Tormis, Veljo [Composer] > Super Audio

Curse Upon Iron - Works for Male Choir by Veljo Tormis / Orphei Drängar Male Choir

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-07-22

Works: Veljo Tormis: Incantatio maris aestuosi (Incantation for a Stormy Sea), for chorus; Kord me tuleme tagasi; Kolm mul oli kaunist sona (I Had Three Beautiful Words), for male chorus & flute; Vastlalaul...
Performers: Alin, Andreas; Alin, Folke; Einarsson, Magnus; Gunnar Sundberg; Rombo, Elin; Sjogren, Magnus; Stolare, Henrik
Conductors: Alin, Cecilia Rydinger
Ensemble: Orphei Drängar Male Choir

A modern shaman is how Veljo Tormis (b.1930) has been described. In his large production, chiefly composed for a cappella choir, he utilizes ancient chants...continue...

Baltic Runes

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-05-11

Works: Veljo Tormis: Laulusild, for chorus; Pilspa ja pakana, for chorus; Jannilaulud, for chorus; Jean Sibelius: Rakastava (The Lover), suite for string orchestra, triangle & timpani, Op. 14; Cyrillus Kree...
Performers: Talvik, Aarne; Vurma, Allan
Conductors: Hillier, Paul

Paul Hillier leads the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir in a program tracing the Balto-Finnic folksong tradition through the works of Jean Sibelius, Cyrillus Kreek, Erik...continue...
Recording information: Tallinn Methodist Church, Tallinn, Estonia (01/30/2008-02/02/2008)....continue...