Ülo Krigul: Liquid Turns Classical BIS

Ülo Krigul: Liquid Turns

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BI 2590

Ülo Krigul: Liquid Turns

Label Catalogue Number:
BIS-2590

Running Time: 01:04:21

Release Date: August 2022
Originally recorded in 2021

Genre:
Classical

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Ülo Krigul studied in Tallinn and Vienna, and has written music in a wide variety of genres. Three works on the present release – And the Sea Arose, Aga vaata aina üles (‘But Look Always Up’) and liquid turns – were completed in 2019–20 when Krigul was composer-in-residence with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Linked by a common concept and the recycling of musical material, the three form a triptych-like set, here preceded by Vesi ise (‘Water Is’) from 2015. The latter is the first piece that Krigul wrote for the choir and its conductor Kaspars Putninš and includes ideas that has been carried over into their later collaboration. If Vesi ise here functions as a prelude, liquid turns is to an extent a summation of the program: the composer has sampled text and music from the two preceding works and random phrases interact and emerge as a new whole. Krigul has chosen his texts from the New Testament, the writings of the philosopher Uku Masing and the sound poetry of Ilmar Laaban.

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“… The works are slow-developing sound pieces with text. My favorite is the mesmerizing Vesi ise, scored for choir with electronics. The text is minimal, and the choir operates much like the electronics, delivering vowels on long ethereal pitches… In all of the works, the choir sings beautifully.”

Barry Kilpatrick – American Record Guide – January/February 2023

Interpretation ***** Sound Quality **** Repertoire Value **** Booklet ****

“A portrait of the Estonian Ülo Krigul with challenging choral music: one is rewarded with works full of sombre power, with aesthetic demands, formulated by an individual compositional voice.”

Dr Matthew Long – Klassik.com – 29 December 2022

"... poetic and magical ..."

Guy Rickards – Gramophone magazine Awards Issue – 2022

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