# Pēteris Vasks: Pater noster · Dona nobis pacem · Missa

> Pēteris Vasks: Pater noster · Dona nobis pacem · Missa – Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga, Sigvards Klava. Ondine ODE 1106-2, CD, released August 2007.

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1106-2

- **Composer:** Pēteris Vasks
- **Work(s):** Pater noster · Dona nobis pacem · Missa
- **Performers:** Latvian Radio Choir; Sinfonietta Riga; Sigvards Klava
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 1106-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 August 2007
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195110621
- **Tracks:** 7, total 57:31
- **Genres:** Choral
- **Awards:** Gramophone 'Gramophone recommends', ClassicsToday.com '10/10'

## Track listing

**Peteris Vasks**

1. Pater noster (1991) (6:40)
2. Dona nobis pacem (1996) (13:59)
- *Missa (2000, 2005)*
3. Kyrie (5:34)
4. Gloria (8:46)
5. Sanctus (6:07)
6. Benedictus (5:20)
7. Agnus Dei (11:05)

## About this recording

This CD follows on from the great success of two previous releases featuring the popular Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks; the award-winning recording of Second Symphony and Violin Concerto Distant Light ([ODE 1105-2](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1105-2)) and the Third Symphony coupled with the Cello Concerto ([ODE 1086-5](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1086-5)).

Focusing on the religious aspect in Vasks' music, this disc contains three sacred works for choir and orchestra, featuring the outstanding Latvian Radio Choir and its conductor Sigvards Klava, as well as the Sinfonietta Riga. Based on Latin texts from the traditional Christian liturgy, these works include the two contemplative motets Pater noster (The Lord's Prayer) and Dona nobis pacem (Grant us peace), as well as the ordinary of the Mass. Pater noster and Missa are featured as world première recordings. The liner notes include an interview with the composer on the featured works.

## Features

Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish and the song lyrics in the original Latin and in English

## Press

A new master recording, celebrating the music of Peteris Vasks, the musical consciousness, if not the Mahler or the Shostakovich of our time.

Christophe Huss, ClassicsTodayFrance.com, November 2007, Disc of the Month, Artistic Quality 10 / Sound Quality 10

Beautifully performed, a rare outing for Vask's choral music.

Guy Rickards, Gramophone, Awards 2007 issue, 'Gramophone recommends'

Vasks does not deal in overt emotion - the idiom is predominantly contemplative - but the result never fails to move, not least in Missa, the most substantial work on a compelling disc. (...) Latvian Radio Choir and Sinfonietta Riga under Sigvards Kjava bring their own special mystique.

Andrew Clark, The Financial Times, 1 September 1, 2007

(...) superb performances: clear, perfectly paced, beautifully balanced, sumptuously textured, with just the right pitch of emotion.

Barry Witherden, BBC Music Magazine, September 2007

## Buy or stream

- [Buy](https://Ondine.lnk.to/ODE11062OW)

## Related pages

- [Peteris Vasks (1946-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/vasks-peteris.md)
- [Latvian Radio Choir, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/latvian-radio-choir.md)
- [Sinfonietta Riga, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/sinfonietta-riga.md)
- [Sigvards Klava, Conductor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/klava-sigvards.md)

## Also recommended

- [Sergei Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1151-5.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava (ODE 1151-5, 2010)
- [Pēteris Vasks: Plainscapes](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1194-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava (ODE 1194-2, 2012)
- [Pēteris Vasks: Symphony No. 2 · Violin Concerto "Distant Light"](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1005-2.md): Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra · John Storgårds, conductor · John Storgårds, violin · Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra · Juha Kangas, conductor (ODE 1005-2, 2003)
- [Pēteris Vasks: Symphony No. 3 · Cello Concerto](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1086-5.md): Marko Ylönen, cello · Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra · John Storgårds, conductor (ODE 1086-5, 2006)