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File under: ContemporaryOrchestral
“Born in Waves is Estonian composer Elis Hallik’s first album, a gateway into the sounds and thoughts of an original artist. The album mainly features chamber compositions that represent important ideas from her oeuvre over the past decade. A versatile soundscape unravels before the listener through nine pieces, shaped by composition studies in Estonia and France, and in particular by her contact with the expressive means of spectral and electronic music. At the heart of her musical thought are sound and its various characteristics, the comparison or fusion of pure and distorted sound through extended playing techniques, and timbre and harmony as a building material.” - Kristina Kõrver
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File under: ContemporaryOrchestral
Cat. number: 0022024KAI
Year: 2023
Notes:
Recorded:
[1]: 26 April 2021, at Composers’ House, Vilnius
[2]: 12 April 2015, at Studio 1 of Estonian Public Broadcasting, Tallinn
[3]: 25 Oct 2016, at Hopner House, Tallinn
[4]: 3 Apr 2023, at St. Jacob's Church, Tallinn
[5]: 19 Aug 2022, at Studio of Ensemble Musikfabrik, Cologne
[6]: 19 May 2019, at The Great Guild Hall, Tallinn
[7, 9]: 4 Apr 2023, at St. Jacob's Church, Tallinn
[8]: 2 Jun 2022, at Studio 1 of Estonian Public Broadcasting, Tallinn
Total Time: 77:55
- Some Paths Will Always Lead Through the Shadows (2021) for flute/bass flute, bass clarinet, piano, two violins, viola and cello
- Concerto for two violins and string orchestra (“Stoicheia”) (2015)
- To Become a Tree (2016) for flute/bass flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, prepared piano, violin and cello
- Doch manchmal erhellt sich die Seele, wenn sie frohe Menschen denkt, dunkelgoldene Frühlingstage (2019) for soprano, flute/bass flute and live electronics
- Born in Waves (2021) for bass clarinet, trumpet, tuba, piano, one percussionist, violin, viola and cello
- Touching the First Sounds (2019) for alto saxophone solo, flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, viola and cello
- Impacts (2014) for cello and double bass
- Like a Swan (2022) for flute/bass flute, bass clarinet, piano, violin, viola and cello
- Above (2022) for two or more instruments
Presented in a digipak, including a 42-page booklet with texts in English, French and German
