CD, Vasks (composer)
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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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Vasks: Musica dolorosa, Musica serena, Musica Appassionata & Klātbūtne
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ivan Repušić
Three of Vasks’s cycle of four ‘musicae’ for string orchestra are given radiant performances...Each work has a different emotional impetus but all f low with an immediate, searing lyricism from... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Composer of the Year
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Sidorova’s playing is superbly judged, melding seamlessly with a range of instrumentals, but never dominating as an adversary…Sensitively accompanied by Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2026, Concerto Choice
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The centrepiece is a stunning performance of Peteris Vasks’s Plainscapes, three wordless linked movements…infused with a strong Pärtian flavour, with important roles for violin and cello, plated... —
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The performance from these Latvian musicians is as soulful as could be imagined...[Plainscapes] – with exquisite gradations of vibrato from the two strings – is invested with rare space, profundity... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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This searing release confirms Vasks’s international stature and, specifically, his affinity for string writing…Rysanov with the exceptional Sinfonietta Rīga wrings every drop of melancholic... —
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Special offer. Vasks: Oboe Concerto
Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Andris Poga
Cast as a ‘Morning’ and ‘Evening Pastorale’ separated by a ‘Scherzando’, [the Oboe Concerto is] a kind of gentle day-in-a-rural-life and is beautifully played by soloist Albrecht Mayer. —
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Whether down to the commanding presence of the music itself, Apkalna's powerful interpretations, Ventspils Concert Hall's richly resonant acoustics, the sheer force and weight of the impressive... —
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Elīna Garanča: Meditation
Elina Garanča (mezzo-soprano)
Latvian Radio Choir, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, Karel Mark Chichon
The sustained line in the 'Laudate Dominum' by Mozart is amazing, especially given the sedate pace, and her intonation is flawless throoughout...If this collection of titles seems like a bit... —
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Weill & Vasks: Violin Concertos
Anthony Marwood (violin & conductor)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Anthony Marwood has championed the Vasks over a number of years and delivers a wonderfully moving and intense performance of the solo part. The strings of the Academy of St Martins in the Fields... —
