Yuri Falik · Arturs Maskats · Georgy Sviridov

Choral Works

Aleksandrs Antonenko
Ieva Ezeriete
Latvian Radio Choir
Sigvards Klava

ODE 1226-2 · CD · August 2014

Choral
Vocal

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Track listing

12 tracks · 56:23

Listen to samples on selected tracks.

Yuri Falik

1 A Stranger 1:50
2 Your Temple, Lord - from concerto for soprano and mixed choir "Elegy" 5:09
3 Habanera - from concerto for mixed choir "Poetry of Igor Severyanin" 2:03
4 Autumn - from concerto for mixed choir "Stanzas by Pushkin" 3:33

Arturs Maskats

5 Let My Prayer Be Granted 9:04
6 Spring 13:38

Georgy Sviridov

7 Winter Morning - from concerto "Pushkin in Garland" 3:53
8 About Lost Youth - from cycle "Five compositions fro choir" 4:03
9 Christmas Carol - from cycle "Three miniatures" 1:52
10 Sacred Love - music for play by Aleksey Tolstoy "Tsar Feodor Ioannovich" 3:16
11 Natasha - from concerto "Pushkin Garland" 2:03
12 Icon - from cycle "Songs from the End of Time" 5:59

Product details

Format: CD
Release date: August 2014
Catalogue no.: ODE 1226-2
EAN / UPC: 0761195122624
Total duration: 56:23

Performers

This new release from the Latvian Radio Choir conducted by Sigvards Kłava features timeless choral works by three composers from Russia and Latvia: Yuri Falik, Arturs Maskats and Georgy Sviridov. The themes of the 20th and 21st century choral works presented on the disc range from love to nature and the sacred. Five of the works include solo parts which are sung by two notable Latvian singers, Aleksandrs Antoņenko and Eva Ezeriete.

Latvian Radio Choir's previous releases on Ondine have been highly successful. For instance, the recording of Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil (ODE 1206-5) was chosen as the Record of the Month, Editor's Choice and received a nomination in the Gramophone Awards in 2013.

The title work of the recording, Sviridov's Sacred Love, is a unique example in its spellbinding beauty of aesthetic and soaring vocal writing.

The Latvian Radio Choir is regarded as one of the top professional chamber choirs in Europe. The repertoire extends from the Renaissance to the present day. The Choir regularly commissions works from leading Latvian composers.

Sigvards Kļava, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Latvian Radio Choir since 1992, is one of Latvia's most prolific choral conductors. Apart of the standard repertoire he has conducted most premières of new choral works by Latvian composers.

Aleksandrs Antonenko

Aleksandrs Antoņenko started vocal studies in Jāzeps Mediņš' Secondary School of Music and was taught by Margarita Gruzdieva; after that he studied in the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music in the class of Arvīds Luste. He debuted in Latvian National opera in1998 as Oberto in Alcina singing both tenor and counter-tenor.

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Ieva Ezeriete

Soprano Ieva Ezeriete began her musical career as a participant of the famous children ensemble Knīpas un knauķi (Toddlers). Since 1985 Ieva Ezeriete has been a member of the Latvian Radio Choir and as a soloist indispensable in the Latvian Radio Choir's performances of both classical and contemporary music. Apart from her duties at the Latvian Radio Choir, she sings solo parts at performances of large-scale vocal and instrumental compositions. In 2007 Ieva Ezeriete was awarded the Latvian Great Music Award for an outstanding performance in ensemble.

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Latvian Radio Choir

The Latvian Radio Choir is a full-time professional chamber choir founded in 1940. Chief Conductor Sigvards Kļava and Conductor Kaspars Putniņš have led the choir since 1992. The ensemble's repertoire ranges from the Renaissance to the present day, with a primary focus on exploring the capabilities of the human voice and seeking to extend its limits. A major part of the repertoire is dedicated to contemporary music and composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. The choir is also open to creative experiments and often participates in dramatic performances and multimedia projects. The ensemble regularly commissions works from leading Latvian composers such as Pēteris Vasks and Ēriks Ešenvalds.

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