Timeless Light: Estonian Cello Music

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Kaasik’s cello affords haunting Baltic visions at once bracing (Pärt) , inscrutable (Sink), and evocative (Kōrvits). — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Oct 2017
Catalogue No: BIS1887
Label: BIS
Length: 80 minutes

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Grigorjeva: Molitva (Prayer) (version for cello and male choir)

Work length13:48

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Allar Kaasik (cello)
Estonian National Male Choir
Mikk Üleoja

Prayer (Version for Cello & Male Choir)

Track length13:48

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Sink: Gospodi, pomilui nas (Lord, have mercy on us) (completed by A. Kaasik)

Work length11:08

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Allar Kaasik (cello)

Lord Have Mercy on Us (Completed A. Kaasik)

Track length11:08

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Kõrvits: 7 Dreams of 7 Birds

Work length18:04

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Allar Kaasik (cello)
State Choir Latvija
Māris Sirmais
Recorded: 4 April 2014
Recording Venue: Pärnu Concert Hall, Pärnu

I. Animato

Track length6:01

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III. Cadenza

Track length3:21

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V. Allegretto giocoso

Track length3:25

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VII. Tranquillo con moto

Track length5:17

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Pärt: Cello Concerto 'Pro et contra'

Work length8:55

$3.00

$4.50

Allar Kaasik (cello)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Peeter Lilje
Recorded: 1988
Recording Venue: Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn

I. Maestoso

Track length5:15

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II. Largo

Track length0:29

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III. Allegro

Track length3:11

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Grigorjeva: Recitativo Accompagnato

Work length14:50

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Allar Kaasik (cello)
Recorded: 3 March 2014
Recording Venue: Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn

I. Volante, quasi improvvisata - Andante sostenuto

Track length7:06

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II. Ben marcato, con rabbia - Presto

Track length2:49

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III. Largo elegiaco

Track length4:55

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Tüür: Spectrum IV

Work length14:04

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$1.50

Allar Kaasik (cello), Kristīne Adamaite (organ)

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Allar Kaasik has enjoyed a long and fruitful career, in his native Estonia as well as abroad. Reflecting on it in the liner notes to this very personal disc, he singles out one particular aspect: the ambition to embrace the very latest compositions by Estonian composers. Performing in churches as he often does, Kaasik finds music resounding in a church a part of the Holy Service. This is reflected in many of the works which have been written for him, with composers such as Galina Grigorjeva and Kuldar Sink enriching the tradition of Estonian church music.

Among Allar Kaasik’s many partners in performing these works, several appear on the present disc, including two eminent choirs – the State Choir Latvija and Estonian National Male Choir – as well as the Latvian organist Kristīne Adamaite. A focal point of the programme is the cello concerto Pro et contra by the most celebrated of all Estonian composers, Arvo Pärt. Kaasik is supported by the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peeter Lilje and the recording has a particular significance – originally released by Melodiya in 1989, it was the first recording of Pärt’s music published on disc in the Soviet Union following the lifting of the unofficial ban on his music. The remaining works on Timeless Light were all recorded between 2014 and 2016.

Reviews

Christmas 2017

Kaasik’s cello affords haunting Baltic visions at once bracing (Pärt) , inscrutable (Sink), and evocative (Kōrvits).

January 2018

You get your money’s worth here: Estonia’s flagship orchestra, two of the finest choirs in the Baltics (and, therefore, the world), some truly delicious organ-playing – all that on what is really a disc of cello music…A listening experience with one foot in the spirituality of worship and another in that of humanity and politics…One for repeat – or ritualistic – listening.

February 2018

Erkki- Sven Tüür’s Spectrum IV is a compelling piece of music theatre that Kaasik performs with authority and aplomb.

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