Sigvards Klava
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Music, moreover, that inevitably speaks to the heart of the Latvian Radio Choir, which gives of its best under Sigvards Klava. With its spacious if focused sound and detailed notes from Olivier... —
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Special offer. Valentin Silvestrov: To Thee We Sing
RecommendedSacred Choral Works
Kārlis Rūtentāls (tenor), Ieva Ezeriete (soprano), Dace Strautmane (contralto), Agata Burkina (soprano), Rūdolfs Bērtiņš (tenor)
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
The Latvian Radio Choir under Sigvards Klava sing, as expected, with a scintillating beauty. None of this programme…could be labelled technically easy. Fortunately the singers' intonation, balance... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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I prefer them to Cambridge’s King’s College Choir, who sound as if they are trying to be angels, while this Latvian choir resounds from the bottom upwards and does sound much more like an anxious... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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the Rachmaninov of Latvia's outstanding professional choir presents a golden mean between the uniquely open-throated but not always pitch-perfect Glinka Choir of the hallowed St Petersburg tradition,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Choral
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom & Nine Sacred Choruses
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava
Klava achieves precise chording and proves sensitive to pacing, with the music’s flow carefully measured. Intonation is close to ideal. In the apt acoustic of St John’s Church, Riga, there’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Choral
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These utterly fearless unaccompanied singers bring precision to the most complex textures while retaining a palpable grasp of the music’s emotional heart, imbuing it with an engaging sense of... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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Here is choral singing of beguiling sophistication, beautifully recorded, that captures the score’s full range of expression, from hushed moments of introspective awe to rolling climaxes of... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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you can’t but be stunned by the fearless skill of Sigvards Klava’s choir as they navigate the most jagged, fragmented notes and pitches – the musical equivalent of climbing Mount Everest just... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral Music
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Choral
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everything is done with the composer’s trademark sense of restraint and style, exquisitely handled here by the admirably polished Latvian Radio Choir. —
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The extensive conceptual and technical challenges are negotiated with deceptive ease by the choir...this album presents a powerfully compelling, stunningly sung, hour of immersive listening... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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