Explore the highly individual voices of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho and Estonian composer Helena Tulve, both masters of instrumental colour, on this essential chamber music recording. This album features vocal works that reveal profound expressive richness, entrusted to the expert voices of the Helsinki Chamber Choir under the direction of Nils Schweckendiek.

• Features contemporary chamber music from Kaija Saariaho and Helena Tulve.
• Saariaho's works explore sonic grammar with disintegrating sonic and semantic units and extended vocal techniques.
• Tulve's I Am a River explores the connection between choral music in resonant church acoustics and sensorial mysticism, based on verses by Rumi.
• Includes Tulve's Nächtliche Gesänge, drawing sonic material from the phonetic properties of the German language.
• Performed by the GRAMMY-awarded Helsinki Chamber Choir directed by Nils Schweckendiek.

• Format: hybrid_sacd
• Binding: audioCD
• Language: German
• Number of Discs: 1
• Release Date: 2026-04-17
• Weight: 73g (approx.)
• Dimensions: 143x130x7mm (approx.)

This recording features works by Kaija Saariaho and Helena Tulve, including:

• Saariaho: Suomenkielinen sekakuorokappale (Early piece)
• Saariaho: Nej och inte (Early piece)
• Saariaho: Lumen valosta (Later work)
• Saariaho: Kesäpäiva (Later work)
• Tulve: I Am a River (Based on verses by Rumi)
• Tulve: Nächtliche Gesänge (Based on texts by exiled German-speaking Jewish poets)

Experience these profound and unusual works of contemporary choral music, interpreted by the acclaimed Helsinki Chamber Choir.