Release Date: 16 June 2023
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028948584734
Genres: Classical
Description
On this newest endeavour, the Vox Clamantis choir, under the direction of Jaan-Eik Tulve, turns its attention towards Norwegian composer Henrik Odegaard with a fine-drawn programme of liturgical choral music.
In a subtle sleight of hand, Odegaard's compositions interweave Gregorian chant with Norwegian folk song. The composer employs Gregorian and paschal hymns as source material, from which he then draws his own polyphonic layers and extensions. The main work here is the eight-part Meditations over St. Mary Magdalene's Feast in Nidaros, based on antiphons found in a 13th-century manuscript from medieval Scandinavia. Odegaard's compositional process transfigures these antiphons, sensitively brought to light by Vox Clamantis.
On past ECM recordings, the choir has addressed works of Arvo Part, Erkki-Sven Tuur and most recently Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek - an acclaimed recording, which BBC described as "magic of another sphere".
The album was recorded at the St. Nicholas Dome in Haapsalu, Estonia in March 2021.
"The voices are precisely cadenced but natural in delivery, and the acoustics of St Nicholas cathedral in Haapsalu, Estonia, both grand and human-scale." – Choir & Organ
Tracklisting
Various artists
Yuval Cohen Quartet
Thomas Stronen; Craig Taborn; Chris Potter; Sinikka Langeland; Jorge Rossy
Stephan Micus
Rainer Bruninghaus
Paul Bley
Mathias Eick; Kristjan Randalu; Ole Morten Vagan; Hans Hulbaekmo
Julia Hulsmann Quartet
Vox Clamantis, NYYD Ensemble, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra & Olari Elts
Vox Clamantis, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Lars Notto Birkela
