shamanic drumming – courtesy of the composer as player - that assertively opens An aboriginal song. Often the singing conveys a sense of awe in the face of nature or primeval forces. The tolling and crooning murmur of Crosswinds and Our Shadows contrasts with the initial plainsong curve of The Bishop and the Pagan. (Rob Barnett, 2007-08-07)
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Tormis himself gives the disc a symbolic imprimatur by playing the shaman drum in “An Aboriginal Song” and “Curse upon Iron”. Whistling, sighing, tongue-clicking, falsetto and log drumming add to the tonal palette but the music and singing are seductive enough even without them. (David Fanning, 2010)
GramophoneMusic & Vision | Svanholm Singers - Works For Men's Voices
It [Curse Upon Iron] must be among the most fearful minimalist pieces ever written, full of revulsion against the iron ore that has contributed to so much of our human destruction: 'Damn you, bastard! Wretched iron! I know your birth, you purblind fool, I know well your source, you evil!'. The only loss in this arrangement for men's voices is the higher pitched screams, and yet there is quite enough brutal and muscular excitement in the divided male voices. (Patric Standford 2008-05-22)
Music & VisionAllMusic | Svanholm Singers - Works For Men's Voices
Tormis also uses a hugely resonant shamanic drum in several pieces, and it contributes to the ritualistic, primitive atmosphere that some of his work creates. One of the most effective pieces recorded here is also his most famous, Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron), which has a profound monumentality and a sense that a mysterious rite is being enacted. (Stephen Eddins)
AllMusicMusicweb International | Svanholm Singers - Music For Men's Voices
The works on this disc that show the most obvious allegiance musically to ancient runic folk songs are those with Latin texts, The Bishop and the Pagan and Incantation for a Stormy Sea, fascinating mixtures of medieval-sounding chants and ingenious, colourful arrangements. No less ancient in their textual sources but much more modern-sounding are the testosterone-charged Men’s Songs – tales of battle, debauched craving and drink – complete with drunken slurring of words, whistling and the slapping of thighs! (Derek Warby, 2007-10-07)
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Listen however to the explosive shamanic drumming – courtesy of the composer as player - that assertively opens An aboriginal song. Often the singing conveys a sense of awe in the face of nature or primeval forces. The tolling and crooning murmur of Crosswinds and Our Shadows contrasts with the initial plainsong curve of The Bishop and the Pagan. (Rob Barnett, 2007-08-07)
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Svanholm Singers’ album Tormis – Works for Men’s Voices (2007) is a collaboration with the renowned Estonian composer Veljo Tormis. The recording has been well received by critics and it was named Album of the Year by Gramophone magazine.
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ester.eeYouTube | Svanholm Singers - Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron)
Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron) : Curse Upon Iron · Veljo Tormis Tormis: Works for Men's Voice ℗ 2000 Toccata Classics
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Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America Sampo cuditur (Forging the Sampo) : Forging the Sampo · Veljo Tormis Tormis: Works for Men's Voice ℗ 2000 Toccata Clasics
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Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America Incantation for a Stormy Sea · Svanholm Singers Tormis: Works for Men's Voice ℗ 2000 Toccata Classics
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