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Music from Estonia Neeme Jarvi CD
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  • Artist: Neeme Jarvi
  • Year: 2005
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • UPC: 095115242629
  • Item Number: KOC524262
  • Release date: 07/26/2005
  • 1. Julius Caesar Overture for orchestra
  • 2. Symphony in C sharp minor, I. Andante
  • 3. Symphony in C sharp minor, II. Andante
  • 4. Symphony in C sharp minor, III. Scherzo - Trio
  • 5. Symphony in C sharp minor, IV. Finale. Moderato assai
  • 6. Videvik, symphonic poem for orchestra ("Twilight")
  • 7. Dawn, tone poem for oboe & orchestra
  • 8. Elegia for harp & string orchestra
  • 1. Symphony, No 1 in C minor, I. Funebre, energico
  • 2. Symphony, No 1 in C minor, II. Vivace, meno allegretto
  • 3. Symphony, No 1 in C minor, III. Andante, poco maestoso
  • 4. Five Pieces for Strings, I. Andante con moto
  • 5. Five Pieces for Strings, II. Allegretto moderato
  • 6. Five Pieces for Strings, III. Vivo
  • 7. Five Pieces for Strings, IV. Lento assai poco rubato
  • 8. Five Pieces for Strings, V. Cantando espressivo
  • 9. Overture No 2 for orchestra
  • 10. Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell
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Music from Estonia by Neeme Jarvi on CD


This 2005 double-disc compilation of Estonian orchestral music, splendidly performed by Neeme Jarvi and the Scottish National Orchestra, is a chronological survey that outlines the development of a national musical identity that only gradually became free of external influences. The Julius Caesar Overture (1896) by Rudolf Tobias, the Symphony in C sharp minor (1908) by Artur Lemba, and Heino Eller's Videvik (1917), Koit (1918), and Elegia (1931) show the slow but steady progression from slavish imitation of the Russian Romantics -- particularly Tchaikovsky -- to a fairly cosmopolitan modernism, attuned to French music of the fin de siecle and Stravinsky's neo-Classicism. The Symphony No. 1 (1944) by Kaljo Raid, Eller's Five Pieces (1953), Veljo Tormis' Overture No. 2 (1959), and Arvo Part's Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten (1977) show the rapid assimilation of twentieth century idioms and influences, but with them a growing sense of cultural and artistic independence, tied less to Soviet and European models and more to Estonian folk and religious traditions. These 1987 and 1989 performances are all solid, as might be expected from the committed Jarvi and the SNO in fine form, and Chandos has remastered the original recordings to improve clarity and depth. ~ Blair Sanderson, Rovi
  • Artist: Neeme Jarvi
  • Year: 2005
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • UPC: 095115242629
  • Item Number: KOC524262
  • Release date: 07/26/2005
  • Label: Chandos
  • Genre: Classical
  • Style: Symphony, Modern
  • Album Time: 149:46

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  • Music from Estonia Neeme Jarvi CD
Music from Estonia Neeme Jarvi CD