Liepaja Symphony Orchestra - The Glittering Wind (CD)

Vestards Simkus, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Gintaras Rinkevicius, Atvars Lakstigala

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Ratniece: Liepaja Concerto Nr. 7 für Klavier & Orchester; Aureola
+Gribincika: The Waves of Cape Kolka
+Einfelde: And a Tricolour Sun shines on everything
+Smite: The Glittering Wind
+Mence: Games of the Waves

Artists:: Vestards Simkus (Klavier), Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Gintaras Rinkevicius, Atvars Lakstigala
Label:: Skani
Year of recording ca.:: 2019
Item number:: 9684900
UPC/EAN:: 4751025440499
Release date:: 6.3.2020

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Five female Latvian composers have woven tapestries from symphonic miniatures to celebrate the beauty of Latvia. These compositions were recorded in concert at the Great Amber Concert Hall in Liepaja on November 17, 2018, the evening before Latvia's centenary celebration and see their world premiere release in this album.

This album also includes the Liepaja Concerto No. 7 for piano and orchestra by Santa Ratniece - the only opus to date written by a woman for the extensive Liepaja Concerto Cycle, which the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra initiated and has over the course of several years performed and recorded with the goal of encouraging Latvian composers to create new, inspiring masterpieces of symphonic music for future generations. The invitation of Ratniece to compose a concerto for Liepaja was suggested by pianist Vestards Simkus, who also premiered the work. It is, then, with the live recording of this premiere that the album in your hands begins.