Release Date: 19 June 2020
Label: Swr Classic / SWR Classic
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313908783
Genres: Classical  Choral  
Composer/Series: Baltikum
Release Date: 19 June 2020
Label: Swr Classic / SWR Classic
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313908783
Genres: Classical  Choral  
Composer/Series: Baltikum
Description
Each country of the Baltikum has its own musical founding fathers. Estonians recognise Heino Eller and the Latvians J?zeps V?tols as the founders of their respective national music culture; Arvo Pärt was one of Eller’s students. The founding figure of Lithuanian art music and national art is Mikalojus Konstantinas ?iurlionis, whose output included fugues, sonatas, symphonic poems, music for piano and choral works. But these are not the composers presented on this album, with the exception of Arvo Pärt. Instead, the SWR Vokalensemble presents composers of the younger generation. With very different personalities, it's difficult to view their music collectively as unmistakeably Baltic: some share a certain musical solemnity; others a minimalist style; and while occasionally displaying American traits, all of it is rooted in the traditional music of the areas around the Baltic Sea.
Swr Vokalensemble/Creed
Christina Landshamer; Sophie Harmsen; Daniel Behle; Franz-Josef Selig; Erika Baikoff; Wiebke Lehmku
Ralph Towner; Paul McCandless; Glen Moore; Trilok Gurtu
David Lively; SWF Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden; Herrenchor des Freiburger Vokalensemble; Michael G
Wilhelm Backhaus
Swr Sinfonieorchester Baden-Ba
Swr Big Band Akiyoshi, Toshik
Stuttgart Rso:Boreyko