Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Risto Joost – Tõnu Kõrvits: The Sound of Wings (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:30 minutes | 906 MB | Genre: Classical
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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. This new album by the award-winning Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and conductor Risto Joost is the final volume in a trilogy of works for choir and orchestra.
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Estonian National Symphony Orchestra & Risto Joost – Tõnu Kõrvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights & Other Works (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 57:10 minutes | 958 MB | Genre: Classical
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Tõnu Kõrvits (b. 1969) is together with Arvo Pärt and Erkki-Sven Tüür among the most interesting Estonian composers of our time. This album by the Estonian NSO and Risto Joost consists of orchestral works written between a period of ten years, from 2007 to 2018. These works have been inspired by a variety of themes and are rich with delicate atmosphere possessing a particularly Northern feel combined with a romantic and Impressionistic touch.
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Risto Joost, MDR Rundfunkchor – Confessions of Faith: Choral Concertos by Bortniansky & Schnittke (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 54:54 minutes | 500 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Genuin
Revered by his contemporaries as the “Orpheus of the Neva”, Dmitry Stepanovych Bortniansky is today regarded as one of the leading representatives of the classical period in Russia. He was born in 1751 in Glukhov (Hlukhiv), Ukraine, where he started vocal training at the age of six and was one year later, due to his unusual talent, accepted into the St. Petersburg Imperial Chapel Choir founded by Tsar Peter I. The young musician’s most influential teacher was Baldassare Galuppi, highly respected at the time, whom Catherine II in 1763 had brought to St. Petersburg as her court conductor. With him Bortniansky studied harpsichord and musical theory as well as perfecting his vocal technique. When Galuppi returned to Venice in 1768 the aspiring musician was allowed to accompany his teacher in order to continue and complete his studies. During his subsequent ten-year sojourn in Italy Bortniansky also wrote some “Italian” opere serie such as Cretone (1776), Alcide (1778) and Quinto Fabio (1778) which were premiered in Venice and Modena respectively.
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