The Morning Mist

2023

15.11.2024

The music selection on this album is stylistically diverse, and that is also how I wanted to showcase the dynamics of these years of transition. The new commissions by Leimane and Ešenvalds, as well as the recently composed work by Buravicky, represent the music of today’s Latvia. Ešenvalds’ music also accents the connection to the Singing Revolution and the tradition of choral music in Latvia. Vasks is represented here as one of Latvia’s most important composers of music for string instruments, and his earlier work referencing Latvian folk music serves as a distinctive example of the expression of “Latvianness”. The Toccata by Kalējs, for its part, is as a monumental work for solo violin that illustrates the long-standing violin traditions in Latvia.

Sophia Kirsanova