{"product_id":"759614","title":"Stephen Layton Holst Singers - Tormis: Choral Music [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Holst Singers are acclaimed as one of England\\u2019s greatest amateur choirs. The talent and commitment of the individual singers and the leadership of their mercurial conductor, Stephen Layton, ensure that their performances are always of the very highest standards.\\r\u003cbr\u003eVeljo Tormis is\\u2014along with Arvo Part\\u2014Estonia\\u2019s most famous living composer, holding an almost mystic status in his home country. He is also the passionate and practical torch-bearer for folk-singing revival, and the integration of an ancient cultural inheritance into thoroughly modern, post-Soviet lives. Interestingly, he trained at the Moscow conservatoire and was steeped in Soviet instruction during his early musical life. His music is almost all written for choirs; few composers have ever been so committed to one genre. Tormis\\u2019s choral specialism marks him out from Bartok, Kodaly, Vaughan Williams and Grainger, whose pioneering interest in folksong was ultimately less purist given their use of the tunes alone in instrumental or orchestral works: for Tormis, the words and the music are inseparable.\\r\u003cbr\u003eThe Holst Singers have recently been invited to Estonia to perform Tormis\\u2019s music\\u2014a great honour, and a mark of their mastery of the repertoire.\u003cp\u003eSongs (2) after Ernst Enno: Early Summer's Fairy Tale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSongs (2) after Ernst Enno: Soundless somewhere, murmurings homeward\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstonian Game Songs (3): no 1, The grindstone game\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstonian Game Songs (3): no 2, The finger-binding game\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstonian Game Songs (3): no 3, The ship game\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSongs (3) from Epic 'Kalevipoeg': O my gentle, tender mother\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSongs (3) from Epic 'Kalevipoeg': Daughters of the Meadow Matron\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSongs (3) from Epic 'Kalevipoeg': The wave rolls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForgotten Peoples: Livonian Heritage - Walking the birds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForgotten Peoples: Livonian Heritage - At Pasture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForgotten Peoples: Livonian Heritage - Shrovetide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForgotten Peoples: Livonian Heritage - Wee winkie mouse 'Lullaby'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForgotten Peoples: Livonian Heritage - Sang the father, sang the son\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSinging Aboard Ship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn Landscapes: no 1, It is late summer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn Landscapes: no 2, Clouds are racing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn Landscapes: no 3, Pale light\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn Landscapes: no 4, Painfully red are the leaves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn Landscapes: no 5, Wind over the barrens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn Landscapes: no 6, Cold autumn night\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn Landscapes: no 7, Heather\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstonian Lullabies (4): no 1, I sing for my child\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstonian Lullabies (4): no 2, It's time for the little berry to sleep\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstonian Lullabies (4): no 3, Let the cradle swing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstonian Lullabies (4): no 4, Lulling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerding Calls\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55145716973953,"sku":"759614","price":6.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51AjFxW3reL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767820271","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/759614","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}