Between Mysticism and Drama
Vaitism - Neue Musik Aus Estland
The International Music Company - NCA New Classical Adventure - 60116-215
Recorded in October/November 2001 at the Colosseum Musikstudios, Nürnberg, Germany
| Track 1. René Eespere (1953-): Trivium (for flute, violin & guitar) 13:30 Elisabeth Riessbeck: flute, Alexander Janiczek: violin, Klaus Jäckle: guitar. |
| Track 2. Jaan Rääts (1932-): Allegro op. 93 (for violin & guitar) 7:14 Alexander Janiczek: violin, Klaus Jäckle: guitar. |
| Track 3. Drama (1994) (for flute, violin & guitar) 10:54 Elisabeth Riessbeck: flute, Alexander Janiczek: violin, Klaus Jäckle: guitar. Track 4. Tõnu Kõrvits (1969): To My Spiritual Brother (for alto flute & guitar) 10:26 Elisabeth Riessbeck: alto flute, Klaus Jäckle: guitar. |
| Track 5. Raimo Kangro (1949-2001): Idiomen op.43a (for flute, violin & guitar) 9:26 Elisabeth Riessbeck: flute, Alexander Janiczek: violin, Klaus Jäckle: guitar. |
| Track 6. René Eespere (1953-): Evocatio (1996) (for guitar solo) 8:11 Klaus Jäckle: guitar. |
| Track 7. Peeter Vähi (1955-): Mystical Uniting (for flute, violin & guitar) 8:42 Elisabeth Riessbeck: flute, Alexander Janiczek: violin, Klaus Jäckle: guitar. |
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From release notes:
New Chamber Music from Estonia
… Estonian music was initially based on the Romantic school of St. Petersburg represented by Rimski-Korsakow, on their own mystically-colored traditions but also on folklore and a desire to experiment. Sconberg’s twelve-note technique hardly got as far as the European north east so that a picture arises in the present day of an extremely colorful sonic world rich in contrast, defined by a deeply rooted musicality.
In new Estonian chamber music this stylistic variety and creative desire to make music is reflected between spontaneous, improvisational freshness and strict, partly minimalistic patterns. The main feature of Estonia’s New Music is characterised in the term ‘vaitism’, which comes from vaist (instinct) and means so much as ‘instinctiveness’ : the composers follow more their own instincts and imagination than a pre-determined musical system, in other words : rather the heart than a distant intellect. …
Ulrich Hartmann
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