Pēteris Vasks: spartiti medio

Organ and choir take turns in appearing: Three passages on the majestic organ in a vigorous D minor are answered by the choir with a meditative part each. A final interlude on the organ is followed by...

With little effort and deeply rooted in the sonority of his Latvian homeland, Vasks creates a tremendous emotional power. Again and again, the voices - accompanied by strings or organ - are layered wi...

The two pianos introduce the bass motif one after another. Every new entry brings an increase in tempo. Only when they play together, though, is the real 'Vivace unleashed. From then on, it is only in...

Pēteris Vasks ha sapientemente intessuto questo ciclo di canzoni attingendo ai testi e alle melodie di cinque canzoni popolari lettoni.

Landschaften der ausgebrannten Erde.

It is particularly in his choral music that Peteris Vasks reveals his strong attachment to his Latvian home country. Nature, customs and traditions and the idea of freedom are the central themes of th...

Pēteris Vasks (16 aprile 1946 a Aizpute) è un compositore lettone. Oggi vive a Riga come compositore freelance ed è uno dei più noti compositori degli Stati dell'ex Unione Sovietica.

Vasks's popular Missa is now available in his original setting for SATB a cappella choir. The work, which runs for about half an hour, can also be performed with organ or string orchestra.

Chorpartitur / Chornoten von Liepa (Der Lindenbaum / The Lime Tree) für gemischten Chor (SSAATTBB).

Streicherstimmensatz

Weißes Fragment (1978, rev. 2014) - ein Poem für Männerchor (TTBB) auf ein Gedicht des berühmten lettischen Dichters MarisCaklais. Die Farbe Weiß in poetischen, irrealen Bildern in einer faszinierende...

Con poco sforzo e profondamente radicato nella sonorità della sua patria lettone, Vasks genera un'enorme potenza emotiva. Ancora e ancora, le voci - accompagnate da archi o organo - passano dall'intim...

Peteris Vasks supports the solo part with a string orchestra accompaniment, employing a warm, sonorous tone that is particularly effective during the slow movements. The two central movements pose exc...

The effective choral setting is based on texts by the Latvian national poet Velta Toma whose works are characterized by her having lived in exile in Canada for decades. At the heart of her Latvian Pra...

This little suite is particularly suitable as a first introduction to contemporary music. The outer movements seem to pursue a melismatic dialogue, the middle pieces cover a variety of moods.

Nel suo poema Latvija, Anna Rancane descrive con immagini dense di metamorfosi le sofferenze passate e le ferite residue del popolo lettone attraverso la guerra e l'occupazione. Peteris Vasks ha messo...