René Eespere, Locus Amoenus

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1 Epigram IV for soprano and piano De somno lyrics: Codex Salmasianus 6:07
2 Epigram IX for tenor and piano De stellis / De rore lyrics: Codex Bernensis / Codex Salmasianus 4:54
3 Epigram III for baritone and piano De spe lyrics: Codex Vossianus 5:14
4 Epigram VIII for soprano and piano De umbra lyrics: Codex Bernensis 4:51
5 Epigram II for tenor and piano De vino et laetitia lyrics: Codex Vossianus 3:44
6 Epigram V for soprano and piano De vino lyrics: Codex Bernensis 5:53
7 Epigram VI for soprano and piano De senectute lyrics: Ovidius 5:10
8 Epigram I for tenor and piano De tempore lyrics: Seneca 5:49
9 Epigram VII for baritone and piano De mediocritate lyrics: Martialis (?) 3:16
10 Carmen ventosum for tenor and piano lyrics: Anne Lill 14:06
11 Locus amoenus for soprano and piano lyrics: Tiberianus 5:50

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Locus amoenus (‘The Place of Beauty’, 2009) for soprano and piano is based on a poem bearing the same name by a fourth-century Roman poet Tiberianus, which is thought to be a reference to the Garden of Eden. Locus amoenus represents the harmonious condition of the human soul.

Performed by: Elena Voznesenskaya − soprano (#1, 6), Heli Veskus − soprano (#4), Aurelia Eespere − soprano (#7), Kaia Urb − soprano (#11), François Soulet − tenor (#5, 8), Oliver Kuusik − tenor (#2), Luc Robert − tenor (#10), Sauli Tiilikainen − baritone (#3, 9), Tarmo Eespere − piano

Engineered by Mati Brauer (#1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9), Aili Jõeleht (#2, 4, 10), Siim Mäesalu (#7) and Maido Maadik (#11)
Mastering − Siim Mäesalu
Cover artwork − Young Woman Writting (1st century AD, Pompeii)
Design − Mart Kivsild
Produced by René Eespere

The scores published by Verlag Neue Musik Berlin (Epigrams 1−9) and Edition Eisenberg (Locus amoenus, Carmen ventosum)