CD ECM Records Helena Tulve: Lijnen

1997 - 2006

Arianna Savall Voice
Stockholm Saxophone Quartet
Sven Westerberg Soprano Saxophone
Leif Karlborg Tenor Saxophone
Per Hedlund Baritone Saxophone
Emmanuelle Ophèle-Gaubert Flute
Mihkel Peäske Flute
Silesian String Quartet
Szymon Krzeszowiec Violin
Arkadiusz Kubica Violin
Lukasz Syrnicki Viola
Piotr Janosik Violoncello
NYYD Ensemble
Olari Elts Conductor

First ECM recording from the gifted Estonian composer (born 1972) whose work speaks in its own unique language through a variety of chamber music settings and with a fluid approach to form, sound and sonority. The album begins with her “à travers” for ensemble, which attracted much attention at the 1998 International Rostrum for Composers in Paris and progresses through more recent works including “Lijnen”, with the wonderful voice of Arianna Savall, “Öö” with the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, and “nec ros, nec pluvia” with the Silesian String Quartet. Tulve has been closely associated with Estonia’s creative chamber group the NYYD Ensemble over the last decade and they deliver committed performances of her work under the direction of outstanding young conductor Olari Elts.

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Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik - Bestenliste 3/2008

Her music has a real fluid sculptural quality, conceived within a soundworld that is frequently dominated by wind instruments. It’s not music that goes out of its way to be ingratiating, but as this highly impressive collection shows, behind this take-it-or-leave-it façade lurks music of real personality and expressive depth.
Andrew Clements, The Guardian