Composer: William Byrd, Louis Couperin, John Dowland, Anna-Liisa Eller, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Guillaume de Machaut, Jean Philippe Rameau, Helena Tulve, Silvius Leopold Weiss
Performer: Anna-Liisa Eller
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMN916110
Release: 2021
Size: 1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Byrd: Rowland, or Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home
02. Eller: Improvised Prelude
03. Dowland: Lachrimae Pavan, P. 15
04. Eller: Improvised Postlude No. 1
05. Couperin: Prelude for harpsichord in D minor
06. Machaut: Dame, vostre dous viaire
Rameau: Premier Livre de pieces de clavecin
07. 1. Prélude (Arr. for chromatic kannel)
08. 2. Allemande (Arr. for chromatic kannel)
09. Weiss: Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte d’Logy, arrivée en 1721
10 .Tulve: Silmaja (Beholder)
11. Eller: Improvised Interlude
12. Frescobaldi: Toccata per l’Elevatione in E major
13. Eller: Improvised Postlude No. 2
14. Rameau: L’Entretien des muses
Related to the harp but positioned horizontally by the player, the kannel possesses an uncommon timbre, at times reminiscent of the harpsichord. Anna-Liisa Eller offers us a chance to discover this treasured symbol of Estonia’s musical heritage courtesy of her own transcriptions of well-loved pieces by Couperin, Byrd, Dowland, and Rameau… A magical journey across centuries and musical styles, rounded off by original improvisations and a contemporary work by the young Estonian composer Helena Tulve, in which the instrument’s myriad colours can shine through in all their rare variety.