Release Date: 06 December 2024
Label: Skani
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4751025441373
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Description
World premiere studio recordings of newly commissioned works for solo piano (years 2023/2024) by some of the most renown contemporary Baltic composers.
The Silent Voice showcases the vibrant musical diversity of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania through seven newly commissioned works for solo piano. The innovative composers on this album paint a wide sonic horizon. In their hands, the piano brings broken glass to life, cuts with the sharpness of crystal, hums through a rattling ribcage, spins out of control, observes ravaged humanity, shrieks in horror, and ultimately finds solace in a silent inner voice.
"As a student at the Juilliard School, I worked with Baltic expatriate composers. As a student at the Latvian Music Academy, I was an expatriate. Today, living and performing in Finland. I continue to collaborate actively with my neighbours in the Baltics. Each of these experiences has helped me understand the rich creativity of Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian composers, who are so often unrecognised or misunderstood by audiences in North America and the rest of Europe.
This album features new works from aesthetically diverse, multigenerational composers whose music bridges local cultural histories with global influences and contemporary perspectives. It thus proposes one possible map of current musical trends in the Baltics. With The Silent Voice, I invite pianists and listeners alike to explore these remarkable pieces." - Robert Fleitz
The recording sessions took place in collaboration and in the presence of the composers themselves in GORS Concert Hall in Rezekne, Latvia by audio producer Normunds Sne. Robert Fleitz is an upcoming pianist presently living and working in Helsinki, Finland, and specialises in contemporary music and synthesis of music and other art forms. More on his current projects and collaborations: www.robertfleitz.com
Tracklisting
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
Various Artists
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Guntis Kuzma
Ilze Reinis & Aigars Reinis
Sophia Kirsanova
Robert Fleitz
Liga Priede, Andrejs Grimms
Atomos Saxophone Quartet
Tomasz Skweres, Ensemble Reconsil, Osterreichisches Ensemble fur Neue Musik, Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej
Jean-Marie Machado & Danzas Orchestra
Eric Lamb, Stefanie Alexandra Prenn, Angela Calvo Rios, Kaoko Amano, Veronica Klavzar
Kari Beate Tandberg
SWR Vokalensemble, IRCAM, Yuval Weinberg
Marco Fusi
Klangforum Wien, Johannes Kalitzke, Bas Wiegers, Alessandro Baticci, Rafal Zalech
Sofia Burgos, Sofia Jernberg, Zwerm
