Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp Of Babel
Vox Clamantis & Jaan-Eik Tulve
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Release Date: 08 May 2020
Label: Ecm Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028948190416
Vox Clamantis & Jaan-Eik Tulve
Release Date: 08 May 2020
Label: Ecm Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028948190416
Description
The Suspended Harp of Babel features revelatory performances of the choral music of Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962).
"It's music of another place and time, beautifully done." The Guardian
""…my discovery of the week.....beautifully crafted….really atmospheric. Absolutely bewitching." BBC Radio 3 Record Review
"This really did take me by storm......I rather think you will love it!" Classic FM
"A real stunner – magic of another sphere." BBC Radio 3 Record Review Extra
Kreek's pieces, incorporating graceful settings of psalms and folk hymns, are juxtaposed here with instrumental fantasias and interludes created for this recording by Marco Ambrosini.
Under the direction of Jaan-Eik Tulve, the Vox Clamantis choir - whose previous ECM recordings have addressed works of Arvo Pärt, Erkki-Sven Tüür and Helena Tulve as well as Gregorian chant - prove to be ideal interpreters of a music poised between old and new.
The Suspended Harp of Babel was recorded in Tallinn's Transfiguration Church in August 2018.
Personnel: Vox Clamantis; Jaan-Eik Tulve (conductor); Marco and Angela Ambrosini (nyckelharpa); Anna-Liisa Eller (kannel)
Tracklisting
John Surman
Marcin Wasilewski Trio & Joe Lovano
Sebastian Rochford
Elina Duni, Rob Luft, Fred Thomas & Matthieu Michel
Keith Jarrett
Mette Henriette
Keith Jarrett
Jakob Bro, Arve Henriksen & Jorge Rossy
Graindelavoix; Bjorn Schmelzer
Heinrich-Isaac-Ensemble; ensemble officium
William Vann, Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Derek Welton, Iain Burnside
Basler Madrigalisten; Raphael Immoos
Proteus Ensemble; Stephen Shellard
William Vann, Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Jamie Andrews, Ashley Riches
The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice
Soloists; l'arpa festante