Peteris Vasks - Plainscapes

Peteris VASKS (b. 1946)

Plainscapes

The Tomtit’s Message (Ziles ziŋa) (1981/2004) 

Silent Songs (Klusās dziesmas) (1979/1992) 

Our Mother’s Names (Mūsu māšu vārdi) (1977/2003) 

The Sad Mother (Skumjā māte) (1980-1991)

Summer (Vasara) (1978)

Plainscapes (Līdzenuma ainavas) (2002) [

Small, Warm Holiday (Mazi, silti svētki) (1988) 

Birth (Piedzimšana) (2008) 

Latvian Radio Choir

Sigvards Klava

rec. May 2011, St John’s Church, Riga, Latvia.

Valentin Silvestrov - To Thee We Sing - Sacred Choral Works

Valentin SILVESTROV (b.1937)

To Thee We Sing

Sacred Choral Works

Alleluia (2006)

From Liturgical Chants

Diptych

Two Sacred Chants

Two Sacred Songs

Two Christmas Lullabies

Ieva Ezeriete (soprano)

Agate Burkina (soprano)

Dace Srautmane (alto)

Karlis Rutentals (tenor)

Rudolfs Bertins (tenor)

Latvian Radio Choir

Sigvards Klava

Released: October 2015

 

Alfred Momotenko - Creator of Angels - Choral Works

Alfred MOMOTENKO-LEVITSKY (b.1970)

Choral Works

Creator of Angels (Angelov tvorche) (2021)

Three Sacred Hymns (2019)

Lullaby (Koliskova) (2021)

On the Passion (Na strastnoy) (2017)

Mystery of Silence (Tayna molchanya) (2019)

Miracle (2022)

Latvian Radio Choir

Sigvards Klava, conductor

World première recordings

Anton Bruckner - Latin Motets

Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896)

Latin Motets

Os justi (1879) 

Christus factus est (1884) 

Locus iste (1869) 

Ave Maria (1856/61) 

Libera me (c.1843) 

Kronstorfer Messe (1843-44)

Tantum Ergo (WAB 32) (1845) 

Tantum Ergo (WAB 41) (1846, rev. 1888) 

Tantum Ergo (WAB 42 (1846, rev. 1888) 

Tantum Ergo (WAB 43) (c.1845) 

Virga Jesse (1885) 

Pangelingua et Tantum Ergo (1868) 

Salvum fac populum tuum (1884) 

Tota pulchra es Maria (1878) 

Vexilla Regis (1892) 

Kristīne Adamaite (organ) 

Latvian Radio Choir

Sigvards Kļava

rec. March 2020, Riga Dome Cathedral, Latvia

Toivo Tulev - Magnificat

Toivo TULEV (b. 1958)

Suvine Vihm (‘Summer Rain’) (2006) 

Legatissimo (2011) 

Tanto gentile (2010) 

I said, Who are You? – He said, You (2007) 

Flow, my tears (2007) 

Magnificat (2013)

Ka Bo Chan (countertenor); Virgo Veldi (alto saxophone); Age Juurikas (positive organ); Ieva Ezeriete, Inga Martinsone (sopranos); Heigo Rosin, Vambola Krigul (percussion)

Latvian Radio Choir

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Kaspars Putniņš

rec. 2013, St. Gertrude Old Church, Riga, Latvia; Tallinn Methodist Church, Estonia

Peteris Vasks - Pater Noster; Dona Nobis Pacem; Missa

Peteris VASKS (b.1946)

Choral Works

Pater Noster

Dona nobis pacem

Missa

   

Latvian Radio Choir

Riga Sinfonietta

Sigvards Klava