Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – New Seasons (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – New Seasons (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:17:43 minutes | 2,51 GB | Genre: Classical
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Gidon Kremer returns to the Yellow label after more than a decade with the brand new reference recording of Philip Glass’ Second Violin Concerto – “The American Seasons”, hs first solo concerto album in many years.The first Glass Violin Concerto, performed by Kremer and released by DG in 1993, has achieved cult status and shipped close to 90k units (in Germany alone over 25k copies) – and has become a staple of DG’s contemporary music catalogue.

Now, this extraordinary follow-up Concerto is at the heart of the repertoire of the Kremerata Baltica. Performed for the first time in San José, Costa Rica with Gidon Kremer as soloist in August 2013, it will be toured later in the year – info to follow shortly.

The album is completed by works of Arvo Pärt and Giya Kancheli – two composers both closely associated with Gidon Kremer, and who are both set to celebrate milestone 80th birthdays this year. Gidon has also added the short piece by the well-known Japanese film composer Shigeru Umebayashi as a tribute to his Japanese friends.

Four highly regarded visual artists and film maker have created four different films for each of the American Seasons that are projected to screens during concert performances.

Tracklist:
01. Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – Violin Concerto No. 2 “The American Four Seasons”: Prologue (01:38)
02. Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – Violin Concerto No. 2 “The American Four Seasons”: Movement I (06:27)
03. Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – Violin Concerto No. 2 “The American Four Seasons”: Song No. 1 (04:05)
04. Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – Violin Concerto No. 2 “The American Four Seasons”: Movement II (11:13)
05. Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – Violin Concerto No. 2 “The American Four Seasons”: Song No. 2 (02:29)
06. Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – Violin Concerto No. 2 “The American Four Seasons”: Movement III (06:18)
07. Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – Violin Concerto No. 2 “The American Four Seasons”: Song No. 3 (02:49)
08. Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – Violin Concerto No. 2 “The American Four Seasons”: Movement IV (07:05)
09. Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – Estonian Lullaby (02:11)
10. Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – Ex Contrario (29:58)
11. Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – Yumeji’s Theme (From “In the Mood for Love”) (03:25)

Personnel:
Gidon Kremer, violin
Kremerata Baltica

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