Sebastian Bohren - In Evening Light [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Sebastian Bohren's world-premiere recording of 'In Evening Light', the second violin concerto by Peteris Vasks, comes 25 years after the celebrated Latvian composer's first, 'Distant Light', one of the most successful, oft-performed and recorded concertos by a living a composer. 'In Evening Light' seems certain to follow in its forebearer's footsteps, destined to become another modern classic. rr

'In Evening Light' - a three-movement, 38-minute work - is beautiful and contemplative, evoking a twilit world immersed in muted colours and permeated with deep shadows and dramatic contrasts. The album ends as it begins, with another atmospheric Vasks work. 'Lonely Angel' is an homage to his late mother who lived through practically the whole of the 20th century. The composer explains, 'This piece is the vision of an angel flying alone above humankind, filled with grief at how cruel and aggressive we are to each other. Like a guardian angel he touches the earth with his wings and in that way offers us comfort and healing.'rr

Sandwiched in between is the contrasting, classical era Rondo in B minor by Franz Schubert, arranged for violin and strings. Preceding Vasks' works by nearly two centuries, Schubert similarly revels in exploring ambiance and spaciousness.rr

'Still, Vasks is Vasks x96 unmistakable in his prayerfulness, his improvisatory fluency, his oscillation between violent lamentation and transcendent contentedness.' x96 Gramophone

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'Bohren plays it with an amber-like tone, so clean and pure even it its most stringent of attacas and frenzied incantations. [x85] there's plenty to enjoy in these exquisite performances and their unusually fine capturing.' x96 Gramophone

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'with plangent descending phrases in the orchestra, and the long lines spun by the soloist in a gently swaying triple metre backed by lush string textures, in a firmly tonal language. It's very beautiful' x96 BBC Music Magazine *****

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'Masterly musicianship [x85]. Bohren proves to be an ideal champion.' x96 The Strad

Vasks: Violin Concerto No. 2 'Vakara gaisma' (In Evening Light): I Andante con passione - Cadenza I.

Vasks: Violin Concerto No. 2 'Vakara gaisma' (In Evening Light): II Andante cantabile - Cadenza II.

Vasks: Violin Concerto No. 2 'Vakara gaisma' (In Evening Light): III Andante con amore

Schubert: Rondeau brillante in B Minor Op. 70, D895 (arr. for and strings by Paul Suits): I. Andante - II. Allegro

Vasks: Vientulais engelis (Lonely Angel) - Meditation for violin and string orchestra: I. Adagio

Vasks: Violin Concerto No. 2 "Vakara gaisma" (In Evening Light): I Andante con passione - Cadenza I.

Vasks: Violin Concerto No. 2 "Vakara gaisma" (In Evening Light): II Andante cantabile - Cadenza II.

Vasks: Violin Concerto No. 2 "Vakara gaisma" (In Evening Light): III Andante con amore

Schubert: Rondeau brillante in B Minor Op. 70, D895 (arr. for and strings by Paul Suits): I. Andante - II. Allegro

Vasks: Vientulais engelis (Lonely Angel) - Meditation for violin and string orchestra: I. Adagio

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 822252266221

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