Since you are interested in Vasks: Pater noster / Dona nobis pacem / etc, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
PETERIS VASKS
Choir Music Latvian Radio Choir conducted by Sigvards Klava and Kaspars Putnins [ BIS / CD - released 26/Nov/2001 ] Peteris Vasks is the Arvo Pärt of Latvia and thus something of a cult figure in his country. Like the music of Pärt, and for that matter of Tavener, Vasks's works have a distinctly spiritual dimension, obvious in this collection of his choral music.... |
JONATHAN HARVEY
Choral Works (Incls 'Ashes Dance Back') Latvian Radio Choir, Kaspars Putnins, James Wood, conductors [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "both Ashes and Awakening are visionary pieces, and have the makings of modern masterpieces. They require, and will undoubtedly repay, repeated listening. A magnificent disc, superbly performed and recorded, and a magnificent argument for the... |
PETERIS VASKS
Symphony No 3 / Cello Concerto Marko Ylanen (cello) / Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storga¥rds (conductor) [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 28/Nov/2006 ] "Recording quality captures the wide and deep dynamics easily.Possibly one of the best discs of the year and certainly on the shortlist...Worth the wait" (SA-CD.Net) |
PETERIS VASKS
Violin Concerto 'Distant Light' (1996/97) / Musica dolorosa (1983) / Viatore (2001) Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Katarina Andreasson (solo violin and leader) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/2004 ] "All three pieces superbly played ... well up to BIS's best standards" (MusicWeb Sept 2004) |