Veljo Tormis
About Veljo Tormis
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 Estonian folksongs (regilaulud), either textually, melodically, or merely stylistically.
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La Kanteletar: I. Herkä neito
Looduspildid (Nature Pictures): IV. Talvemustrid (Winter Patterns): Virmalised (Northern Lights)
Curse Upon Iron
Estonian Lullaby
Lauliku Lapsepoli
Raua Needmine
How Can I Recognize My Home
Kust tunnen kodu (How Can I Recognise My Home)
The Singer's Childhood
Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron)
Worry Breaks the Spirit
Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 2, The Sea Under the Swing
Singing Aboard Ship
Kust tunnen kodu
Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": VII. Kanarbik
Songs Of The Ancient Sea
The Bishop and the Pagan
Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 6, The Apple Tree
Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": II. Üle taeva jooksevad pilved
Litany To Thunder
Laulusild: Bridge of Song
Peegeldused Tasasest Maast
The Lost Geese
Looduspildid: No. 3. Sugismaastikud: Tuul konnumaa kohal
Incantatio maris aestuosi (Incantation for a Stormy Sea)
Muistse mere laulud
Pikse litaania
Pikse litaania (Litany To Thunder)
Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 3: Vastlalaulud (Shrovetide Songs): No. 1. Vistel-vastel
Leavas Lauldakse
Three I Had These Words of Beauty
Reminiscentia / Autumn Landscapes: II. Clouds Racing Across the Sky
Reminiscentia / Autumn Landscapes: V. Wind Along the Heath
Meelespea
Tasase maa laul
Reminiscentia / Autumn Landscapes: I. It is Late Summer
Estonian Lullaby - Var.
Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 3, A Pretty Girl on the Swing
Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs), Set 3: Vastlalaulud (Shrovetide Songs): No. 2. Lina loitsimine (Casting a Spell Upon Flax)
Kord me tuleme tagasi (Once We Will Reappear)
4 Estonian Lullabies: No. 2, It’s Time for the Little Berry to Sleep
Looduspildid No. 3 "Sügismaastikud": VII. Kanarbik
Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 1, The Narrow Swing
Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 5, A Timid Girl on the Swing
Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 4, The Swing Asks for Gifts
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)
4 Estonian Lullabies: No. 1, I Sing for My Child
Piiskop ja pagan
Looduspildid: No. 3. Sugismaastikud: On hilissuvi
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