Sacred and Secular Songs
Klaus Lang's compositional approach has always been deeply rooted in the music of old Renaissance masters. Never shy of the that fact, he constantly explores the connections between old and new (old to new).This unique release presents Klaus' fascination with the music of Johannes Ockeghem and it contains harmonium (Klaus' trademark instrument) transcriptions of his sacred and secular songs.
Spielt Eigene Kompositionen
2024 Stock. First volume of solo piano compositions by Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, finally back in print. Born to an aristocratic family in Addis Ababa in December of 1923, Emahoy spent much of her youth and young adulthood studying classical music in Europe. She returned to Ethiopia in the 40s, where the war interrupted her musical studies. In 1948 during a church service in Ethiopia, she found her faith and began years of religious training. Throughout her physical and spiritual journeys, Ema…
Jerusalem
From beloved composer Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, a revelatory new album of piano pieces, unreleased or virtually inaccessible until now! Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru is a true original – an Ethiopian nun whose recordings have funded orphanages back home since the early ’60s. Her compositions and unique playing style live somewhere between Erik Satie, Debussy, liturgical music of the Coptic Ethiopian Church, and Ethiopian traditional music. It is some of the most moving piano music you will ever he…
Mnemosyne
Double album by Jan Garbarek (soprano and tenor saxophones) and The Hilliard Ensemble: early, ancient Greek and folk vocal music with improvisation, recorded April 1998 at Propstei St. Gerold, Austria, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Kanon Pokajanen
Arvo Pärt's Kanon Pokajanen, a complete a cappella setting of the Orthodox Canon of Repentance in Church Slavonic, sung by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tõnu Kaljuste. Recorded June 1997, Niguliste Church, Tallinn. Two CDs.
Music by Henrik Ødegaard
Vox Clamantis conducted by Jaan-Eik Tulve sing liturgical choral works by Norwegian composer Henrik Ødegaard, chief among them the eight-part Meditations over St. Mary Magdalene's Feast in Nidaros, with Gregorian chant. Recorded March 2021 at St. Nicholas Dome Church, Haapsalu.
Con Anima
Chamber music by Tigran Mansurian (1993-2015) for his 80th birthday, led by violist Kim Kashkashian and violinist Movses Pogossian with Varty Manouelian, Karen Ouzounian and others; recorded January-April 2019 at UCLA's Ostin Music Center, Los Angeles.
Alexander Knaifel, Patrick Demenga, The State Choir Latvija, Riga Cathedral Boys Choir, Youth Choir Kamēr, Andres Mustonen
Chapter EightAlexander Knaifel's Chapter Eight (1992-93), a Song of Songs setting for cathedral, choirs and cello. Patrick Demenga with the State Choir Latvija, Riga Cathedral Boys Choir and Youth Choir Kamēr under Andres Mustonen, live at the Jesuitenkirche Luzern, March 2009.
Remember me, my dear
Live recording from the October 2014 farewell tour of Jan Garbarek (soprano saxophone) and The Hilliard Ensemble, made in the Collegiata dei Santi Pietro e Stefano, Bellinzona: Komitas, Pérotin, Hildegard von Bingen, Brumel, Pärt, Kedrov and Garbarek originals.
The Suspended Harp of Babel
Psalms, folk hymns and vespers by Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek sung by Vox Clamantis under Jaan-Eik Tulve, with nyckelharpa and kannel interludes by Marco Ambrosini; recorded April 2018 at the Transfiguration Church, Tallinn.
The Deer's Cry
Thirteen choral works by Arvo Pärt from 1977 to 2014, including two first recordings, sung by the Estonian ensemble Vox Clamantis under Jaan-Eik Tulve; recorded mainly in Tallinn in 2013 and 2014, with Veni Creator from Haapsalu in 2007.
Lukomoriye
Fourth ECM New Series album of music by Alexander Knaifel: choral prayers, Pushkin songs and piano pieces, performed by Oleg Malov (piano), Tatiana Melentieva (soprano), Piotr Migunov (bass) and the Lege Artis Choir (Boris Abalian). Recorded 2012, Smolny Cathedral, St Petersburg.
Aquilonis
Sixth ECM New Series album by Trio Mediaeval (Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Berit Opheim): Icelandic chant of St Thorlak, Italian laude, English carols, Norwegian hymns and works by Jormin, Brooks and Andrew Smith, recorded June 2014 at Propstei St. Gerold.
Maidan
Valentin Silvestrov's choral cycle Maidan 2014 and Shevchenko settings, sung a cappella by the Kyiv Chamber Choir conducted by Mykola Hobdych, recorded in 2016 at St. Michael's Cathedral, Kyiv.
Sacred Songs
Six sets of a cappella sacred songs, psalms and prayers by Valentin Silvestrov (2006-2008), sung by the Kyiv Chamber Choir under Mykola Hobdych, recorded in 2008 at St Michael's Cathedral, Kyiv.
Arvo Pärt, Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga, Vox Clamantis, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Adam's LamentEight choral works by Arvo Pärt, led by the 24-minute Adam's Lament, sung and played by Latvian and Estonian choirs and string orchestras under Tõnu Kaljuste, recorded at Niguliste Church, Tallinn, in 2007 and 2011.
Ordo Virtutum
Hildegard of Bingen's sung morality play Ordo Virtutum (c. 1150) in a free, contemporary-minded arrangement by Dietburg Spohr for the Ensemble Belcanto, recorded October 2010 at the Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt am Main.
A Worcester Ladymass
Trio Mediaeval (Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Torunn Østrem Ossum) sing a reconstructed 13th-century Marian Mass from the Worcester Fragments, with a Credo and Benedicamus Domino by Gavin Bryars, recorded in February 2010 at Propstei St. Gerold.
Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae
Peter-Anthony Togni's concerto for bass clarinet and choir on the Lamentations of Jeremiah, with Jeff Reilly (bass clarinet), soprano Rebecca Whelan and the Elmer Iseler Singers under Lydia Adams. Recorded October 2008 in Halifax.
Officium Novum
Third album by Jan Garbarek (soprano and tenor saxophones) and The Hilliard Ensemble, centred on Armenian sacred music arranged by Komitas, with chant, Pérotin and Pärt. Recorded at Propstei St. Gerold in summer 2009.