Landmarks (2020) - CD
A “landmark” is an object in a landscape or a turning-point, a milestone, symbol, or orientation point. Calmus performs ten “vocal landmarks” on its new CD—works by ten composers from ten different countries. Musical borders open here, and styles mix. Songwriters encounter the avantgarde, folk meets jazz, South American rhythms pulsate alongside Yiddish melodies. You soon realise that it is actually a very short journey from minimal music to pop, and how classical harmonies and jazz sounds interweave. You will recognize masters such as Francis Poulenc, Leonard Cohen, Georg Kreisler, and Sting, but you are guaranteed to discover new songs such as the Krakow singer-songwriter Mordechaj Gebirtig, and the South American composers Federico Ruiz and Aylton Escobar. With landmarks Calmus has created a kind of “sounding globalisation”. The music reflects a society which recalls the past and interprets it anew, which is receptive, and sometimes reflective, but also laughs and dances and swings!
Calmus:
CV 83.498
Tracklist
- Leonard Cohen, arr. Juan Garcia: Here it is
- Leonard Cohen, arr. Ludwig Böhme: Everybody knows
- Francis Poulenc: La blanche neige
- Francis Poulenc: À peine défigurée
- Francis Poulenc: Belle et ressemblante
- Federico Ruiz: El Santigua'o
- Veljo Tormis: Laulu võim (Muhu)
- Veljo Tormis: Härjad ootavad pühi (Jõhvi)
- Veljo Tormis: Sakste sõim (Urvaste)
- Veljo Tormis: Pihlapuu (Helme)
- Veljo Tormis: Vaeslapsed laanes (Hargla)
- Georg Kreisler, arr. Ludwig Böhme: Der Leisten
- Georg Kreisler, arr. Ludwig Böhme: Ich hab ka Lust
- Mordechaj Gebirtig, arr. Friedbert Groß: 'S brent
- Mordechaj Gebirtig, arr. Philip Lawson: Dos lidl fun goldenem Land
- Paul Moravec: Love Endures All Things
- Paul Moravec: Set Me As A Seal
- Paul Moravec: Greater Love
- Aylton Escobar: Sabiá, coração de uma viola
- Jaako Mäntyjärvi: Come Live With Me
- Jaako Mäntyjärvi: The Silver Swan
- Sting, arr. Naomi Crellin: Practical Arrangement
- Sting, arr. Naomi Crellin: Moon Over Bourbon Street