In the 25th episode of the ECM Podcast Polish alto-saxophonist Marciej Obara joins us to talk about his new album Frozen Silence, recorded with his long-standing quartet of Dominik Wania on piano, Ole Morten Vågan on bass and drummer Gard Nilssen. It is […]
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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 Tõnu Kaljuste, for decades one of Tormis’s closest musical associates. The new recording of works by Tormis, "Reminiscentiae", with the Estonian Philharmonic Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra under Kaljuste, features new arrangements by Tõnu Kaljuste, continuing and commemorating Tormis’s work. The album opens with "The Tower Bell In My Village" which Kaljuste commissioned 45 years ago.
Reminiscentiae
The independent record label ECM – Edition of Contemporary Music – was founded by producer Manfred Eicher in 1969, and to date has issued more than 1800 albums spanning many idioms.
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