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Albrecht Mayer, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Andris Poga – Pēteris Vasks: Oboe Concerto, Vēstījums & Lauda (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:44 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
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Latvian composer Peteris Vasks (born 1946) is one of the most prominent names among living composers today. This album by the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Poga includes the first recording of Vasks’ atmospheric and pastoral Oboe Concerto written for the centenary celebrations of Latvia’s independence in 2018 and performed by one of today’s leading oboists, Albrecht Mayer. The new concerto is coupled with two early orchestral works from the 1980s, Vestijums and Lauda – both musical manifestations from the final years of the Soviet Union when occupied Latvia started its peaceful fight to regain the country’s independence.
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Wu Wei, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Ida Nielsen, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra & Andris Poga – Rolf Wallin: Five Seasons; Whirld; Stride; Spirit (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:15:22 minutes | 1,36 GB | Genre: Classical
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This album of works by the prominent Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin (b. 1957), one of Scandinavia’s leading composers, features new works with three outstanding soloists. Wallin’s concerto for the traditional Chinese instrument, the sheng, features award-winning artist Wu Wei, and his violin concerto the rapidly-rising violin star Eldbjørg Hemsing. Wallin’s Spirit for electric bass guitar and orchestra was written for Ida Nielsen, voted as one of the most notable bass players in the world, as well as Prince’s bassist.
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Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Andris Poga – Ķeniņš: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3 & 7 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:03 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
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Final volume in the first-ever complete recorded cycle of symphonies by Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (1919–2008), one of the most prominent post-WW2 composers in Latvia and Canada. This album includes three of the composer’s eight numbered symphonies performed by the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra under Andris Poga.
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Edgar Moreau, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Andris Poga – Weinberg, Dutilleux: Cello Concertos (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:39 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Classical
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Lyricism and Confidence – Cellist Edgar Moreau with Works by Weinberg and Dutilleux.
“His sound is superb, his phrasing delightful, and the intensity of his performance is enhanced by the immediacy of his presence in the soundstage,” Grammophone Magazine already wrote about Edgar Moreau’s previous album on Erato. Now the cellist, together with the WDR Sinfonieorchester conducted by Andris Poga, releases a recording of works by the Pole Mieczysław Weinberg and his contemporary Henri Dutilleux.
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Iveta Apkalna, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra & Andris Poga – Oceanic (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:27 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Classical
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The new album “Oceanic” by Iveta Apkalna is a collection of two expansive organ works and two orchestral interludes with maritime connotations, showcasing Apkalna’s special relationship with the sea as a musician who grew up on the Baltic. The album features Bernd Richard Deutsch’s “Okeanos,” which Iveta Apkalna describes as the best contemporary organ concerto. It also includes Maurice Ravel’s “Une barque sur l’océan,” a key work of musical Impressionism, and Jean Sibelius’s “The Oceanides,” a personal “Rondo of the Waves” along similar lines to Debussy’s “La mer.”
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Iveta Apkalna, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Andris Poga – Ķeniņš: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8 and Aria per corde (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:47 minutes | 909 MB | Genre: Classical
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This third album release in the first complete Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (1919–2008) symphony cycle includes the composer’s final symphonic creation, Symphony No. 8, with a remarkable organ solo part performed by the award-winning organist Iveta Apkalna, alongside the composer’s dramatic and concise 5th Symphony, both conducted by Andris Poga and performed by the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra.
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Ksenija Sidorova, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Andris Poga – Arturs Maskats Accordion Concerto, Tango, Cantus diatonicus & My River Runs to Thee (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:47 minutes | 946 MB | Genre: Classical
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“Der lettische Komponist Arturs Maskats (geb. 1957) steht seit Jahrzehnten im Zentrum des lettischen Kulturlebens, insbesondere im Bereich Theater und Oper. Neben Opern, Bühnenmusik und Filmmusik umfasst sein Werkkatalog mehrere Orchesterwerke und -konzerte, Lieder und Chorwerke. Dieses neue Album des lettischen Nationalorchesters und seines Dirigenten Andris Poga enthält eines von Maskats’ neuesten Werken im Bereich der Orchestermusik: sein Akkordeonkonzert (2021), das hier von seiner lettischen Kollegin, der Star-Akkordeonistin Ksenija Sidorova, einem der klügsten Namen der heutigen klassischen Musik, gespielt wird. Maskats’ Kompositionen sind tonal, oft romantisch und cineastisch und von einer tiefen Atmosphäre geprägt. Seinen internationalen Ruf verdankt er vor allem seinem Tango (2002), einem preisgekrönten Werk für Sinfonieorchester, das auch zu den meistgespielten Orchesterwerken eines lettischen Komponisten zählt. Im Jahr 2022 wurde das Werk auch von den Wiener Philharmonikern und Andris Nelsons in der Reihe der Sommernachtskonzerte in Schonbrunn aufgeführt. Im Grunde genommen macht Maskats mit dem Tango etwas Ähnliches wie Ravel mit dem Walzer in seiner La Valse.”
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