Veljo Tormis: Forgotten Peoples

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste

Veljo Tormis: Forgotten Peoples
Release date: 01.04.1992 ECM 1459/60
2-CD23,90 €out of print
2-LP37,90 €out of print
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Featured Artists Recorded

February 1990, Tapiola Church

Original Release Date

01.04.1992

  • CD 1
  • Livonian Heritage
    (Veljo Tormis, Herbert Tampere)
  • 1Waking The Birds05:20
  • 2Day Of A Herdsboy03:23
  • 3Shrove Tuesday01:39
  • 4Wee Winky Mouse02:53
  • 5Sang The Father, Sang His Son03:02
  • Votic Wedding Songs
    (Veljo Tormis, Elna Adler, Tõnu Seilenthal)
  • 6The Ritual Whisking Of The Bride01:06
  • 7The Arrival Of The Wedding Guests01:59
  • 8Mockery Singing01:28
  • 9Distributing The Dowry Chest01:26
  • 10Instructing The Newly-Weds01:40
  • 11Praising The Cook01:06
  • 12When I, Chick, Was Growing Up02:51
  • Izhorian Epic
    (Veljo Tormis, Arvo Laanest)
  • 13Creation Of The World03:09
  • 14The Call Of Three Cuckoos04:24
  • 15Wedding Song01:56
  • 16A Son Or A Daughter03:18
  • 17Recruitment03:29
  • 18Oh, I'm A Luckless Lad01:19
  • 19My Mouth Was Singing, My Heart Was Worrying03:38
  • 20A Sword From The Sea03:32
  • 21Incantation Of Snakes00:48
  • 22Undarmoi And Kalervoi05:52
  • CD 2
  • Ingrian Evenings
    (Veljo Tormis, Ada Ambus)
  • 1Röntuska I (A Dance Song)03:06
  • 2Röntuska II01:46
  • 3Röntuska III01:52
  • 4Chastushka I (A Village Party Song)01:30
  • 5Chastushka II01:25
  • 6A Roundelay02:02
  • 7Röntuska IV02:33
  • 8Röntuska V01:23
  • 9Ending And Going Home03:27
  • Vepsian Paths
    (Veljo Tormis, Maare Joalaid)
  • 10My Sister, My Little Cricket01:50
  • 11Urging To Get Into The Boat01:40
  • 12Heavenly Suitors01:49
  • 13I Went To Kikoila00:34
  • 14Cuckoo And Cuckoo00:57
  • 15I Went To Fetch Some Water00:15
  • 16Pussy-Cat, Pussy-Cat00:35
  • 17I'd Like To Sing You A Song00:35
  • 18Where Did You Sleep Last Night?00:50
  • 19What Did They Doing At Your Place?00:35
  • 20The Ox Climbed A Fir Tree00:43
  • 21Forced To Get Married02:05
  • 22A Cradle Song01:46
  • 23The Only Son01:56
  • 24Toot-Toot, Herdsboy03:56
  • Karelian Destiny
    (Veljo Tormis, Jaan Õispuu, Kari Laukkanen, Ulo Tedre)
  • 25A Weeping Maiden04:33
  • 26Suitors From The Sea05:04
  • 27A Thrall In Viru05:13
  • 28The Oak Cutter05:28
  • 29A Lullaby06:22
YEAR DATE VENUE LOCATION
2025 May 30 deSingel Antwerp, Belgium
2025 June 01 Kloster Knechsteden Dormagen, Germany
2025 June 11 Dom Halle, Germany
2025 August 16 St. Petri Dom Bremen, Germany

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