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A provocative album containing carefully planned reminiscences of a true original. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2023

Release Date: 15th Sep 2023
Catalogue No: 4858891
Label: ECM
Length: 77 minutes

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Tormis: The Tower Bell in My Village

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Veiko Tubin (speaker), Annika Lõhmus (soprano), Triin Sakermaa (soprano), Madis Metsamart (percussion)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2020-11
Recording Venue: Methodist Church, Tallinn

Tormis: Worry Breaks the Spirit

Work length2:59

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Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2020-11
Recording Venue: Methodist Church, Tallinn

Tormis: Melancholy Songs

Work length11:56

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Iris Oja (mezzo-soprano)
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2020-11
Recording Venue: Methodist Church, Tallinn

No. 1, The Singer's Childhood

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No. 2, Maidens' Sorrow

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No. 3, Orphan's Lament

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Tormis: Reminiscentia / Autumn Landscapes

Work length9:59

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Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2020-11
Recording Venue: Methodist Church, Tallinn

I. It is Late Summer

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II. Clouds Racing Across the Sky

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III. Pale Light

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IV. Painfully Red Leaves

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V. Wind Along the Heath

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VI. Cold Autumn Night

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VII. Sad Purple Heather

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Tormis: Reminiscentia / Winter Patterns

Work length5:36

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Indrek Vau (trumpet)
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2020-11
Recording Venue: Methodist Church, Tallinn

I. Winter Morning

Track length1:32

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II. Cold

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III. Blizzard

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IV. Northern Lights

Track length2:15

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Tormis: Reminiscentia / Spring Sketches

Work length4:52

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Madis Metsamart (percussion)
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2020-11
Recording Venue: Methodist Church, Tallinn

I. Spring Wind

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II. Buds Leafing Out

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III. Evening Sky

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IV. Under the Bird-cherry Tree

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V. Yellow Flame

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VI. In Late Spring

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Tormis: Reminiscentia / Summer Motifs

Work length6:15

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Madis Metsamart (percussion)
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2020-11
Recording Venue: Methodist Church, Tallinn

I. Dry Weather

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II. Thunderstorm

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III. Summer Night

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Tormis: Three I Had These Words of Beauty

Work length5:57

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Linda Vood (flute)
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2020-11
Recording Venue: Methodist Church, Tallinn

Tormis: Hamlet's Songs I

Work length6:05

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Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2020-11
Recording Venue: Methodist Church, Tallinn

Tormis: Herding Calls – Childhood Memories

Work length9:24

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Maria Valdmaa (soprano)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2020-11
Recording Venue: Methodist Church, Tallinn

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The elemental power of ancient folk music is the lifeforce that drives the compositions of Veljo Tormis (1930-2017). As the great Estonian composer famously said, "I do not use folk song. It is folk song that uses me." This sentiment is echoed in definitive performances by the Estonian Philharmonic Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Tonu Kaljuste, for decades one of Tormis's closest musical associates. Four orchestral cycles celebrate the changing seasons: Autumn Landscapes, Winter Patterns, Spring Sketches, Summer Motifs. And three pieces - Worry Breaks The Spirit, Hamlet's Songs and Herding Calls - feature new arrangements by Tonu Kaljuste, continuing and commemorating Tormis's work. The album opens with The Tower Bell In My Village which Kaljuste commissioned 45 years ago. It sets words by Fernando Pessoa that seem entirely pertinent in the context of this tribute. "Oh death, it's a bend in the road/You can't be seen when you've passed by/But still your steps continue..." Reminiscentiae was recorded at Tallinn's Methodist Church in October and November 2020.

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December 2023

A provocative album containing carefully planned reminiscences of a true original.

Veljo Tormis: Reminiscentiae

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