Epp-Karike Jurima-Sonin: Estonian Songs

10-01-25 LISTN Epp-Karike Jurima-Sonin

A very pre­cise and pleas­ant voice sings a selec­tion of Eston­ian art songs and folk songs. The folk mate­r­i­al, on the whole, is more cap­ti­vat­ing. Juri­ma-Sonin is an Amer­i­can of Eston­ian back­ground, known as both a teacher and soloist.

[Note insert­ed in 2018: Some time after this post­ing I met my friend Skye Sep­p’s moth­er. We dis­cussed Eston­ian music, and I men­tioned this record. Epp-Karike Juri­ma-Sonin, it turns out, is her sis­ter! She was mar­ried to Ain Sonin (1937–2010), a respect­ed physi­cist spe­cial­iz­ing in flu­id mechan­ics. The obvi­ous­ly mul­ti-tal­ent­ed Sepp/Sonin clan orig­i­nat­ed in Esto­nia, flour­ished in Toron­to, and spread out ten­ta­cles to Boston and San Francisco.]

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