Žibuokle Martinaityte: Ex tenebris lux Classical Orchestral & Concertos Ondine

Žibuokle Martinaityte: Ex tenebris lux

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OD 1403

Žibuokle Martinaityte: Ex tenebris lux

Label Catalogue Number:
ODE1403-2

Running Time: 01:15:12

Release Date: June 2022
Originally recorded in 2021

Genre:
Classical
Orchestral & Concertos

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This second Ondine recording of music by Žibuokle Martinaityte (b. 1973) is devoted exclusively to works scored for string orchestra, all of which were composed in the last three years. These works are performed by the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, one of the most internationally well-known orchestras from Lithuania, conducted by Karolis Variakojis.

Based in New York City, Martinaityte has begun to be recognized in the United States as well as throughout Europe; recently her orchestral work Saudade was performed on a subscription concert by the New York Philharmonic. Martinaityte continues to refine her carefully crafted musical compositions which are equally inspired by the external natural world and internal psychological realms, but which are all filtered through her desire to create music that, first and foremost, is beautiful.

The title of Nunc fluens. Nunc stans. (2020) originates from a quote from The Consolation of Philosophy, a treatise written in the Sixth Century C.E. by the Medieval Roman thinker Severinus Boethius (c. 477-524): “Nunc fluens facit tempus. Nunc stans facit aeternitatum.” (“The now that passes creates time; the now that remains creates eternity.”). Martinaityte composed this very slowly unfolding music during the early months of the global pandemic as a direct artistic response to the precarious and uncertain times in which we are still living. “Suddenly we all found ourselves having just a present moment,” Martinaityte has written. “The future was uncertain and therefore irrelevant; it was absurd to even think of it. The past vanished, becoming more and more like a dream. We had only Now, which seemingly lost its flow and stood still for a while. Days were passing and weeks, and there was no change. Only the Now remained...”

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Nominee in the Premiere category

BBC Music magazine Awards 2023

Artistic Quality 9 Sound Quality 10 Overall Impression 9

“…the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Karolis Variakojis plays the scores in a superb manner, virtuoso, tonally differentiated and expressive. The sound engineering is excellent and the accompanying text by Frank J. Oteri extensive and detailed in the description of the musical events.”

Holger Sambale – klassik-heute.de – 31 July 2022

“…This is dark, powerful music in which there is a hidden core of light. All of this is wonderfully transmitted by the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra in Ondine’s crystal-clear but never-too resonant recording.”

Ivan Moody – Gramophone magazine – August 2022

Performance **** Recording ****

“… Performed with great flair by the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, this excellent disc offers a welcome introduction to Martinaitytë’s compelling and transporting music.”

Kate Wakling – BBC Music magazine – August 2022

“…Stunning!”

David Olds – thewholenote.com – 21 May 2022

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