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Release Date: 25-10-1994
Label: Erdenklang Musik
Catalog Number: EK40772
Barcode: 723091407724
Musical Style: World
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vana kannel/The Ancient Psaltery  | 9 | Ei mina moista/I Do Not Apprehend |
| 2 | Loomine/The Creation | 10 | Äiu-äiu kôssi-kôssi/Lullaby |
| 3 | Taevalaotuse tekkimine/Genesis Of The Welkin | 11 | Oh minu elu igava/O My Life! |
| 4 | Hoikumised/Holla | 12 | Saare tants/Island Dance |
| 5 | Ristitantsi/Cross Dance | 13 | Akkame mehed minema/Let's Go Men! |
| 6 | Igatsus/Longing | 14 | Roopilli hüüd/Reed Pipe Skirl |
| 7 | Äia-tuija | 15 | Surnuitk/Song Of Lamentation |
| 8 | Joodiku nädal/Drunkard's Week | 16 | Ohtu ilu/Evening Song |
Review:
'You have probably never heard anything quite like this music, which is spare, haunting, melodic and compelling... A wonderful CD, well worth seeking out.' - (The $ensible Sound)
Description:
The music presented in this recording is based on Regilaul (runic song). This is considered to be the oldest style of traditional Estonian music. The runic-verse song-form (verse in the Kalevala metre) is common to the majority of Balto-Finnic cultures. It is presumed to date back to the 1st millenium B.C. The present recordings introduce a wide variety of traditional Estonian music instruments. Piece No. 1 introduces the oldest Estonian string instrument, the kannel, which is a traditional instrument common to the 10 cultures residing on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. The kannel's venerable age is at least 2000 years. About other instruments like the Estonian bagpipe or reed pipe please find further information in the booklet. Vibrant and magical, the runic-verse songs of Kirile Loo are as timeless as the primeval forests that blanket the Estonian landscape and as haunting as the dreams one just barely remembers upon waking. And there is the pure, soulfully direct and totally captivating voice of this echanting artist: Kirile Loo was born in a northern Estonian village called Varinurme. She spent the majority of her childhood at her grandmother's home at Alutaguse, which is a place in Estonia covered by primeval forests and untouched by civilization. There was no electricity, no telephone, no TV in her grandmother's home, but close ties with nature in such a place; bear, elk, wolves and snakes lived nearby the house. The artistic creed of Kirile Loo cannot easily be put into words. From a human perspective, the ideals of Kirile Loo are rooted in ancient times, when primitive man expressed thoughts in a straightforward manner, without unnecesssary philosophical speculations.
Biography:
Kirile Loo was born in a northern Estonian village called Varinurme. She spent the majority of her childhood at her grandmothers home at Alutaguse, which is a place in Estonia covered by primeval forests and untouched by civilisation. There was no electricity, no telephone, no TV in her grandmothers home, but close ties with nature in such a place; bear, elk, wolves and snakes lived nearby the house. The artistic creed of Kirile Loo cannot easily be put into words. From a human perspective, the ideals of Kirile Loo are rooted in ancient times, when primitive man expressed thoughts in a straightforward manner, without unnecessary philosophical speculations.
