Erkki-Sven Tüür: Aeris
Christoph Eß (horn), Marc Gruber (horn), Stephan Schottstädt (horn), Timo Steiniger (horn), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, german hornsound, Olari Elts
Elts expertly steers an excellent Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in cycles of constant development and renewal, the rich, dense textures at once driven and spacious as, Tüür notes, the...
Erkki-Sven Tüür: Aeris
Christoph Eß (horn), Marc Gruber (horn), Stephan Schottstädt (horn), Timo Steiniger (horn), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, german hornsound, Olari Elts
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Elts expertly steers an excellent Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in cycles of constant development and renewal, the rich, dense textures at once driven and spacious as, Tüür notes, the...
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Aeris is the ninth ECM New Series album to feature the vibrant and highly expressive music of Erkki-Sven Tüür. Olari Elts, a long-time champion of Tüür’s compositions, conducts the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in compelling, intensely-focused performances of Phantasma, De Profundis and Tüür’s tenth symphony ÆRIS, a vast drama of shifting energies and interactions, which is scored for horn quartet and orchestra. The symphony is in four movements that transition seamlessly. Tüür: “Each movement expresses a different development between the ensemble of soloists and the orchestra. Sometimes their motifs spread into the orchestra like memes that start changing and gradually take on lives of their own…” The album was recorded at Tallinn’s Estonian Concert Hall.
Contents and tracklist
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Olari Elts
- Recorded: 2022-09-15
- Recording Venue: Estonian Concert Hall, Tallinn
- Christoph Eß (horn), Marc Gruber (horn), Stephan Schottstädt (horn), Timo Steiniger (horn)
- german hornsound, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Olari Elts
- Recorded: 2022-09-15
- Recording Venue: Estonian Concert Hall, Tallinn
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Olari Elts
- Recorded: 2022-09-15
- Recording Venue: Estonian Concert Hall, Tallinn
Awards and reviews
August 2025
Elts expertly steers an excellent Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in cycles of constant development and renewal, the rich, dense textures at once driven and spacious as, Tüür notes, the horn 'motifs spread into the orchestra like memes that start changing and gradually take on lives of their own.'
September 2025
The Estonian National Symphony cannot be faulted under Olari Elts and German Hornsound are resplendent in AEris, which it would be instructive to hear within the context of Schumann's Konzertstück.