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Release Date: 22 August 2025
Label: Skani
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4751025441458
Composer/Series: Already Bloomed
Description
This album features new choral works written by six female Latvian composers: Smite, Paidere, Evija Skuke, Liva Bluma, Lauma Kazaka and Irina Mihailovska. The majority of the repertoire is the result of a commissioning project from 2023, through which each composer was asked to set an excerpt from the Old Testament's Song of Songs -- a source noted for its radical approach to topics like sex, love, and feminism.
Throughout Latvia's rich history of choral music, female composers have stood alongside their male colleagues and made equal contributions to the repertoire. Significant national figures from the late 19th and early 20th century like Jazeps Vitols and Emils Darzins are joined by Lucija Garuta. The works of Peteris Vasks are matched in stature and intensity by the compositions of Maija Einfelde. Today the innovative works of Andris Dzenitis and Martins Vilums share their position in the repertoire with works from Gundega Smite and Ruta Paidere.
Tracklisting
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
Latvian Radio Choir and Sigvards Klava
Various Artists
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Guntis Kuzma
Riga Project Choir
String Trio Baltia
Laura Zarina
Magdalena Geka, Iveta Calite & Ilona Meija
Augsburg Cathedral Boys' Choir
Beauty Farm
Riga Project Choir
St Martin's Voices; Stephen Farr; Andrew Earis
Sara Swietlicki; Lindsay Grace Johnson; Jonas Samuelsson; Jan Karlsson Korp; Robert Bennesh; Malmo
Nicky Spence; Dylan Perez
I Solisti Ambrosiani
Hugo Williams; Emma Troman; Shawn Li; The Choir of Peterhouse; Cambridge; Simon Jackson
