Vasks, Peteris

Canto Perpetuo - Peteris Vasks: Episodi e Canto Perpetuo; Shostakovich: Trios nos. 1 & 2; Boulanger Trio

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-09-25

Works: Peteris Vasks: Episodi e canto perpetuo; Dmitry Shostakovich: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in C minor, Op. 8; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Conductors:
Ensemble: Boulanger Trio (Piano Trio)

The irresistible Boulanger Trio, composed of pianist Karla Haltenwanger, violinist Birgit Erz, and cellist Ilona Kindt have won a number of prizes worldwide and built...continue...
Recording information: Kleiner Sendesaal des RBB, Berlin (11/22/2010-11/25/2010)....continue...

Schulhoff, Webern, Raats, Vasks: String Quartets / The Prezioso String Quartet

1 CD / Estonian Record Products / 2012-07-31

Works: Erwin Schulhoff: Pieces (5) for string quartet; Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet, M 78; Jaan Rääts: Concerto for strings, Op. 16; Peteris Vasks: Quartet for Strings no 4
Conductors:
Ensemble: Prezioso String Quartet

American Record Guide, November/December 2012
The Prezioso plays with notable accuracy and a lively sense of the intent of the music. It is a beautifully balanced...continue...
Recording information: Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn (10/2011/01/2012)....continue...

Peteris Vasks - works for violin & string orchestra: Vox Amoris; Tala Gaisma; Vientulais engeli / Alina Pogostkina, violin

1 CD / World Village / 2012-06-12

Works: Peteris Vasks: Vox Amoris, fantasia for violin & strings; Concerto for Violin "Tala Gaisma (Distant Light)"; Vientulais engelis (Lonely Angel), meditation for violin & string orchestra
Performers: Pogostkina, Alina
Conductors: Kangas, Juha
Ensemble: ; Sinfonietta Riga

According to Vasks, the three works for violin and orchestra featured here represent the polarity between optimistic hope for a better future and an anxious...continue...
Recording information: Reformation Church, Riga, Latvia (06/2011)....continue...

Peteris Vasks Organ Works: Te Deum; Viatore; Musica seria; Cantus ad pacem / Tuomas Pyrhonen, organ

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-02-14

Works: Peteris Vasks: Te Deum; Viatore; Canto di forza; Musica seria; Cantus ad pacem
Performers: Pyrhonen, Tuomas

Peteris Vasks feels that it is his duty as a Latvian composer to write music for the magnificent Walcker organ at Riga Cathedral, which dates...continue...
Recording information: Riga Cathedral, Latvia (04/30/2010-05/02/2010)....continue...

Peteris Vasks: Plainscapes / Sigvards Kjava, Latvian Radio Choir

1 CD / Ondine / 2012-01-31

Works: Peteris Vasks: Ziles zina (The Message of the Titmouse), for chorus; Klusas dziesmas (Silent Songs), for chorus; Musu masu vardi (Our Mother's Names), for chorus; Skumja mate (The Sad Mother), for fe...
Performers: Aboltina, Guna; Kokins, Janis; Steinbergs, Sandis
Conductors: Klava, Sigvards
Ensemble: Latvian Radio Choir

This CD presents a cross section of a cappella choral works by Cannes Classical-awarded composer Peteris Vasks, performed by the acclaimed Latvian Radio Choir under...continue...
Recording information: St. John's Church, Riga, Latvia (05/2011)....continue...

Peteris Vasks: String Quartets Nos. 1-3

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Peteris Vasks: Quartet for Strings no 3; Quartet for Strings no 2 "Sommer Gesänger"; Quartet for Strings no 1

An outstanding musical journey into the realm of composer P¯eteris Vasks! His music is full of sorrow and pain, but always remains hopeful. The Navarra...continue...
Recording information: FWL STudios, Leipzig, Germany (07/18/2010-07/21/2010)....continue...

Vasks: The Seasons (Gadalaiki) / Vestard Shimkus (Pno). (1 CD)

1 CD / Wergo / 2010-07-13

Works: Peteris Vasks: Gadalaiki (The Seasons), for piano; Vasaras vakara muzika (Summer Evening Music), for piano
Performers: Shimkus, Vestard [Piano]

The Seasons (Gadalaiki) is not program music in the classical sense, but rather an expression of feelings. Vasks says, "When I first heard Vestard Shimkus...continue...
Recording information: Great Guild Hall, Riga, Latvia (09/23/2009)....continue...

Canti Drammatici: Peteris Vasks, Johannes Brahms

1 CD / Solo Musica / 2009-09-01

Works: Peteris Vasks: Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano; Johannes Brahms: Quartet for Piano and Strings no 3 in C minor, Op. 60

Dedications - Nordgren, Vasks, Eliasson / Juha Kangas, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2009-08-11

Works: Pehr Henrik Nordgren: Solemnity-Euphony, Op. 118; Peteris Vasks: Musica appasionata; Anders Eliasson: Sinfonia for Strings
Conductors: Kangas, Juha
Ensemble: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Juha Kangas, the conductor of the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, has shown his commitment to contemporary music. He has remained faithful to several composers for the...continue...

Sollima: Alone; Ligeti, Crumn, Hindemith, etc / Li-Wei Qin

1 CD / Cello Classics / 2009-06-16

Works: György Ligeti: Sonata for Cello solo; George Crumb: Sonata for Cello solo; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Cello solo, Op. 25 no 3; Ho Chee Kong: Tembusu Evenings; Peteris Vasks: Das Buch; Giovanni S...
Performers: Qin, Li-Wei

The award-winning Chinese/Australian cellist Li-Wei Qin makes his first CD for Cello Classics with a program of late 20th Century works for unaccompanied cello, and...continue...

Alone / Li-Wei

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2009-04-01

Works: György Ligeti: Sonata for cello; George Crumb: Sonata for Cello solo; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Cello Solo, Op. 25; Ho Chee Kong: Tembusu Evenings, for cello; Peteris Vasks: Book (Gramata cella...
Performers: Li, Wei-Gang

Puce: Dawn is breaking; Vasks, Esenvalds, Dubra, Maskats / Sirmais, Kremer, Kamer..., et al

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2009-01-13

Works: Eriks Esenvalds: Amazing Grace, spiritual for chorus; A Drop in the Ocean, for chorus; Aizej, lietin! (Go Away, Rain), for chorus, chamber ensemble & percussion; Peteris Vasks: Ziles zina (The Messag...
Performers: Endzele, Elina; Kremer, Gidon; Kruskops, Ivo; Lisovska, Inga; Perkone, Zane; Rubike, Ilze; Strikaite, Jolanta; Sudraba, Marta; Vijuma, Elina; Zalupe, Rihards; Zviedre, Beate
Conductors: Sirmais, Máris
Ensemble: ; Altera Veritas

Kamer... has sung alongside Gidon Kremer, who appears on this album, and the KREMERata Baltica under noted conductor and soloist Peter Schreier, as well as...continue...

Vasks: String Quartets no 2 & 3 / Riga String Quartet

1 CD / Caprice Records / 2008-12-23

Works: Peteris Vasks: Quartet for Strings no 2 "Sommer Gesänger"; Quartet for Strings no 3

Vasks: Cantus ad pacem, Canto di forza, Te Deum, etc / Talivaldis Deksnis

1 CD / Wergo / 2008-12-09

Works: Peteris Vasks: Viatore; Cantus ad pacem; Canto di forza; Musica seria; Te Deum
Performers: Deksnis, Talivaldis

This CD is the first to be devoted exclusively to the organ music of the Latvian composer Peteris Vasks. With the exception of the 'Te...continue...

Vasks: Viatore, Musica Adventus, English Horn Concerto / Sne, Sinfonetta Riga

1 CD / Wergo / 2008-09-09

Works: Peteris Vasks: Musica adventus for String Orchestra; Viatore; Concerto for English horn
Performers: Sne, Normund
Conductors: Sne, Normund
Ensemble: Riga Sinfonietta

Peteris Vasks' early style owed much to the aleatoric experiments of Lutoslawski, Penderecki and Crumb. Later works include elements of Latvian folk music, such as...continue...

Vasks: Chamber Music / Parnassus Trio

1 CD / MD&G / 2008-08-05

Works: Peteris Vasks: Episodi e canto perpetuo; Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano
Performers: Levitan, Avri
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Parnassus

The Trio Parnassus has often surprised their fans with the discovery of previously unknown musical treasures, and the three musicians do it again on this...continue...

Vasks: Chamber Music / Parnassus Trio

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2008-08-05

Works: Peteris Vasks: Episodi e canto perpetuo; Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano
Performers: Levitan, Avri
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Parnassus

The Trio Parnassus has often surprised their fans with the discovery of previously unknown musical treasures, and the three musicians do it again on this...continue...

Vasks: Gremata cellam "Book for Cello", etc / Geringas, Sitkovetsky, Randalu

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-05-09

Works: Peteris Vasks: Book (Gramata cellam), for solo cello; Partita, for cello & piano; Episodi e canto perpetuo
Performers: Geringas, David; Randalu, Kalle; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry

Latvian composer Peteris Vasks has established himself over the past couple of decades as one of the leading exponents of the "new spirituality" in music,...continue...

Bryars: Glorious Hill, Cadman Requiem, etc; Vasks, Esenvald

1 CD / GB Records / 2008-01-08

Works: Gavin Bryars: Fammi cantar l'amor, for chorus (Lauda 22); Fammi cantar l'amor, for chorus (Lauda 23); Glorious Hill, for 4 voices; Dammi conforto Dio, for chorus (Lauda 24); Cadman Requiem, for 4 voi...
Performers: Dzilums, Gunders; Ezeriete, Ieva; Libauere, Elina; Martinsone, Inga; Reinis, Aigars; Rutentals, Karlis
Conductors: Klava, Sigvards; Putnins, Kaspars
Ensemble: ; Latvian Radio Choir

A recording of major choral works of Gavin Bryars, personally supervised by the composer and performed by one of the world's finest choirs in wonderful...continue...

Seventh Sense - Takemitsu, Brouwer, et al / Eskelinen, et al

1 CD / Alba / 2006-09-01

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Peteris Vasks: Vientulibas Sonate Die Sonate der Einsamkeit; Luca Francesconi: Alborada per Chitarra solo; Minoru Miki: Ballade for Koto no 2 "Nuori verso / A Young Sprout"; ...
Performers: Eskelinen, Ismo
Conductors: Kangas, Juha
Ensemble: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Guitarist Ismo Eskelinen points out that in contrast to his first two discs, which centered on Mexican and Spanish repertoire, the keyword for this new...continue...

World Keys - Bolcom, Chen, Liszt, Prokofiev / Joel Fan

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2006-06-13

Works: Ahmet Adnan Saygun: Sketches (10) on Aksak Rhythm, Op. 58; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 3 in A minor, Op. 28; Dia Succari: Lu Nuit du Destin ("The Night of Destiny"), for piano; Halim El-Dab...
Performers: Fan, Joel

This is the debut album of outstanding young talent Joel Fan, known for his recordings and performances with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project....continue...

Iveta Apkalna Live - Liszt, Vasks, Bach, Hakim, Glass

1 CD / Edition HERA / 2006-05-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Prelude and Fugue for Organ on B-A-C-H, S 260; Peteris Vasks: Viatore; Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BWV 542 "Great G minor"; Naji Hakim: Hommage &agrav...
Performers: Apkalna, Iveta

21st Century Instrumental Solos

2 CD / Oehms / 2005-12-27

Works: Jörg Wildmann: Toccata for piano; Aribert Reimann: Solo, for oboe; Heinz Holliger: Pieces (3) for bassoon; Partita (II) for harp; Hans-Jürgen von Bose: Trio Musik für K., for piano tri...
Performers: Bouriakov, Denis; Brown, Andrea; Brueggergosman, Measha; Duncan, Tyler; Gattet, Alexandre; Kim, Gérard; Nyman, Björn; Papendell, Günter; Patkoló, Roman; Prudenskaja, Marina; R...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quatuor Ebène; Trio con Brio

Baltic Bass / Bjorn Malmquist

1 CD / Nosag / 2005-11-25

Works: Teppo Hauta-Aho: Kadenza; Hans Werner Henze: Serenade for Cello solo; Hans Eklund: Elegia for Double Bass; Mogens Christensen: Le Chemin de Diamant; Lars-Åke Franke-Blom: Espressione Intima; Pet...
Performers: Malmquist, Bjorn

Bjorn Malmqvist studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with the renowned bassist Olli Kosonen. After ten years of study in Finland, Malmqvist returned to...continue...

Weill, Vasks: Violin Concertos / Marwood, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Kurt Weill: Concerto for Violin & wind orchestra, Op. 12; Peteris Vasks: Concerto for Violin "Tala Gaisma (Distant Light)"
Performers: Marwood, Anthony
Conductors: Marwood, Anthony
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Anthony Marwoods silvery tone and immaculate intonation is again on display in this fascinating disc....continue...

Souls in the Dark - Pärt, Schnittke, Vasks / Trio Animae

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Trio for Piano and Strings; Arvo Pärt: Mozart-Adagio; Peteris Vasks: Episodi e canto perpetuo
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Animae

Górecki: Totus Tuus; Schnittke, Pärt, Vasks, et al

1 CD / Milan / 2005-07-26

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Totus Tuus, for chorus, Op. 60; Arvo Pärt: Magnificat Antiphons (7), for chorus; Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis: Kyrie for chorus; Sanctus, for chorus; Wojciech K...
Performers: Kalejs, Aivars
Conductors: Grigalis, Raitis; Vaivods, Juris
Ensemble: ; Versija Chamber Choir

'Totus Tuus' (totally yours) was a phrase used by Pope Jean-Paul II to describe his absolute devotion to the Virgin Mary. 'Totus Tuus' a hymn...continue...

Vasks: Viatore, Violin Concerto, etc / Andreasson, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-02-07

Works: Peteris Vasks: Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra "Distant Light"; Musica dolorosa; Viatore
Performers: Andreasson, Katarina
Conductors: Andreasson, Katarina
Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra

Vasks: String Quartet no 4 / Kronos Quartet

1 CD / Nonesuch Import / 2003-08-19

Works: Peteris Vasks: Quartet for Strings no 4
Performers: Kronos Quartet
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

Vasks' Fourth String Quartet, composed of five movements, was commissioned for the Kronos Quartet and was premiered in 2000 at the Theatre de la Ville...continue...
Personnel: David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Jennifer Culp (cello).

Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, CA (08/2002)....continue...

Vasks: Pater Noster, Missa, etc / Klava, et al

1 CD / Ondine / 2003-07-31

Works: Peteris Vasks: Pater noster, for choir & string orchestra; Dona nobis pacem, for mixed chorus & strings (or organ); Missa, for choir & orchestra
Conductors: Klava, Sigvards

This new disc focuses on the religious aspect in Vasks's music and contains three sacred works for choir and orchestra. Based on Latin texts from...continue...

Vasks: Symphony no 3, Cello Concerto / Storgards

1 Super Audio CD / Ondine / 2002-08-29

Works: Peteris Vasks: Symphony no 3; Concerto for cello & orchestra
Performers: Ylönen, Marko
Conductors: Storgårds, John

"Without question Peteris Vasks is one of the major composers active today. His Third Symphony does everything that a fine new work in the form...continue...

Vasks: Matie Saule, Litene, Dona Nobis, etc / Kalejs, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-01-01

Works: Peteris Vasks: Poems (3) by Czeslaw Milosz, for countertenor, 2 tenors & baritone; Zemgale, cantata for mixed chorus; Mate suale, for chorus (Mother sun); Madrigal, for soprano & mixed chorus; Lit...
Conductors: Putnins, Kaspars; Klava, Sigvards

"...Much of Vasks's music is a meditation on the eternal attributes of Nature, in a continuum of life which stretches beyond the fever and the...continue...

Dolorosa - Shostakovich, Vasks, Schnittke /Davies, Stuttgart

1 CD / ECM Import / 2000-01-25

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Quartet for Strings no 8 in C minor, Op. 110; Peteris Vasks: Musica dolorosa, for string orchestra; Alfred Schnittke: Trio Sonata, for chamber orchestra (arrangement of "Trio for...
Performers: Davies, Dennis Russell [Piano/Conductor]
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Vasks: Symphony no 2, Violin Concerto / Storgards, et al

1 CD / Ondine / 1999-01-28

Works: Peteris Vasks: Symphony no 2; Concerto for Violin "Tala Gaisma (Distant Light)"
Performers: Storgards, John [Conductor, Violin]
Conductors: Storgårds, John; Kangas, Juha
Ensemble: ; Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Vasks Symphony No. 2 is a dramatic and powerful work. The first notes evoke the character of the 'Dies Irae' from Verdi's Requiem while other...continue...

Vasks: Symphony "Voices", Lauda, etc / Werthen, I Fiamminghi

1 CD / Telarc / 1997-09-23

Works: Peteris Vasks: Musica dolorosa, for string orchestra; Cantabile for string orchestra; Lauda; Symphony "Voices"
Performers: Springuel, France
Conductors: Werthen, Rudolf
Ensemble: I Fiamminghi

"...The notes refer to the stylistic influences of Messiaen, Sibelius, Crumb, Kancheli, and the Polish school of Gorecki, Lutoslawski, and Penderecki in Vasks's music...Characteristic of...continue...

Mats Nilssons Vokalensemble 1

1 CD / Proprius / 1997-02-25

Works: Sven-Eric Johanson: Psaltare och lyra; Claudio Monteverdi: Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata, madrigal in 6 sections for 5 voices and instruments (from B; Lars Johan Werle: Sonnet 292; Jan Sand...

Baltic Organ Music - Pärt, Ciurlionis, et al / Ericsson

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1993-07-01

Works: Arvo Pärt: Annum per Annum; Mikolajus Ciurlionis: Fugue for Organ in C sharp minor; Chorale Fugue in A minor on "Aus tiefer not schrei ich zu dir"; Peeter Süda: Prelude and Fugue for Organ ...
Performers: Ericsson, Hans-Ola