Since the 1992 release of Forgotten Peoples, the
first major survey of Veljo Tormis to be released outside of Russia, ECM
has paved an international appreciation of the Estonian composer, whose
choral output exceeds 500 pieces. More than number, it is the melodic
and textual content of those pieces that asks of the listener attention
to source, meaning, and atmosphere. Although so much of Tormis’s work is
drawn from Baltic folk traditions, his project is more one of
expression than of preservation. He paints a distinct amalgam of texts
and motifs, so that what we are left with is a sonic trajectory that
moves ever forward. There is no group more qualified to follow that
trajectory than the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Under the
direction of Tõnu Kaljuste, these intensely talented singers breathe the
music on Litany To Thunder as if it were their own. (ECM Reviews)Since the 1992 release of Forgotten Peoples, the
first major survey of Veljo Tormis to be released outside of Russia, ECM
has paved an international appreciation of the Estonian composer, whose
choral output exceeds 500 pieces. More than number, it is the melodic
and textual content of those pieces that asks of the listener attention
to source, meaning, and atmosphere. Although so much of Tormis’s work is
drawn from Baltic folk traditions, his project is more one of
expression than of preservation. He paints a distinct amalgam of texts
and motifs, so that what we are left with is a sonic trajectory that
moves ever forward. There is no group more qualified to follow that
trajectory than the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Under the
direction of Tõnu Kaljuste, these intensely talented singers breathe the
music on Litany To Thunder as if it were their own. (ECM Reviews)
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