Erkki-Sven Tuur - Oxymoron
ARTIST.....: Erkki-Sven Tuur
TITLE......: Oxymoron
LABEL......: ECM
URL........: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkki-Sven_T%C3%BC%C3%BCr
RIP DATE...: Jul-17-2007
STORE DATE.: Jul-30-2007
GENRE......: Classical
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 76,3 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Salve Regina 05:39
02 - Ardor i 10:47
03 - Ardor ii 10:52
04 - Ardor iii 04:16
05 - Dedication 07:04
06 - Oxymoron (Music For TIrol) 19:39
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58:17 min
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Album Description
Oxymoron - contradictory terms in conjunction - seems to be a
perfectly appropriate title for a CD presenting four pieces
written between 1991 and 2005 by Estonian composer Erkki-Sven T??r
for different vocal and instrumental line-ups. "Salve Regina" is
one of a burgeoning number of pieces of a religious nature that
T??r has written recently; the earliest piece here is the short
"Dedication" for cello and piano. The central work, "Ardor", is a
25-minute concerto for that rather neglected instrument, the
marimba, while the large ensemble piece that gives the album its
title, "Oxymoron", was inspired by the Alps.
T??r'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 his music. It follows 'Exodus'
which featured the CBSO conducted by Paavo J?rvi in three major
orchestral works. These included the Violin Concerto, performed by
Isabelle van Keulen, which she also played to great acclaim at the
2003 BBC Proms.
Personnel: Vox Clamantis, NYYD Ensemble, Pedro Carneiro -
(marimba), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Olari Elts -
(conductor), Leho Karin - (cello), Marrit Gerretz Traksmann -
(piano)
About the Artist
In the decade since ECM released his debut disc 'Crystallisatio',
T??r (born 1959) has become the pre-eminent Estonian composer of
his generation and, like Arvo P?rt before him, his music has
proven an international phenomenon. Part of its appeal is its
universality. A composer who began as a rock musician, T??r has a
delightfully unblinkered and unprejudiced approach to music
making. Refusing to be swayed by any of the "orthodoxies" of
contemporary composition, he combines, contrasts and finally
synthesises elements of all of them into a convincing and organic
idiom entirely his own.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/T%C3%BC%C3%BCr-Oxymoron-Leho-
Karin/dp/B000N0W9E2