Mythes etolies contains both exiting new music from the Scandinavian/Baltic area and modern classics for a cappella choir. The main work on the recording is Thoresen's Mythes etoiles, large-scale, three-movement setting of a poem by Giacinto Scelsi, a masterpiece of similar importance to Olivier Messiaen's Cinq Rechants or Iannis Xenakis's Nuits.
1 Lasse Thoresen: Mythes Étoilés, I. Voice L'heure
2 II. Ombres Et Images
3 III. Une Présence Miraculeuse
4 György Ligeti: Lux Aeterna
5 Martins Vilums: Gaw Ek-Dad Kard
6 John Cage: Four2
7 Anders Hillborg: Mouyayoum (For Mixed Choir)
8 Toivo Tulev: Tanto Gentile
Mythes etolies contains both exiting new music from the Scandinavian/Baltic area and modern classics for a cappella choir. The main work on the recording is Thoresen's Mythes etoiles, large-scale, three-movement setting of a poem by Giacinto Scelsi, a masterpiece of similar importance to Olivier Messiaen's Cinq Rechants or Iannis Xenakis's Nuits.
