Pedro Carneiro marimba Leho Karin violoncello Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann piano Vox Clamantis NYYD Ensemble Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Olari Elts conductor
Salve Regina
for male choir and ensemble (2005)
Ardor
Concerto for marimba and orchestra (2001/02)
Dedication
for violoncello and piano (1990)
Oxymoron (Music for Tirol)
for large ensemble (2003)
Recorded March 2003 and June 2006 ECM New Series 1919
“Oxymoron” – contradictory terms in conjunction – seems to be a perfectly appropriate title for a CD presenting four pieces written between 1990 and 2005 by Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür for different vocal and instrumental line-ups: Tüür’s writing is characterized by juxtapositions of seemingly heterogeneous musical idioms always moulded with a rare sense of architecture and musical dramaturgy. “Oxymoron” is the fourth ECM-release dedicated exclusively to works by Erkki-Sven Tüür.