ARVO PART
Part: Adam's Lament Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis, Riga Sinfonietta, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste [ ECM Records / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] GRAMMY WINNER: Best Choral Album 2014 |
ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Tuur: Awakening (Arkamine) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Sinfonietta Riga, Daniel Reuss [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] |
BERGMAN / KREEK / SIBELIUS / TORMIS
Baltic Runes Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2010 ] "The most striking piece is Erik Bergman's "Lapponia", in which the use of wordless phonemes is aptly elemental, with deep lowing beneath scattered snow showers of excited syllables, and a breeze of haunting sussurus which recalls Ligeti." The... |
KREEK / PART / RAUTAVAARA / SANDSTROM / TORMIS / VASKS
Baltic Voices Vol 1 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] "pure and impassioned, astounding choral artists." (The Wall Street Journal) - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Baltic Voices Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Paul Hillier was one of the pioneers in exploring the music of the Baltic Countries in the last years of the twentieth century, and has always paid particular attention to their repertory, both sacred and secular. Supported by the grace and fervour... |
GORECKI / MAZULIS / SAARIAHO / AUGUSTINAS / GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN / etc
Baltic Voices Vol 3 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "Once again Paul Hillier and his Estonian choir provide a varied programme of new choral works by Baltic composers. Despite a wide gamut of styles, each composition has an immediacy that is not always found in contemporary music." Erik Levi - BBC... |
GALINA GRIGORJEVA
Galina Grigorjeva: Nature Morte Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Theatre of Voices & Yxus Quartet, Paul Hillier [ Ondine / CD - released 15/May/2017 ] "This new album from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir reinforces their position as one of the world's leading vocal ensembles…[Grigorjeva] follows in the long shadow of Rachmaninov, bracing an essential serenity with the subtlest of richer har |
CARLO GESUALDO / BRETT DEAN / ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Gesualdo Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste [ ECM / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "enjoy this well planned and superbly performed release. My Recording of the Month, for sure, and it will be high up in my Recordings of the Year." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Nov 2015) |
ARVO PART
Part: In Principio Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Tallinn Chamber Orchestra / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "This is a superbly constructed recital of some of the most recent music of Estonian composer Arvo Part." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
ARVO Pa„RT
Kanon Pokajanen Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Tonu Kaljuste [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] World premiere recordings of music for choir by Arvo Pärt |
TONU KORVITS
Korvits: Sei la luce e il mattino (You are Light and Morning) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Risto Joost [ Ondine / CD - released 6/Nov/2020 ] "The poetry of the 20th-century Italian writer Cesare Pavese is brought to life by Kõrvits in lyrical, meditative music, wherein elements of nature: wind, fire, water, earth are equated to aspects of the human condition: longing, regret, loneliness." |
TONU KORVITS
Korvits: The Sound of Wings Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Risto Joost [ Ondine / CD - released 2/Jun/2023 ] Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits (b. 1969) belongs to his country's most prominent composers. His works are rich with delicate atmosphere possessing a particularly Northern feel combined with a romantic and Impressionistic touch. |
TONU KORVITS
Kõrvits: Moorland Elegies Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestr, Risto Joost [ Ondine / CD - released 15/May/2017 ] Ondine continues its series of works by Baltic composers with a new exciting release. This disc features Moorland Elegies, a 50-minute work for mixed choir and string orchestra by Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits (b. 1969). The work is being performed... |
FRANZ LISZT / ARVO PART
Liszt: Via Crucis / Pärt: Sacred Choral Works Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kalle Randalu (piano), Kaspars Putnins (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] This release by the award-winning Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under the direction of its artistic director and chief conductor Kaspars Putniņš includes Franz Liszt's (1881-1886) mystery-filled religious vocal work Via Crucis as well as four... |
ULO KRIGUL
Ülo Krigul: liquid turns Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra Kaspars Putniņš (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] Ülo Krigul studied in Tallinn and Vienna, and has written music in a wide variety of genres. |
LEPO SUMERA
Mushroom Cantata & other choral works Raivo E. Tamm (actor) alle Kaljuste (actor) Janika Lentsius (flute) Madis Metsamart (percussion) / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/ Tnu Kaljust [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "If being haunted by a recording is a definition of greatness, then this is a strong candidate. Have you found that you are obliged to return to a CD to find out if the dreams it has created in your mind are a reality, or just something from your own... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A New Joy: Orthodox Christmas Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier [ Harnmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] This CD, which includes several first recordings of music by Kastalski, Izvekov & others, draws upon the rich treasury of 19th- & 20th-century liturgical hymnography and carols of the Nativity Feast, which were suppressed during the tragic events of... |
TRADITIONAL
A New Joy: Orthodox Christmas Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier [ Harnmonia Mundi / CD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] This CD, which includes several first recordings of music by Kastalski, Izvekov & others, draws upon the rich treasury of 19th- & 20th-century liturgical hymnography and carols of the Nativity Feast, which were suppressed during the tragic events of... |
ORTHODOX CHANT
Orthodox Chant: Orthodox Music of the 17th & 18th Centuries Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "The choir...sing with exceptional blend and purity of tone" (The Absolute Sound) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Powers of Heaven: Orthodox Music of the 17th & 18th Centuries The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 23/May/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - "The choir...sing with exceptional blend and purity of tone" (The Absolute Sound) |