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Concertos, Vasks (composer)
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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... — More…
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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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Vasks: Presence
RecommendedSol Gabetta (cello), Irène Timacheff-Gabetta (organ)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
There's a simplicity and immediacy to Vasks's musical languge, not that far removed in character and spirituality to the sound world explored in John Taverner's The Protecting Veil, which makes... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th November 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, Concerto Choice
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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... — More…
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Pēteris Vasks: Cello Concerto No. 2 'Klātbūtne' & Viola Concerto
Marko Ylönen (cello), Lilli Maijala (viola), Talinn Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas
Marko Ylönen brings a savage intensity to [the Cello Concerto's] emotional arc from birth…The Viola Concerto (2013-14) is equally fierce in the capable hands of soloist Lilli Maijala, who infuses... — More…
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Max Richter: Recomposed - The Four Seasons, Vasks, Pärt
Fenella Humphreys (violin)
Covent Garden Sinfonia, Ben Palmer
Humphreys mines the repetitive melodies for subtelties of colour, rather than drama. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, Concerto Choice
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Distant Light
RecommendedJS Bach & Vasks: Violin Concertos
Renaud Capuçon (violin & conductor) & Celine Frisch (harpsichord)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
[Vasks] brings out the best in Renaud Capuçon. His grasp of the music's loosely palindromic trajectory is compelling; he meets the technical and emotional challenges of the three strategically... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Vasks: Cello Concerto & String Symphony
David Geringas (cello), Riga Philharmonic Orchestra
Jonas Aleksa
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Young Talent
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Special offer. Vasks: Symphony No. 2 & Violin Concerto 'Distant Light'
John Storgårds (violin)
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra & Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds & Juha Kangas
Peteris Vasks has been winning himself something of a cult following over the past decade.
On the evidence of this blistering premiere recording, his Second Symphony of 1998-9 seems set to repeat... — More…Purchase product
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