Peteris Vasks: Oboe Concerto, Vestijums & Lauda Classical Orchestral & Concertos Ondine

Peteris Vasks: Oboe Concerto, Vestijums & Lauda

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OD 1355

Peteris Vasks: Oboe Concerto, Vestijums & Lauda

Label Catalogue Number:
ODE1355-2

Running Time: 01:08:39

Release Date: September 2021
Originally recorded in 2020

Genre:
Classical
Orchestral & Concertos

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Latvian composer Peteris Vasks (b. 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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“… If you enjoy Part and Gorecki, its worth paying attention to Vasks, particularly his earlier works.”

Nathan Faro – American Record Guide – January/February 2022

“… All three works receive excellent performances. Albrecht Mayer delivers a wonderfully assured and immaculate reading of the often-taxing oboe part and the Latvian orchestra play at their very best with unflinching commitment. Vasks' admirers will be delighted to hear a new piece as well as fine readings of two important works from his earlier output; there is much to enjoy in this superb new release.”

Herbert Culot – MusicWeb-International.com – 3 November 2021

“… Accompanied by the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Andris Poga, Mayer dazzles with his technical facility as well as his beautiful interpretive phrasing, bringing this [Oboe Concerto] programmatic work to life. With a familiar feel akin to the rhapsodic Vaughan Williams concerto for oboe and string orchestra, this pastoral concerto uses contrasting textures ranging from long lyrical phrases to light and sparkling gestures, inducing a symphonic dialogue between the solo oboe and woodwinds in the orchestra…”

Melissa Scott – thewholenote.com – 28 October 2021

Performance **** Recording ****

Steph Power – BBC Music magazine – December 2021

*****

Matthias Siehler - Rondo magazine (Germany) - 2021

“Rewarding works by the veteran Latvian composer.”

Stephen Barber – MusicWeb-International.com – 18 October 2021

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