Special offer. Bruckner: Latin Motets
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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...
Special offer. Bruckner: Latin Motets
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
Purchase product
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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...
About
Ondine is proud to release its 17th album together with the award-winning Latvian Radio Choir and conductor Sigvards Kļava dedicated to a cappella words by Anton Brucker. Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) is known as one of the greatest of 19th century symphonists. Yet, also choral music formed an integral part of the composer’s output. This album includes a selection of smaller choral works written between the years 1848 and 1892. Many of these works were long forgotten. Yet after a long stretch on the periphery of the choral world, Bruckner’s motets have now finally returned to a broader consciousness. Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) is known as one of the greatest of 19th century symphonists. Yet, also choral music formed an integral part of the composer’s output. This album includes a selection of smaller choral works written between the years 1848 and 1892. Many of these works were long forgotten. Yet after a long stretch on the periphery of the choral world, Bruckner’s motets have now finally returned to a broader consciousness.
Contents and tracklist
- Kristīne Adamaite (organ)
- Latvian Radio Choir
- Sigvards Klava
- Kristīne Adamaite (organ)
- Latvian Radio Choir
- Sigvards Klava
- Kristīne Adamaite (organ)
- Latvian Radio Choir
- Sigvards Klava
- Jānis Kurševs (tenor), Kristīne Adamaite (organ)
- Latvian Radio Choir
- Sigvards Klava
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineFebruary 2021Editor's Choice
February 2021
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 congregation praying.
May/June 2021
Sigvards Kļava and his Latvian Radio Choir always can be counted upon to perform even the most challenging music flawlessly, and this CD does not disappoint. With about two dozen members, they are about the right size for this music, and the recording venue, the Riga Dome Cathedral, warms up their sound without making it excessively reverberant.
February 2021
These pieces have been recorded multiple times before, but the unforced natural expressivity of the singing as well as the accuracy of the intonation at all dynamic levels puts this new version very near the top of the list. Among the finest of the performances is that of Tota pulchra es, which communicates a feeling of ineffable timelessness at the opening as well as a sense of tremendous majesty at the organ-supported climax.
