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DVD Coppélia. A ballet by Léo Delibes

CD-series Great Maestros. Beethoven, Brahms. Kalle Randalu, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

CD Quarter of a Century with Friends. Arsis, Rémi Boucher, Oliver Kuusik, Rauno Elp

Super Audio CD Maria Magdalena. Sevara Nazarkhan, Riga Dom Cathedral Boys Choir, State Choir Latvija, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

CD Jerusalem. Hortus Musicus

LP Contra aut pro? Toomas Velmet, Neeme Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Pärt

CD The Soul of Fire. Age Juurikas

SAATUS / FATE

“You have probably never heard anything quite like this music, which is spare, haunting, melodic, and compelling...” (The $ensible Sound)

1	Vana kannel	The Ancient Psaltery	trad / P Vähi / K Loo	6:16
2	Loomine	The Creation	trad / P Vähi / K Loo	5:07
3	Taevalaotuse tekkimine	Genesis Of The Welkin	P Vähi	3:06
4	Hõikumised	Holla	trad / P Vähi / K Loo	2:48
5	Ristitantsi	Cross Dance	trad / P Vähi / K Loo	4:57
6	Igatsus	Longing	trad / P Vähi / K Loo	3:30
7	Äia-tuija	Äia-tuija	trad / P Vähi / K Loo	4:26
8	Joodiku nädal	Drunkard’s Week	trad / P Vähi / K Loo	1:55
9	Ei mina mõista	I Do Not Apprehend	trad / P Vähi / K Loo	2:58
10	Äiu-äiu, kõssi-kõssi	Lullaby	trad / P Vähi / K Loo	4:31
11	Oh minu elu igava	O, My Life!	trad / P Vähi / K Loo	3:13
12	Saare tants	Island Dance	P Vähi	1:18
13	Akkame, mehed, minema!	Let’s Go, Men!	trad / P Vähi / K Loo	3:26
14	Roopilli hüüd	Reed Pipe Skirl	K Loo	2:04
15	Surnuitk	Song Of Lamentation	trad	2:34
16	Õhtu ilu	Evening Song	trad / P Vähi / K Loo	2:08

#5, Cross Dance, fragm, 86 sec, mp3
#3, Genesis Of The Welkin, fragm, 97 sec, mp3

Lyrics: trad, in North Estonian, Setu and Kihnu dialects, and standard Estonian

Performed by:
Kirile Loo – vocal (all tracks, except #3 & 12)
Tuule Kann – kannel (Estonian trad psaltery), vocal (#1, 5, 10, 13)
Margus Rahuoja – bagpipe, reed pipe, vocal (#5, 7, 13, 14)
Igor Tõnurist – Jew’s harp, straw whistle, vocal (#3, 5, 10, 12, 13)
Peter Finger – guitar (#3, 6, 11, 12)
Peeter Vähi – keyboards, lokk (wooden gong), percussion, vocal (all tracks, except #14)

Consulting for ancient folk-lore: Igor Tõnurist
Recorded in the studio of Estonian Radio from Apr to Jun 1994
Engineered by Teet Kehlmann
Frontpage artwork by Kaljo Põllu (Fate – Heaven And Earth, coloured mezzotinto, 1987)
Layout by Thomas Kunadt
Photo by Tõnu Tormis
Liner notes by Dr Ingrid Rüütel, Igor Tõnurist, Peeter Vähi
Music arranged and produced by Peeter Vähi
Co-produced by Ulrich Rützel

Erdenklang Records 1994
Published by Edrenklang Musikverlag
40772
Stereo
Made in Germany

Other releases:
Imagetext Si-Wan Records SRMC 4044 (for Asia)
1997 Alula Records ALU-1004 (for North America)
1994 Origins 855788-2 (for Europe)

The music presented in this recording is based on so-called regi-song. This is considered to be the oldest style of traditional Estonian music. The regi-verse song-form (verse in the Kalevala-metre) is common to the majority of Balto-Finnic cultures. It is presumed to date back to the 1st Millenium BC.

The present recordings introduce a wide variety of traditional Estonian music instruments. Piece No 1 introduces the oldest Estonian string instrument, the kannel, which is a traditional instrument common to the 10 cultures residing on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. The kannel’s venerable age is at least 2000 years.

Imagetext Vibrant and magical, the regi-verse songs of Kirile Loo are as timeless as the primeval forests that blanket the Estonian landscape, and as haunting as the dreams one just barely remembers upon waking. And there is the pure, soulfully direct and totally captivating voice of this echanting artist: Kirile Loo was born in a Northern Estonian village called Varinurme. She spent the majority of her childhood at her grandmother’s home at Alutaguse, which is a place in Estonia covered by primeval forests and untouched by civilization. There was no electricity, no telephone, no TV in her grandmother’s home, but close ties with nature in such a place; bear, elk, wolves and snakes lived nearby the house. The artistic creed of Kirile Loo cannot easily be put into words. From a human perspective, the ideals of Kirile Loo are rooted in ancient times, when primitive man expressed thoughts in a straightforward manner, without unnecessary philosophical speculations.

Press resonance
Distribution in Estonia by Easy Living Music, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , phone +372 51 06058
Distribution in Germany by Erdenklang Records, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
See also www.hrmusic.com/discos/fadisc10.html#dot6;
www.ethnotempos.org/chroniques/kirile_loo.htm