Artist: Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve
Album: Music by Henrik Ødegaard
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:02:52
Total Tracks: 13
Total Size: 1,00 GB

Tracklist:

1-1. Vox Clamantis – Ødegaard: Jesu, dulcis memoria (04:50)
1-2. Vox Clamantis – Anonymous: Alleluia. Pascha nostrum (02:17)
1-3. Vox Clamantis – Ødegaard: O filii et filiæ (03:28)
1-4. Vox Clamantis – Anonymous: Kyrie (03:04)
1-5. Vox Clamantis – Anonymous: Pater noster (04:27)
1-6. Vox Clamantis – I. Maria dilexit multum (02:51)
1-7. Vox Clamantis – II. Psalm 62 (Vul. 63), antiphon “Mihi osculum non desisti” (05:09)
1-8. Vox Clamantis – III. Canticum Trium Puerorum, antiphon “Oleo caput meum non unxisti” (07:29)
1-9. Vox Clamantis – IV. Psalm 148-150, antiphon “Ideoque dico tibi” (08:53)
1-10. Vox Clamantis – V. Benedictus, antiphon “In diebus illis” (09:24)
1-11. Vox Clamantis – VI. Hymn “Æterne Deus omnium” (03:02)
1-12. Vox Clamantis – VII. Magnificat, antiphon “O, Maria, mater pia” (06:20)
1-13. Vox Clamantis – VIII. Maria, tibi persolvum (01:32)

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On this newest endeavour, the Vox Clamantis choir, under the direction of Jaan-Eik Tulve, turns its attention towards Norwegian composer Henrik Odegaard with a fine-drawn programme of liturgical choral music.

In a subtle sleight of hand, Odegaard’s compositions interweave Gregorian chant with Norwegian folk song. The composer employs Gregorian and paschal hymns as source material, from which he then draws his own polyphonic layers and extensions. The main work here is the eight-part Meditations over St. Mary Magdalene’s Feast in Nidaros, based on antiphons found in a 13th-century manuscript from medieval Scandinavia. Odegaard’s compositional process transfigures these antiphons, sensitively brought to light by Vox Clamantis.

On past ECM recordings, the choir has addressed works of Arvo Part, Erkki-Sven Tuur and most recently Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek – an acclaimed recording, which BBC described as “magic of another sphere”.

The album was recorded at the St. Nicholas Dome in Haapsalu, Estonia in March 2021.