LARGO: EKS TEIE TEA
A CENTURY OF ESTONIAN VOCAL MUSIC
MONIKA-EVELIN LIIV – mezzo-soprano
MARJE LOHUARU – piano
Will be released on September 17th, 2025
| 1 | Rudolf Tobias / 1 Corinthians 3:16 | Largo: Eks teie tea / Know Ye Not | 1:59 |
| 2 | Rudolf Tobias (based on Estonian folk tune) / Märt Mohn | Meie elu / Our Life | 3:35 |
| 3 | Artur Lemba / Aleksey Apukhtin, translated by Henrik Visnapuu | Miks nõnda valjusti / Why So Loud | 4:26 |
| 4 | Artur Lemba / Marie Under | Nüüd üle kirsipuude / Over the Cherry Trees | 326 |
| 5 | Artur Lemba / Mihhail Lermontov, translated by Ottilie Lukk | Me lahkunud / We Have Parted Ways | 3:26 |
| 6 | Konstantin Türnpu / Anna Haava | Üks ainus kord / Only Once | 3:26 |
| 7 | Juhan Aavik / Ernst Enno Homesickness | Kojuigatsus / Homesickness (dedicated to Helmi Einer) | 3:26 |
| 8 | Paul Tammeveski | Üksainus õis / A Single Flower (dedicated to Milvi Laid) | 3:26 |
| 9 | Mart Saar / Johannes Kadastik | Vaikus / Silence | 3:26 |
| 10 | Mart Saar / Anna Haava | Üks ainus kord / Only Once | 3:26 |
| 11 | Artur Kapp / Karl Eduard Sööt | Metsateel / On a Forest Path | 3:26 |
| 12 | Artur Kapp / Anna Haava | Üks ainus kord / Only Once | 3:26 |
| 13 | Artur Kapp / Karl Eduard Sööt | Sa oled mu südame suvi / You Are the Summer of My Heart | 3:26 |
| 14 | Villem Kapp / Juhan Sütiste | Kui lõpeb suvepäeva viimne vine / When the Summer Day Ends | 3:26 |
| 15 | Vello Lipand / Anna Haava | Kes ta on? / Who Is He? | 3:26 |
Tobias. Largo: Eks teie tea. Fragment, 2 min 10 sec, mp3, 320 Kbps
Kapp. Metsateel. Fragment, 2 min 10 sec, mp3, 320 Kbps
Lipand. Kes ta on? Fragment, 2 min 10 sec, mp3, 320 Kbps
Recorded in spring 2025 in the Great Hall of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
Recording and mastering engineer – Tanel Klesment
Liner notes – Meeta Vardja
Front cover artwork – Southern Estonian Landscape by Konrad Mägi (courtesy of Mr. Enn Kunila)
Photos – Kaupo Kikkas
Design – Mart Kivisild
Artistic producer – Peeter Vähi
Special thanks: Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2025
ERP 14325
℗ Monika-Evelin Liiv, Marje Lohuaru, ERP
© Monika-Evelin Liiv, Marje Lohuaru, ERP
Distribution by muusikapood.ee, and ERP’s online-shop
ERP’s other recordings of vocal soloists: Aberdene 1662, Cantus Angelicus, Estonia 100, Zatonuvshiy den’ / Unustusse vajunud päev, Georg Ots. A Legend of Estonia, La donna è mobile, Voices of the Estonian National Opera, Arvo Pärt. Vater unser