Composer: Pärt Uusberg
Performer: Collegium Musicale, Helina Kuljus, Kristel Marand, Annely Leinberg, Valmar Kirves, Lili Kirikal, Miina Pärn, Maarja Helstein, Samuel Jalakas
Conductor: Endrik Üksvärav
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0331
Release: 2018
Size: 578 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Psalm of David No. 121, Part I
02. Muusika
03. Miserere
04. Ilus ta ei ole (It Isn’t Beautiful)
Missa brevis
05. I. Kyrie
06. II. Gloria
07. III. Sanctus
08. IV. Agnus Dei
09. Talve õhtul (In Winter Night)
10. Ave Maria
11. Talve öö (Winter Night)
12. Meie isa palve (The Lord’s Prayer)
13 .In Paradisum
14. Jumalaga! (Farewell!)
15. Psalm of David No. 121, Part II
This album introduces both a new voice and a new choir to western audiences: the Estonian Pärt Uusberg (b. 1986) is well known at home as a film actor as well as a composer; and in 2017 Collegium Musicale carried the coveted Silver Rose Bowl of the EBU competition ‘Let the Peoples Sing’ home to Tallinn. Uusberg’s works use many of the devices that have made recent Baltic choral music so popular in the wider world: melodies that unfold calmly over long bass lines, sustained by suspensions and piqued by mild dissonance – reflecting an awareness of the immensity of nature in music that is both exquisitely beautiful and infinitely touching.