A "landmark" is an object in a landscape or a turning-point, a milestone, symbol, or orientation point. Calmus performs ten "vocal landmarks" on it's new album - works by ten composers from ten different countries. Musical borders open here, and styles mix. Songwriters encounter the avantgarde, folk meets jazz, South American rhythms pulsate alongside Yiddish melodies. You soon realize that it is actually a very short journey from minimal music to pop, and how classical harmonies and jazz sounds interweave. You will recognize masters such as Francis Poulenc, Leonard Cohen, Georg Kreisler, and Sting, but you are guaranteed to discover new songs such as the Krakow singer-songwriter Mordechaj Gebirtig, and the South American composers Federico Ruiz and Aylton Escobar. With landmarks Calmus has created a kind of "sounding globalization". The music reflects a society which recalls the past and interprets it anew, which is receptive, and sometimes reflective, but also laughs and dances and swings!

Tracklist:

Here It Is (Arr. J. Garcia)
Everybody Knows (Arr. L. Böhme)
7 Chansons, Fp 81 (Excerpts): No. 1, La Blanche Neige
7 Chansons, Fp 81 (Excerpts): No. 2, A Peine Défigurée
7 Chansons, Fp 81 (Excerpts): No. 5, Belle Et Ressemblante
El Santigua’o
13 Eesti Lüürilist Rahvalaulu (Excerpts): No. 1, Laulu Voim
13 Eesti Lüürilist Rahvalaulu (Excerpts): No. 6, Härjad Ootavad Pühi
13 Eesti Lüürilist Rahvalaulu (Excerpts): No. 7, Sakste Soim
13 Eesti Lüürilist Rahvalaulu (Excerpts): No. 10, Pihlapuu
13 Eesti Lüürilist Rahvalaulu (Excerpts): No. 11, Vaeslapsed Laanes
Der Leisten (Arr. L. Böhme)
Ich Hab Ka Lust (Arr. L. Böhme)
S'brent (Arr. S. Groß)
Dos Lidl Fun Goldenem Land (Arr. P. Lawson)
Sacred Love Songs (Excerpts): No. 1, Love Endures All Things
Sacred Love Songs (Excerpts): No. 2, Set Me As A Seal
Sacred Love Songs (Excerpts): No. 5, Greater Love
Sabiá, Coração De Uma Viola
2 Modern Madrigals: No. 1, Come Live With Me
2 Modern Madrigals: No. 2, The Silver Swan
Practical Arrangement (Arr. N. Crellin)
Moon Over Bourbon Street (Arr. N. Crellin)

UPC: 4009350834989
Label: Carus
Release Date: 6.5.20
Format: CD

Landmarks / Various - Landmarks (CD)