{"product_id":"2334941","title":"Liepaja Symphony Orchestra - Gundaris Pone Portraits [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld premiere recordings of orchestral works by Americn-Latvian composer Gundaris Pone (1932-1994) performed by Liepaja Symphony Orchestra and conductors Guntis Kuzma and Normunds Sne. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are composers of local significance, and there are composers with global breadth - Gundaris Pone is one of the latter. He is undoubtedly among the most interesting and important figures in Latvian music, a man who must not remain only in history. When we connect Pone with the reality of the present day, we find that his work sounds fresh, topical and relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough he spent most of his life in the United States and Venice, we nevertheless refer to 'Latvian music' because Pone himself believed that Latvia was the true place for his scores.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePone considered himself a European and once stated in an interview with Aija Vanka on Latvian Radio: 'I realised that one of the ways for me, a non-American (although I have been an American citizen for many years), to move up in life was to compete with other composers. I've been awarded first prizes in international competitions since the late 1970s. In 1981, I won in Trieste with \u003ci\u003eLa Serenissima\u003c\/i\u003e; the same work won the Louisville Orchestra New Music Competition in 1983 and also won the Whitney Prize. In 1982, \u003ci\u003eAvanti!\u003c\/i\u003e was named the best American orchestral work, and I received the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award. I've also won the George Enescu Prize, the International Hambach Prize Competition (with my composition \u003ci\u003eDi gran maniera\u003c\/i\u003e, which was beautifully performed in Riga by the distinguished violinist Valdis Zarins) and two others.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Serenissima: I. Dialettica delle ombre mattutine: per calli e campielli\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Serenissima: II. Venezia lirica: l'arco del Paradiso\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Serenissima: III. Venezia severa: bocca del leone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Serenissima: IV. Dialettica delle acque pomeridiane\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Serenissima: V. Incontro col messaggero della morte a San Michele\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Serenissima: VI. Le chiacchiere serali sul Campo S. Bartolomeo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Serenissima: VII. Dialettica della nebbia notturna: Venezia spettrale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican Portraits: I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican Portraits: II\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican Portraits: III\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican Portraits: IV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican Portraits: V\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvanti!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54420720091521,"sku":"2334941","price":16.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/4751025441328.jpg?v=1750621166","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/2334941","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}