This CD - the third in the Baltic Voices series - is a fine compendium of what is possible in the field of contemporary choral sounds. More conventional works include the dance The Stomping Bride by Augustinas, the vibrating The Dazzled Eye Lost Its Speach by Rytis Mazulis and the moving Five Songs From Kurpie by Gorecki. In Nuits, Adieux, Kaija Saariaho (as always) manages to combine contemporary
… experiment with timeless beauty. Originally this work was written for four singers with electronics. In the version programmed here, the electronic layer is assigned to the choir. Erkki-Sven Tüür's Meditatio is impressive, in which it seems as if the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet resonates to the sounds of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. (HJ)more
