Tüür reviews
Erkki-Sven Tüür: Lost Prayers
Florian Donderer (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), et al; *Signum Quartett (ECM)
Erkki-Sven Tüür: Symphony No. 9 'Mythos', etc
Estonian Festival Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (Alpha Classics)
Erkki-Sven Tüür: Magma
Not yet 50, Estonian Erkki-Sven Tüür’s claims to be considered one of the most vibrant contemporary talents can only be enhanced by this stimulating programme. Magma, nominally his Fourth Symphony, is really a percussion concerto that throws Evelyn Glennie (for whom it was written) exuberantly upon a large kitchen department, with ear-stupefying results.