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Veljo Tormis (7 August 1930 – 21 January 2017) was an Estonian composer, regarded as one of the greatest choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia. He is internationally famous for his extensive body of choral music, which exceeds 500 individual choral songs, most of it a cappella. The great majority of these pieces are based on traditional ancient E...read more

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Top Tracks of Veljo Tormis

La Kanteletar: I. Herkä neito

Looduspildid (Nature Pictures): IV. Talvemustrid (Winter Patterns): Virmalised (Northern Lights)

Estonian Lullaby

Lauliku Lapsepoli

Curse Upon Iron

Kust tunnen kodu (How Can I Recognise My Home)

How Can I Recognize My Home

Worry Breaks the Spirit

Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron)

Singing Aboard Ship

Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": VII. Kanarbik

Kust tunnen kodu

The Singer's Childhood

Songs Of The Ancient Sea

Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": II. Üle taeva jooksevad pilved

The Bishop and the Pagan

Laulusild: Bridge of Song

Looduspildid: No. 3. Sugismaastikud: Tuul konnumaa kohal

Peegeldused Tasasest Maast

Litany To Thunder

Incantatio maris aestuosi (Incantation for a Stormy Sea)

Muistse Mere Laulud

Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 2, The Sea Under the Swing

Pikse litaania (Litany To Thunder)

Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 3: Vastlalaulud (Shrovetide Songs): No. 1. Vistel-vastel

Leavas Lauldakse

Reminiscentia / Autumn Landscapes: V. Wind Along the Heath

Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 3: Vastlalaulud (Shrovetide Songs): No. 2. Lina loitsimine (Casting a Spell Upon Flax)

Reminiscentia / Autumn Landscapes: II. Clouds Racing Across the Sky

Tasase maa laul

Three I Had These Words of Beauty

Kord me tuleme tagasi (Once We Will Reappear)

Reminiscentia / Autumn Landscapes: I. It is Late Summer

Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 3: Vastlalaulud (Shrovetide Songs): No. 3. Liulaskmise-laul (Sledging Song)

Kolm mul oli kaunist sona (Three I Had Those Words of Beauty)

Estonian Lullaby - Var.

Looduspildid (Nature Pictures): No. 3. Sugismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): On hilissuvi (Late Summer)

Laevas lauldakse (Singing Aboard the Ship)

Looduspildid: No. 3. Sugismaastikud: On hilissuvi

Muistse mere laulud (Song of the Ancient Sea)

Looduspildid (Nature Pictures): No. 3. Sugismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): Kanarbik (Heather)

Forgotten Peoples / Livonian Heritage: 1. Waking The Birds

Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 5: Jaanilaulud (St. John's Day Songs): No. 1. Kutse jaanitulele I (Call to the Midsummer Bonfire I)

Muistse mere laulud (Songs of the Ancient Sea)

Looduspildid (Nature Pictures): No. 3. Sugismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): Tuul konnumaa kohal (Wind Along the Heath)

Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 5: Jaanilaulud (St. John's Day Songs): No. 2. Kutse jaanitulele II (Call to the Midsummer Bonfire II)

Helletused (Herdboy Calls)

Looduspildid (Nature Pictures): No. 3. Sugismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): Ule taeva jooksevad pilved (Clouds Racing in the Sky)

Piispa ja pakana: The Bishop and the Pagan

Viru vanne (The Viru Oath)

Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 5: Jaanilaulud (St. John's Day Songs): No. 3. Ei ole pussil puutav (Cannot Be Caught by the Shot of a Gun)

Piispa ja pakana

Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 5: Jaanilaulud (St. John's Day Songs): No. 4. Miks Jaani oodatakse (Why We Look Forward to St. John's Arrival)

Latvian Bourdon Songs: II. Rota dziesma (Spring song)

The Tower Bell in My Village

Looduspildid (Nature Pictures): No. 3. Sugismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): Kahvatu valgus (Pale Light)

2 Laulu Ernst Enno sonadele (2 Songs after Ernst Enno): No. 1. Noore suve muinasjutt (Early Summer's Fairy Tale)

Lauliku lapsepõli

Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 5, A Timid Girl on the Swing

Forgotten Peoples / Livonian Heritage: 2. Day Of A Herdsboy

Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 3, A Pretty Girl on the Swing

Forgotten Peoples / Livonian Heritage: 3. Shrove Tuesday

Latvian Bourdon Songs: I. Garais sauciens (Song of Meeting)

Melancholy Songs: No. 1, The Singer's Childhood

Laevas lauldakse

Reminiscentia / Autumn Landscapes: III. Pale Light

Latvian Bourdon Songs: III. Kazu apdziedasanas (Wedding song contest)

Looduspildid: IV. Talvemustrid: Virmalised

Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 5: Jaanilaulud (St. John's Day Songs): No. 5. Jaani hobu (St. John's Steed)

Kaksikpuhendus (Double Dedication): I. Uhte laulu tahaks laulda (I'd like to Sing a Song)

Forgotten Peoples / Livonian Heritage: 5. Sang The Father, Sang His Son

Forgotten Peoples / Ingrian Evenings: 1. Röntuska 1 (A Dance Song)

Looduspildid (Nature Pictures): No. 3. Sugismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): Valusalt punased lehed (Crimson Leaves Falling)

Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 5: Jaanilaulud (St. John's Day Songs): No. 6. Tulesonad (Fire Incantation)

Piiskop Ja Pagan

Latvian Bourdon Songs: IV. Seru dziesma (Funeral song)

2 Laulu Ernst Enno sonadele (2 Songs after Ernst Enno): No. 2. Kuulmata kuskil kumiseb kodu (Soundless, Somewhere, Murmurings Homeward)

Kullervo's Message

Forgotten Peoples / Ingrian Evenings: 6. A Roundelay

Looduspildid (Nature Pictures): No. 3. Sugismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): Kulm sugisoo (Cold Autumn Night)

Jaanilaulud: VII. Jaanilaul

Forgotten Peoples / Votic Wedding Songs: 1. The Ritual Whisking Of The Bridge

Jaanilaulud: I. Kutse jaanitulele I

Kust tennen kodu (How Can I Recognize My Home)

Lauliku lapsepõli (The Singer's Childhood)

Laivassa Iauletaan (Singing Aboard Ship)

Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 5: Jaanilaulud (St. John's Day Songs): No. 7. Jaanilaul (St. John's Song)

3 Laulu eeposest Kalevipoeg (3 Songs from the Epic, Son of Kalev): No. 1. Oh, mu hella eidekene (O My Gentle, Tender Mother)

Forgotten Peoples / Votic Wedding Songs: 2. The Arrival Of Wedding Guests

Forgotten Peoples / Livonian Heritage: 4. Wee Winky Mouse

4 Estonian Lullabies: No. 2, It’s Time for the Little Berry to Sleep

Latvian Bourdon Songs: V. Linu Druva (The flax field)

Forgotten Peoples / Ingrian Evenings: 4. Chastushka 1 (A Village Party Song)

Forgotten Peoples / Ingrian Evenings: 3. Röntuska 3

Reminiscentia / Summer Motifs: II. Thunderstorm

Latvian Bourdon Songs: VI. Ligo dziesma (Midsummer song)

Haned kadunud (The Lost Geese)

Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 1, The Narrow Swing

4 Estonian Lullabies: No. 4. Aiutus (Lulling)

Forgotten Peoples / Votic Wedding Songs: 3. Mockery Singing

Jaanilaulud: II. Kutse jaanitulele II

Reminiscentia / Autumn Landscapes: VII. Sad Purple Heather

Reminiscentia / Spring Sketches: III. Evening Sky

Forgotten Peoples / Ingrian Evenings: 5. Chastushka 2

Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 6, The Apple Tree

Jaanilaulud: IV. Miks Jaani oodatakse

Reminiscentia / Autumn Landscapes: VI. Cold Autumn Night

3 Laulu eeposest Kalevipoeg (3 Songs from the Epic, Son of Kalev): No. 2. Murueide tutred (Daughters of the Meadow Matron)

Forgotten Peoples / Ingrian Evenings: 2. Röntuska 2

Kaksikpuhendus (Double Dedication): II. Tahed (Stars)

Jaanilaulud: III. Ei ole püssil püütav

Forgotten Peoples / Votic Wedding Songs: 4. Distributing The Dowry Chest

Kolm Kurvameelset: Lauliku Lapsepoli (The Singer's Childhood)

Forgotten Peoples / Votic Wedding Songs: 5. Instructing The Newly-Weds

Melancholy Songs: No. 2, Maidens' Sorrow

Reminiscentia / Autumn Landscapes: IV. Painfully Red Leaves

Forgotten Peoples / Izhorian Epic: 1. Creation Of The World

Forgotten Peoples / Votic Wedding Songs: 7. When I, Chick, Was Growing Up

Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 4, The Swing Asks for Gifts

Kolm Kurvameelset: Neidude Kurbus (Maidens' Sadness)

Jaanilaulud: VI. Tulesõnad

Melancholy Songs: No. 3, Orphan's Lament

Latvian Bourdon Songs - Rota Dziesma (Spring Song)

4 Estonian Lullabies: No. 1, I Sing for My Child

Latvian Bourdon Songs - Ligo Dziesma (Midsummer Song)

Jaanilaulud: V. Jaani hobu

Reminiscentia / Winter Patterns: II. Cold

Latvian Bourdon Songs - Seru Dziesma (Funeral Song)

Latvian Bourdon Songs - Linu Druva (the Flax Field)

An Aboriginal Song

Forgotten Peoples / Karelian Destiny: 2. Suitors From The Sea

Forgotten Peoples / Ingrian Evenings: 8. Röntuska 5

Forgotten Peoples / Votic Wedding Songs: 6. Praising The Cook

Forgotten Peoples / Izhorian Epic: 6. Oh, I'm A Luckless Lad

Latvian Bourdon Songs - Gracias Sauciens (Song Of Meeting)

Autumn Landscapes: III. Kahvatu valgus "Pale Light"

3 Laulu eeposest Kalevipoeg (3 Songs from the Epic, Son of Kalev): No. 3. Laine veereb (The Wave Rolls)

Forgotten Peoples / Ingrian Evenings: 7. Röntuska 4

La Kanteletar: II. Ylpeä neito

Latvian Bourdon Songs - Kazu Apdziedasanas (Wedding Song Contest)

Forgotten Peoples / Ingrian Evenings: 9. Ending And Going Home

Laulusild (Bridge of Song)

Forgotten Peoples / Izhorian Epic: 3. The Wedding Song

Reminiscentia / Winter Patterns: I. Winter Morning

4 Estonian Lullabies: No. 3, Let the Cradle Swing!

Forgotten Peoples / Izhorian Epic: 2. The Call Of Three Cuckoos

Forgotten Peoples / Izhorian Epic: 4. A Son Or A Daughter

Autumn Landscapes: II. Üle taeva jooksevad pilved "Clouds Are Racing"

Reminiscentia / Summer Motifs: III. Summer Night

Reminiscentia / Winter Patterns: III. Blizzard

Forgotten Peoples / Izhorian Epic: 4. A Son Or A Daughter

Piispa Ja Pakana (The Bishop & The Pagan)

Forgotten Peoples / Karelian Destiny: 5. A Lullaby

Herding Calls – Childhood Memories

Forgotten Peoples / Izhorian Epic: 9. Incantation Of Snakes

Forgotten Peoples / Izhorian Epic: 8. A Sword From The Sea

Autumn Landscapes: I. On hilissuvi "It Is Late Summer"

Reminiscentia / Winter Patterns: IV. Northern Lights

Reminiscentia / Spring Sketches: VI. In Late Spring

Autumn Landscapes: V. Tuul kõnnumaa kohal "Wind over the Barrens"

Kolm Kurvameelset: Vaeslapse Kaebus (Orphan's Lamentation)

Forgotten Peoples / Izhorian Epic: 5. Recruitment

Autumn Landscapes: IV. Valusalt punased lehed "Painfully Red Are the Leaves"

Reminiscentia / Spring Sketches: II. Buds Leafing Out

Forgotten Peoples / Izhorian Epic: 7. My Mouth Was Singing, My Heart Was Worrying

Reminiscentia / Spring Sketches: I. Spring Wind

Reminiscentia / Spring Sketches: IV. Under the Bird-cherry Tree

Bride's Farewell

Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples): No. 5. Vepsa rajad (Vepsian Paths): No. 2. Venesse pugiv neiu (The Maid Striving to the Boat)

Forgotten Peoples / Vepsian Paths: 12. Forced To Get Married

Autumn Landscapes: VII. Kanarbik "Heather"

Forgotten Peoples / Vepsian Paths: 7. Pussy-Cat, Pussy-Cat

La Kanteletar: III. Kirkas neito

Reminiscentia / Summer Motifs: I. Dry Weather

Forgotten Peoples / Vepsian Paths: 8. I'd Like To Sing You A Song

Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": VII. Kanarbik (Heather)

Forgotten Peoples / Karelian Destiny: 1. A Weeping Maiden

Forgotten Peoples / Vepsian Paths: 1. My Sister, My Little Cricket

Forgotten Peoples / Izhorian Epic: 10. Undarmoi And Kalervoi

Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples): No. 5. Vepsa rajad (Vepsian Paths): No. 1. Oekene, sirgukene (My Sister, My Little Cricket)

Forgotten Peoples / Vepsian Paths: 3. Heavenly Suitors

Forgotten Peoples / Vepsian Paths: 2. Urging Her Into The Boat

Forgotten Peoples / Vepsian Paths: 9. Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

Looduspildid (Nature Pictures): No. 3. Sugismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): No. 7. Kanarbik (Heather)

Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": VII. Kanarbik

Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples): No. 5. Vepsa rajad (Vepsian Paths): No. 3. Taevased kosilased (The Heavenly Suitors)

Forgotten Peoples / Karelian Destiny: 3. A Thrall In Viru

Reminiscentia / Spring Sketches: V. Yellow Flame

Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples): No. 5. Vepsa rajad (Vepsian Paths): No. 5. Kukku ja kukku (Cuckoo and Cuckoo)

Hamleti laulud: No. 1. Meri tombus endasse (The sea withdraws)

Forgotten Peoples / Vepsian Paths: 4. I Went To Kikoila

Incantation for a Stormy Sea

4 Estonian Lullabies: No. 4, Lulling

Joulud tulevad (Christmas is Coming)

Forgotten Peoples / Vepsian Paths: 5. Cuckoo And Cuckoo

Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples): No. 5. Vepsa rajad (Vepsian Paths): No. 12. Vagisi mehele (Forced to Get Married)

Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples): No. 5. Vepsa rajad (Vepsian Paths): No. 13. Aiutus (Lulling)

Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples): No. 5. Vepsa rajad (Vepsian Paths): No. 9. Kus sa tana magasid? (Where Did You Sleep Last Night?)

4 Estonian Lullabies: No. 3. Lase kiik kaia! (Let the Cradle Swing!)

Forgotten Peoples / Vepsian Paths: 10. What Are They Doing At Your Place?

Forgotten Peoples / Vepsian Paths: 13. A Cradle Song

Lauliku lopusonad (The Singer's Closing Words)

Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples): No. 5. Vepsa rajad (Vepsian Paths): No. 11. Ronis harg kuuse otsa (The Ox Climbed a Fir Tree)

Hamleti laulud: No. 2. Jah, olla, olla, tingimata alla (Yes, to be, to be, by all means to be)

Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron): Curse Upon Iron

Looduspildid: No. 3. Sugismaastikud: Üle taeva jooksevad pilved

Forgotten Peoples / Vepsian Paths: 14. The Only Son

Forgotten Peoples / Vepsian Paths: 11. The Ox Climbed A Fir Tree

Armastus (a cappella)

Forgotten Peoples / Vepsian Paths: 15. Toot-Toot, Herdsboy

Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples): No. 5. Vepsa rajad (Vepsian Paths): No. 7. Kiisu-miisu (Pussy-Cat)

3 Setu toolaulu (3 Setu Work Songs): No. 1. Pesupesemine (Laundry Song)

Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples): No. 5. Vepsa rajad (Vepsian Paths): No. 8. Laulda teile lauluke (To Sing You a Little Song)

Forgotten Peoples / Karelian Destiny: 4. The Oak Cutter

Looduspildid: No. 3. Sugismaastikud: Kanarbik

4 Estonian Lullabies: I. Laulan lapsele "I Sing for My Child"

Hamlet's Songs I

Kingin sulle kimbukese

2 Songs to Words by Ernst Enno: II. Kuulmata kuskil kumiseb kodu "Soundlessly Somewhere Murmurings Homeward"

Lauliku lapsepoli (The Singer's Childhood)

Looduspildid (Nature Pictures): No. 3. Sugismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): No. 5. Tuul konnumaa kohal (Wind Along the Heath)

Reflections with Hando Runnel: I. A Very Ancient People...

Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples): No. 5. Vepsa rajad (Vepsian Paths): No. 10. Mis teil tehakse? (What Are They Doing?)

Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples): No. 5. Vepsa rajad (Vepsian Paths): No. 4. Laksin mina Kikoilasse (I Went to Kikoila)

Looduspildid (Nature Pictures): No. 3. Sugismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): No. 1. On hilissuvi (Late Summer)

Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples): No. 5. Vepsa rajad (Vepsian Paths): No. 14. Ainus poeg (The Only Son)

Tormis: 3 Estonian Game Songs: No. 2, Bandaging the Finger Game

4 Sangaste mangud (4 Games from Sangaste): No. 1. Hobusemang (The Horse Game)

Piispa ja pakana (The Bishop And The Pagan)

Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples): No. 5. Vepsa rajad (Vepsian Paths): No. 15. Tutu-lutu karjane (Toot-Toot Herdsboy)

13 Eesti Luurilist rahvalaulu (13 Estonian Lyric Folksongs): No. 1. Laulu voim (The Power of Song)

4 Estonian Lullabies: No. 1. Laulan lapsele (I Sing for My Child)

3 Estonian Game Songs: I. Käsikivimäng "The Grindstone Game"

Looduspildid: No. 3. Sugismaastikud: Valusalt punased lehed

4 Estonian Lullabies: IV. Äiutus "Lulling"

Laulja (The Singer)

Tormis : Bridge of Song [From Kalevala and Estonian Folk Song]

6 Eesti lastelaulu (6 Estonian Children's Songs): No. 1. Soit sotsele (Visiting the Aunt)

4 Estonian Lullabies: III. Lase kiik käia! "Let the Cradle Swing!"

4 Estonian Lullabies: II. Marjal aega magada "It’s Time for the Little Berry to Sleep"

4 Sangaste mangud (4 Games from Sangaste): No. 2. Kosjamang (The Courtship Game)

13 Eesti Luurilist rahvalaulu (13 Estonian Lyric Folksongs): No. 5. Arge looge vaeslast (Don't the Orphan)

3 Setu toolaulu (3 Setu Work Songs): No. 2. Ketramine (Spinning Song)

The Ballad of Mary's Land

13 Eesti Luurilist rahvalaulu (13 Estonian Lyric Folksongs): No. 8. Orja palk (Serf's Wages)

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