Release Date: 16 June 2023
Label: ECM New Series
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028948584734
Genres: Classical  
Release Date: 16 June 2023
Label: ECM New Series
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
Anna Gourari, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana & Markus Poschner
Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica & Vida Mikneviciute
Arvo Part
Thomas Larcher
John Holloway Ensemble
Heinz Holliger & Anton Kernjak
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra & Tonu Kaljuste
Karlheinz Stockhausen Michaels Reise
Vox Clamantis, NYYD Ensemble, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra & Olari Elts
Vox Clamantis, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Lars Notto Birkela