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2022-06-07 09:54:32
i bērzs, i smilgas... (and a birch and grasses...) - Latvian song across the generations from Emils Melngailis & Kristaps Pētersons
i bērzs, i smilgas... (and a birch and grasses...) - songs by Emils Melngailis, Kristaps Pētersons; Ieva Parša, Andrejs Osokins; SKANIReviewed 7 June 2022, (★★★½) Best known as a folklorist and writer of choral music, Latvian composer Emils Melngailis was an early supporter of Mussorgsky, and this new disc pairs his intriguing songs with those of a younger generation Latvian composer Emils Melngailis was a Latvian composer and folklorist, perhaps best known for his choral music and his involvement with the Latvian Song and Dance Festival. A new disc from Latvian label Skani, i bērzs, i smilgas... (and a birch and grasses...) brings out another side to the composer as mezzo-soprano Ieva Parša and pianist Andrejs Osokins perform a selection of songs by Emils Melngailis alongside music by contemporary composer Kristaps Pētersons. Emils Melngailis is an intriguing figure. Born in Latvia (then part of the Russian Empire), he studied at the […]
2021-08-10 03:00:54
We’re coming to you from Ansbach, Germany with violinist Gidon Kremer, pianist Georgijs Osokins, vibraphonist Andrei Pushkarev, and the Kremerata Baltica Chamber Orchestra. The orchestra was founded by Kremer in 1997 to foster outstanding young musicians from the three Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The ensemble and its founder have toured extensively together over […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2019-06-16 18:40:00
[…] a soprano voice is heard, singing a wordless plaint. The soprano is Gražinytė-Tyla herself, who trained as a singer and came form a music background. She knows how to carry a line, and the purity of her tone fits perfectly with what the voice might signify. The part is substantial and quotes passages the Kremer and the other soloists had played before. At moments her voice deepens richly before soaring upwards before the piano (Georgjis Osokins), clarinet (Oliver Janes), violin (Kremer) and bass (Iurii Gavryliuk) return, the ensemble raised from the dead, so to speak, reunited with Gražinytė-Tyla's song, growing with even greater affirmation than before. The symphony ends with a mysterious glow in this extraordinarly sensitive performance. This is a symphony of such multi-layered depth and subtlety that it rewards attentve listenng. Weinberg's Symphony no 2 op 30 (1946) may have been written closer to the time the events […]
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2015-10-17 20:50:50
2 Americans, 2 Canadians in Chopin Competition final
This may be the most open, unpredictable final in recent memory. No strong favourites, no big names. A spread of artists from 8 countries. Only one Russian, only one Pole. Two women out of ten. Mr Seong-Jin Cho (South Korea) Mr Aljoša Jurinić (Croatia) Ms Aimi Kobayashi (Japan) Ms Kate Liu (United States) Mr Eric Lu (United States) Mr Szymon Nehring (Poland) Mr Georgijs Osokins (Latvia) Mr Charles Richard-Hamelin (Canada) Mr Dmitry Shishkin (Russia) Mr Yike (Tony) Yang (Canada) In the final round, starting Sunday, each pianist will perform one of Chopin’s two Piano Concertos with the Warsaw Philharmonic, conductor Jacek Kaspszyk. The result will be announced late Tuesday. This was Aimi, aged 4:
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