Music from Estonia ; vol.1 (1988)

"The first volume in this series introduces a significant figure in Heino Eller, who belongs to the same generation as Martinu and Prokofiev. His pupils included Kaljo Raid, with whom he shares this record, as well as Tubin and Part. The Elegia for harp and strings was something of a discovery and I have played it often since its first appearance. It is a most imaginative and beautiful piece, full of nobility and eloquence. Dawn is a tone-poem written at the end of the First World War, recalling early Sibelius as well as the Russian nationalists while the Five Pieces transcriptions of early piano pieces, call to mind Marina Nestyeva's verdict in Grove: 'the northern colouring of Eller's music places it close to Grieg while his refined nervous tension and impetuousness align him with Scriabin'