Rudolf Tobias - Des Jona Sendung (Jonah's Mission)

Rudolf TOBIAS (1873-1918)

Des Jona Sendung (Jonah's Mission)

An oratorio in a Prologue and Five Scenes (1909)

Restored and arranged by Vardo RUMESSEN

Pille Lill (soprano)

Urve Tauts (mezzo)

Peter Svensson (tenor)

Raimo Laukka (baritone)

Mati Palm (bass)

Oratorio Choir

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Tallinn Boys' Choir

Ines Maidre (organ)

Estonian State Symphony Orchestra

Neeme Järvi

rec 23-29 June 1995, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn

world premiere recording

Music from Estonia (Tobias; Lemba; Eller; Raid; Tormis; Part)

Music from Estonia

CD 1 

Rudolf TOBIAS (1873-1918)

Julius Caesar Overture (1896) 

Artur LEMBA (1885-1963)

Symphony in C sharp minor (1908) 

Heino ELLER (1887-1970)

Videvik (Twilight) Tone Poem  (1917); Koit (Dawn) Tone Poem (1918); Elegia for Harp and Strings (1931) 

CD 2 

Kaljo RAID (1922-2005)

Symphony No. 1 in C minor (1944) 

Heino ELLER

Five Pieces for String Orchestra  (1953) 

Veljo TORMIS (1930-2017)

Overture No. 2 (1959)

Arvo PART (b. 1935)

Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten for String Orchestra and Bell (1977) 

John Digney (solo oboe) (Dawn); Eluned Pierce (solo harp) (Elegia) 

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Neeme Järvi 

rec. SNO Centre, Glasgow, August 1986 (Koit, Elegia, Symphony No. 1, Five Pieces) 

Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow; 8 August 1987 (Julius Caesar) and 13 May 1988 (Symphony in C sharp minor), Caird Hall, Dundee, 23-24 August (Videvik, Overture No. 2, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten)