Track listing
7 tracks · 207:35Peteris Vasks
- 1 Symphony No. 2 39:28
- 2 Violin Concerto "Tala gaisma" (Distant Light) 33:43
- 3 Symphony No. 3 42:16
- 4 Cello Concerto 34:37
- 5 Pater noster (1991) 6:40
- 6 Dona nobis pacem (1996) 13:59
- 7 Missa (2000, 2005) 36:52
About this recording
This special three-album edition celebrates Pēteris Vasks’ 80th anniversary in 2026. The release consists of Vasks’ first three award-winning album releases on Ondine. The debut album of Vasks’ music on Ondine, featuring his 2nd Symphony and Violin Concerto ‘Distant Light’, was a major international breakthrough for the composer, earning two Cannes Classical Awards in 2004, including ‘Album of the Year’.
In addition to the second orchestral album (with Symphony No. 3 and Cello Concerto No. 1), released in 2006, this album also includes Vasks’ major choral masterpiece, the Missa, performed by the award-winning Latvian Radio Choir and Sinfonietta Riga conducted by Sigvards Kļava, one of the great exponents of Vasks’ music for many years.
Features
Special 3 CD boxed set
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