Label: ECM Records, ECM New Series – ECM 1459/60, 434 275-2
Format: 2 × CD, Album
Country: Germany
Released: Apr 1992
Genre: Classical
Style: Contemporary

Tracklist

Livonian Heritage (16:16)

1-1 Waking The Birds 5:16
1-2 Day Of A Herdsboy 3:19
1-3 Shrove Tuesday 1:34
1-4 Wee Winky Mouse 2:49
1-5 Sang The Father, Sang His Son 3:06

Votic Wedding Songs (11:36)

1-6 The Ritual Whisking Of The Bridge 1:02
1-7 The Arrival Of Wedding Guests 1:55
1-8 Mockery Singing 1:24
1-9 Distributing The Dowry Chest 1:22
1-10 Instructing The Newly-Weds 1:36
1-11 Praising The Cook 1:02
1-12 When I, Chick, Was Growing Up 2:55

Izhorian Epic (31:25)

1-13 Creation Of The World 3:05
1-14 The Call Of Three Cuckoos 4:20
1-15 The Wedding Song 1:52
1-16 A Son Or A Daughter 3:14
1-17 Recruitment 3:25
1-18 Oh, I'm A Luckless Lad 1:16
1-19 My Mouth Was Singing, My Heart Was Worrying 3:35
1-20 A Sword From The Sea 3:28
1-21 Incantation Of Snakes 0:44
1-22 Undarmoi And Kalervoi 5:52

Ingrian Evenings (19:04)

2-1 Röntuska I (A Dance Song) 3:03
2-2 Röntuska II 1:42
2-3 Röntuska III 1:48
2-4 Chastushka I (A Village Party Song) 1:26
2-5 Chastushka II 1:21
2-6 A Roundelay 1:59
2-7 Röntuska IV 2:29
2-8 Röntuska V 1:20
2-9 Ending And Going Home 3:29

Vepsian Paths (20:06)

2-10 My Sister, My Little Cricket 1:46
2-11 Urging Her Into The Boat 1:37
2-12 Heavenly Suitors 1:46
2-13 I Went To Kikoila 0:30
2-14 Cuckoo And Cuckoo 0:53
2-15 I Went To Fetch Some Water 0:11
2-16 Pussy-Cat, Pussy-Cat 0:32
2-17 I'd Like To Sing You A Song 0:31
2-18 Where Did You Sleep Last Night? 0:46
2-19 What Are They Doing At Your Place? 0:31
2-20 The Ox Climbed A Fir Tree 0:40
2-21 Forced To Get Married 2:01
2-22 A Cradle Song 1:42
2-23 The Only Son 1:52
2-24 Toot-Toot, Herdsboy 4:00

Karelian Destiny (26:40)

2-25 A Weeping Maiden 4:30
2-26 Suitors From The Sea 5:00
2-27 A Thrall In Viru 5:09
2-28 The Oak Cutter 5:24
2-29 A Lullaby 6:23

tracklist of this rip in estonian language:

01. Liivlaste Pärandus: 1. Lindude äratamine (05:17)
02. Liivlaste Pärandus: 2. Karjametsas (03:23)
03. Liivlaste Pärandus: 3. Vastlad (01:38)
04. Liivlaste Pärandus: 4. Unehiireke (02:53)
05. Liivlaste Pärandus: 5. Laulis isa, laulis poega (03:10)
06. Vadja Pulmalaulud: 1. Mõrsja vihtlemine (01:05)
07. Vadja Pulmalaulud: 2. Pulmaliste saabumine (01:59)
08. Vadja Pulmalaulud: 3. Pilkelaulmine (01:28)
09. Vadja Pulmalaulud: 4. Veimevaka jagamine (01:26)
10. Vadja Pulmalaulud: 5. Noorpaari õpetamine (01:40)
11. Vadja Pulmalaulud: 6. Koka kiitmine (01:06)
12. Vadja Pulmalaulud: 7. Kui ma kasvasin, kanake (02:58)
13. Isuri Eepos: 1. Maailma loomine (03:09)
14. Isuri Eepos: 2. Kolme käo kukkumine (04:24)
15. Isuri Eepos: 3. Pulmalaul (01:56)
16. Isuri Eepos: 4. Poeg või tütar (03:18)
17. Isuri Eepos: 5. Sõduriks võtmine (03:29)
18. Isuri Eepos: 6. Oh, ma vaene poisikene (01:19)
19. Isuri Eepos: 7. Suu laulis, süda muretses (03:38)
20. Isuri Eepos: 8. Mõõk merest (03:32)
21. Isuri Eepos: 9. Ussisõnad (00:48)
22. Isuri Eepos: 10. Undarmoi ja kalervoi (05:56)

01. Ingerimaa Õhtud: 1. Röntuska I (03:03)
02. Ingerimaa Õhtud: 2. Röntuska II (01:46)
03. Ingerimaa Õhtud: 3. Röntuska III (01:52)
04. Ingerimaa Õhtud: 4. Kiigelaul I (01:30)
05. Ingerimaa Õhtud: 5. Kiigelaul II (01:25)
06. Ingerimaa Õhtud: 6. Ringmängulaul (02:02)
07. Ingerimaa Õhtud: 7. Röntuska IV (02:33)
08. Ingerimaa Õhtud: 8. Röntuska V (01:24)
09. Ingerimaa Õhtud: 9. Lõpetus ja kojuminek (03:33)
10. Vepsa Rajad: 1. Õekene, sirgukene (01:50)
11. Vepsa Rajad: 2. Venesse pürgiv neiu (01:40)
12. Vepsa Rajad: 3. Taevased kosilased (01:49)
13. Vepsa Rajad: 4. Läksin mina Kikoilasse (00:34)
14. Vepsa Rajad: 5. Kukku ja kukku (00:57)
15. Vepsa Rajad: 6. Läksin mina veele (00:15)
16. Vepsa Rajad: 7. Kiisu-miisu (00:35)
17. Vepsa Rajad: 8. Laulda teile lauluke (00:35)
18. Vepsa Rajad: 9. Kus sa täna magasid? (00:49)
19. Vepsa Rajad: 10. Mis teil tehakse? (00:34)
20. Vepsa Rajad: 11. Ronis härg kuuse otsa (00:43)
21. Vepsa Rajad: 12. Vägisi mehele (02:05)
22. Vepsa Rajad: 13. Äiutus (01:46)
23. Vepsa Rajad: 14. Ainus poeg (01:56)
24. Vepsa Rajad: 15. Tuti-lutu karjane (04:04)
25. Karjala Saatus: 1. Itkevä neito (04:33)
26. Karjala Saatus: 2. Meren kosijat (05:04)
27. Karjala Saatus: 3. Orjana Virossa (05:13)
28. Karjala Saatus: 4. Tammen kaataja (05:28)
29. Karjala Saatus: 5. Kehtolaulu (06:26)

Companies, etc.
Recorded At – Tapiolan Kirkko

Credits
Adapted By [Text] – Ada Ambus (tracks: 2-1 to 2-9), Arvo Laanest (tracks: 1-13 to 1-22), Elna Adler (tracks: 1-6 to 1-12), Herbert Tampere (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5), Jaan Õispuu (tracks: 2-25 to 2-29), Kari Laukkanen (tracks: 2-25 to 2-29), Maare Joalaid (tracks: 2-10 to 2-24), Tõnu Seilenthal (tracks: 1-6 to 1-12), Ulo Tedre (tracks: 2-25 to 2-29)
Choir – Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Composed By, Liner Notes – Veljo Tormis
Conductor – Tõnu Kaljuste
Design [Cover] – Barbara Wojirsch
Liner Notes, Directed By [Artistic Director], Producer – Paul Hillier
Photography By – Tõnu Tormis
Photography By [Back] – Valok Lauri Laiho
Recording Supervisor, Engineer – Peter Laenger
Transcription By – Karl Kont (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5)
Translated By – Ellen Sillamägi (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-24), Inna Feldbach (tracks: 1-13 to 1-22), Krista Mits (tracks: 2-25 to 2-29)

Notes
Double jewel case package
Recorded February 1990
Tapiola Church, Finland
An ECM Production



"The Estonian composer, Veljo Tormis, has long pursued a mission to preserve the musical heritage of the minority groups—the Forgotten Peoples—who live along the shores of the Gulf of Finland from Lithuania in the south to Karelia on the Russian-Finnish border. Over a period of years, he has composed six song-cycles for mixed chorus based on the folk music and poetry of these peoples who are now dying out or losing their separate identity. In an informative note, the composer points out that Estonian and Finnish folk-song is part of an ancient culture which these people brought with them from the Danube basin, from a pre-Christian, shamanistic civilization which was very close to nature.
Tormis integrates folk-material into his own style in much the same way as Bartok does. As a result, there is a great variety of timbres and textures in the songs that make up these six cycles. Pedals, ostinatos and dance-rhythms abound as does frequent alternation of solo and choral singing. He makes extensive use of accompanied Sprechstimme to narrate some of the lengthy ballads in Izhorian Epic. These ten songs are settings of creation stories (similar to the Kalevala epic) or poems which point moral dilemmas in either a sad or a humorous way.
Many of these delightful and attractive songs are about the natural world around us: birds, animals, the seasons of the year, life and death in the country. Each cycle is based on the folk music of the particular region and each cycle has an overall theme. The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under their conductor Tonu Kaljuste have been associated with these settings from the beginning and they sing them most beautifully. In fact, many good amateur choirs would find these songs a most rewarding challenge if they could manage to pronounce the words or if they could find someone to provide singable translations.'" gramophone

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