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Northwind

Performers

Carion Wind Quintet

Series

Centennial

Recorded

2016

Release date

28.04.2017

Compositions

Imants Zemzaris

Četras prelūdijas par Alfrēda Kalniņa tēmu (Four preludes on an Alfrēds Kalniņš theme)

Imants Zemzaris

"Balss" (Voice) for solo clarinet

Pēteris Plakidis

Prelūdija un pulsācija (Prelude and Pulsation)

Pēteris Plakidis

"Divas skices" (Two Sketches) for solo oboe

Pēteris Vasks

"Mūzika aizlidojušajiem putniem" (Music for Fleeting Birds)

Pēteris Vasks

"Mūzika aizgājušajam draugam" (In Memory of a Friend)

Description

LMIC 050

This is not simply well-written music for quintet; it is good music in and of itself. the seeming simplicity and sincerity of this music provides profound emotional and spiritual joy – all in all, it is perhaps the most beautiful material found in the quintet repertoire.

- Carion

 

Review

Kultur-Port ,28.04.2017

 

"This Northwind is elegant, beautiful, bit impressionistic and very poetic"

 

Remy Franck, Pizzicato ,02.06.2017

 

This is a varied program with some tone poems and more abstract Latvian works, excellently served by the ensemble Carion. An outstanding performance and immaculate technical execution. Five stars!

 

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