Quarterly Critic’s Choice

The best and most interesting new releases of the previous three months are awarded a place on the Quarterly Critic’s Choice. Evaluation criteria are artistic quality, repertoire value, presentation, and sound quality. From 2014 onward, the Long Lists are stored directly with each Quarterly Critic’s Choice.

Quarterly Critic’s Choice

Choral Music

Erkki-Sven Tüür: Canticum Canticorum

... Caritatis, Triglosson Trishagion, Missa brevis, Omnia mutantur, Rändaja õhtulaul. Collegium Musicale Chamber Choir, Endrik Üksvärav. Alpha Classics ALPHA 917 (Note 1)

The choral tradition of Estonia has at all times reflected a sense of national pride. The country, dominated at various times by Germans, Danes, Swedes and Russians, has always sung for its independence. Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 1959) is one of its most important composers. His choral works draw together the times and styles of musical language like a net; clusters and late romantic harmonies are not opposites. He deals with language in a highly creative way. He has even composed a new work for the Collegium Musicale Chamber Choir under the direction of Endrik Üksvärav. One listens spellbound. For the jury: Wolfram Goertz

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