Music for Winds by Latvian composers

Recorded

1976-1983

Release date

01.09.2015

Compositions

Pēteris Plakidis

"Divas skices" (Two Sketches) for solo oboe

Pēteris Plakidis

Prelūdija un pulsācija (Prelude and Pulsation)

Pēteris Vasks

"Mūzika aizlidojušajiem putniem" (Music for Fleeting Birds)

Pēteris Vasks

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

Imants Zemzaris

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

Ēriks Ešenvalds

Iespaidi Sāremā (Impressions of Saaremaa)

The idea to publish this album of woodwind music by Latvian composers came from the flutist Vilnis Strautiņš, who intended to dedicate it to the late oboist Vilnis Pelnēns (1944-2006) – a colleague in the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Latvian Academy of Music and the LNSO Wind Quintet. The original plan was to release a collection of works composed during the „prime” period of the LNSO Wind Quintet – music by Grīnups, Plakidis, Vasks, and Zemzaris. However, it became clear that simply reminiscing would not be enough – the circle had to be made wider.

Thus, it was decided that two generations would meet on this double album: composers and performers debuting in the 1970s and the 1990s – teachers, students, colleagues, perhaps even rivals.

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