SACDs - Vasks

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Vasks - Piano Trio & Piano Quartet

Vasks - Piano Trio & Piano Quartet


Vasks:

Piano Trio (“Episodi e Canto perpetuo”)

Piano Quartet


Avri Levitan (viola)

Trio Parnassus

Peteris Vasks, studied at the Riga College of Music. He studied violin and double bass until 1970, and then studied composition from 1973 to 1978. In 1996 he was named the “main composer“ at the Stockholm Festival of New Music and awarded the Herder Music Prize. Since 1994 he has been an honorary member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. With over 30 recordings for MDG the Trio Parnassus is one of the worlds leading instrumental ensembles.

“A few months ago Hänssler released a fine version of his Episodi e canto perpetuo for piano trio… The same work now appears from the Trio Parnassus in an equally strong performance that was recorded in the presence of the composer. In the Parnassus performance, the atmospheric acoustic serves to intensify a real sense of expectancy and prepare us more effectively for the ensuing emotionally fraught struggle than on the Hänssler version.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 *****

“Written in 1985, the Episodi e canto perpetuo… grippingly charts, in Vasks's words, "a painful journey through misery, disappointment and suffering towards love…" Marvellously recorded by MDG, the Trio Parnassus give a highly persuasive account…” Gramophone Magazine, January 2009

BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009

Chamber Finalist

Super Audio CD

Format:

Hybrid Multi-channel

MDG Gold - MDG9031513

(SACD)

$17.75

In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day.

Pēteris Vasks: Organ Works

Pēteris Vasks: Organ Works


Vasks:

Te Deum

Viatore

Canto di forza

Musica Seria

Cantus ad pacem


Tuomas Pyrhönen (The Riga Cathedral Walcker Organ)

Pēteris Vasks has described the organ as the most expressive instrument of all. He feels that a composer living in Riga is duty bound to write music for the famous Walcker organ at Riga Cathedral. The instrument dates from 1883 and has 24 stops with four manuals and two pedalboards and a total of 6,718 pipes. The organ has been preserved in its original state.

Super Audio CD

Format:

Hybrid Multi-channel

Alba - ABCD325

(SACD)

$15.75

Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days.

Vasks: Symphony No. 3, etc.

Vasks:

Symphony No. 3

Cello Concerto


"Splendid in every way… If you care at all about contemporary music then you will add this disc to your collection without delay." ClassicsToday.com 10/10

Super Audio CD

Format:

Hybrid Multi-channel

Ondine - ODE10865

(SACD)

$16.75

(also available to download from $10.50)

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.)

Composers

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