Release Date: 20 November 2020
Label: Skani
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4751025440543
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Description
This debut album of a rising Latvian piano star Daumants Liepins, including world premiere recording of Imants Zemzaris' 3rd Piano Sonata Kaija "Seagull".
"Like many of us, I also spent more time out in nature during the pandemic. Similarly to Imants Zemzaris and Konstantin Treplyov, on my long walks near my home I thought a lot about art's mission in the world, I listened to the calls of the seagulls against the backdrop of the sea, and I truly felt the might of the element of water, just like in Rachmaninov's music. And that is what this album is about – about the majesty of nature and the fragility of the soul." - Daumants Liepins
Liepins gained international recognition after winning first prize in the Maria Canals competition, second prize in the George Enescu International Piano Competition and also the Vendome Prize at the Verbier Festival. Very recently we learned that he will be the 2021 artist in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels. And in 2020 Pianist magazine included Liepins at the very top of its list of Pianists to Look Out For.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"Sensitive, imaginative, in full command of his instrument's resources,
Liepins effortlessly keeps the listener transfixed...This is a deeply
satisfying album." Geoff Brown, The Times
"The debut disc from the 26-year-old Latvian pianist is an eloquent product of its time. - Fiona Maddocks, The Observer
Tracklisting
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
Various Artists
Ilze Reinis & Aigars Reinis
Sophia Kirsanova
Robert Fleitz
Liga Priede, Andrejs Grimms
Atomos Saxophone Quartet
Latvian Radio Choir
Nora von Marschall
Lea Suter
Aart Bergwerff
Ran Jia
Johannes Krahl
Elke Volker
Henry Fairs
Pieter van Dijk
