Cat No:
LMIC163
Release Date: 30 August 2024
Label: Skani
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4751025441342
Composer/Series: Angele Dei
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Description
This is the third album that the Latvian Radio Choir has released on the SKANI label with new choral music by Latvian composers. This programme was created with the intention to record trends and the state of music in 2023 as a kind of time stamp. Not quite a survey of everything that has been recently composed, it stands instead as a testimony to the creative collaboration between the Latvian Radio Choir and composers, which exists at the same time as a part of the Latvian musical space. These are new contributions to the repertoire that are of interest to professionals and all those interested in contemporary choral music.
Almost all of these works are united by their sacred texts and some higher idea, which each of the composers has brought to life by remaining faithful to his or her own style, be it multi-layered microtonality, echoes of spectral music, branching polyphonic textures, detailed explorations of sonic and rhythmic formulas, or the new simplicity and the four-part texture of the chorale. These Latvian composers seem to have a unique quality: however far they go in their experimentations with sound and reinventing the boundaries of the choir as an instrument, their compositions never lose their spiritual aspect or emotional message, approaching the revelation of the text with great sensitivity and creating a natural musical flow.
GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE: 'The miracle – beyond the choir's combination of technical expertise and human soul – is that we hear once again from composers with contrasting experiences, outlooks and technical habits who nonetheless so often manage to sound wholly Latvian.' – Gramophone
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Tracklisting
- 1. Peteris Vasks: Angele Dei
- 2. Krists Auznieks: Sensus
- 3. Ruta Paidere: Magnificat
- 4. Andris Dzenitis: Om Lux Aete
- 5. Andris Dzenitis: Prayer
- 6. Santa Ratniece: Nighttime Light
- 7. Peteris Vasks: Actus Caritatis
- 8. Martins Vilums: The Fate of King Lear's Children
Disc 1
Side 1
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Peteris Plakidis: Eternity
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
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The Fruit Of Silence
Latvian Radio Choir and Sigvards Klava
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Native Music 15: Traditional Folk & World Music From...
Various Artists
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Flowering Jasmine
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Guntis Kuzma
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Echoes of Latvia
Laura Zarina
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Vilnis Smidbergs: Chamber Music
Magdalena Geka, Iveta Calite & Ilona Meija
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Rihards Dubra. Music for Organ
Ilze Reinis & Aigars Reinis
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The Morning Mist: Contemporary Latvian Chamber Music...
Sophia Kirsanova
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Peteris Plakidis: Eternity
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
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On Photography - Bryars/Maskats/Silvestrov
Latvian Radio Choir
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Lucija Garuta: Apple Tree
Latvian Radio Choir
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Juris Abols: Opera Xeniae
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
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Santa Ratniece - Vigilia Del Mattino
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava, Kaspars Putnins
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Martins Vilums
Latvian Radio Choir, Kaspars Putnins
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Evening Impression
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava, Kaspars Putnins
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