Works for Men's Voices
TORMIS, Veljo

Catalogue Number: TOCC0073
EAN: 5060113440730
Release Date: 20 August 2007
Duration: 67:49

An Aboriginal Song
Crosswind
Curse upon Iron
Double Dedication
Forging the Sampo
Incantation for a Stormy Sea
Our Shadows (Once We Will Reappear)
The Bishop and the Pagan
From Men's Songs

Svanholm Singers
Sofia Söderberg Eberhard, conductor

The Estonian composer Veljo Tormis (born in 1930) has carved a unique position for himself in contemporary music. By marrying the quasi-minimalist rhythmic vigour of Estonian runic singing – a tradition some 3,000 years old – with the extended techniques of modern choral writing, he has created a body of music tingling with excitement, energy and power. Many of the works on this CD – where the composer, playing shaman drum and anvil, joins one of Scandinavia’s brightest young choirs – draw on folk sources in a reaffirmation of Estonian identity; others evoke the forces of nature as a metaphor for political upheaval.

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Track Listing, MP3 Downloads & Streaming Samples

Track No.	Track Title/Details	Duration	Sample	Download Track
1	An Aboriginal Song (1981) Veljo Tormis, composer Svanholm Singers Sofia Söderberg Eberhard, conductor	2:31
	Double Dedication (1981) Veljo Tormis, composer Svanholm Singers Sofia Söderberg Eberhard, conductor	4:25
2	I. I'd Like to Sing a Song	1:50
3	II. Stars	2:35
4	Crosswind (1981) Veljo Tormis, composer Svanholm Singers Sofia Söderberg Eberhard, conductor	4:13
5	Our Shadows (Once We Will Reappear) (1981) Veljo Tormis, composer Svanholm Singers Sofia Söderberg Eberhard, conductor	4:39
6	Forging the Sampo (1981) Veljo Tormis, composer Svanholm Singers Sofia Söderberg Eberhard, conductor	7:52
7	The Bishop and the Pagan (1981) Veljo Tormis, composer Svanholm Singers Sofia Söderberg Eberhard, conductor	10:05
8	Incantation for a Stormy Sea (1981) Veljo Tormis, composer Svanholm Singers Sofia Söderberg Eberhard, conductor	7:52
	From Men's Songs (1981) Veljo Tormis, composer Svanholm Singers Sofia Söderberg Eberhard, conductor	15:55
9	No. 1, Men's Song	1:57
10	No. 2, Bundling Song	3:08
11	No. 3, Betrothal Visit Song	3:32
12	No. 5, Song of the Turkish War	1:17
13	No. 7, Serf's Song	3:24
14	No. 8, Dancing Song	2:37
15	Curse upon Iron (1981) Veljo Tormis, composer Svanholm Singers Sofia Söderberg Eberhard, conductor (first recording)	10:17

Artists

Veljo Tormis, composer

Svanholm Singers, choir
[credit: Zen Sato]

Sofia Söderberg Eberhard, conductor
[credit: Zen Sato]