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    Sigvards Klava, Latvian Radio Choir - Komitas: Divine Liturgy (Arr. Vache Sharafyan) (2020)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Sigvards Klava, Latvian Radio Choir - Komitas: Divine Liturgy (Arr. Vache Sharafyan) (2020)

    Sigvards Klava, Latvian Radio Choir - Komitas: Divine Liturgy (Arr. Vache Sharafyan) (2020)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 323 Mb | Total time: 79:47 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Delos Records | # DE 3590 | Recorded: 2019

    A wonderful concert version of the revered Komitas Divine Liturgy! Here the great Komitas work is transformed into a concert mass in the first-ever recording of this appealing mixed choir version. This version was beautifully arranged and edited by the brilliant Armenian composer Vache Sharafyan. In his arrangement, the added colors of female voices increase the beauty of the work. This version is also concert length, which means that it is appropriately shorter and more accessible than the original.

    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Choral Works (2025)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Choral Works (2025)

    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Choral Works (2025)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 255 Mb | Total time: 54:37 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Ondine | # ODE 1459-2 | Recorded: 2024

    This new album by the award-winning Latvian Radio Choir conducted by Sigvards Kļava – recently hailed by the New York Times as ‘astonishing’, ‘superlative’ by the BBC Music Magazine, and ‘perhaps the finest chorus singing today’ by NPR – is focused on the sacred choral works by one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era, Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847).

    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: All-Night Vigil; Sacred Choral Works (2020)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: All-Night Vigil; Sacred Choral Works (2020)

    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: All-Night Vigil; Sacred Choral Works (2020)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 234 Mb | Total time: 53:33 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Ondine | ODE 1352-2 | Recorded: 2020

    This album presents a sequel for the award-winning album (ICMA Choral disc of the year) of Tchaikovskys sacred choral works by the Latvian Radio Choir and conductor Sigvards Klava. These two albums together form the composers complete sacred works for the choir. The All-Night Vigil Op. 52 for mixed choir, also known as the Vesper Service, was written between May 1881 and March 1882. It was first performed by the Chudovsky Chorus conducted by Pyotr Sakharov in Moscow at the concert hall of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition on 27 June 1882. Tchaikovsky described the work as An essay in harmonization of liturgical chants. For this work the composer carefully studied the tradition of musical practice in the Russian Orthodox Church, which could vary considerably from one region to another.

    Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Klava - Mendelssohn: Sacred Choral Works (2025)

    Posted By: Fizzpop
    Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Klava - Mendelssohn: Sacred Choral Works (2025)

    Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Klava - Mendelssohn: Sacred Choral Works (2025)
    WEB FLAC (Tracks +Booklet) 232 MB | Cover | 54:20 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 128 MB
    Classical | Label: Ondine

    This new album by the award-winning Latvian Radio Choir conducted by Sigvards Kļava – recently hailed by the New York Times as ‘astonishing’, ‘superlative’ by the BBC Music Magazine, and ‘perhaps the finest chorus singing today’ by NPR – is focused on the sacred choral works by one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era, Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847).

    Elina Garanca - Meditation (2014)

    Posted By: Designol
    Elina Garanca - Meditation (2014)

    Elīna Garanča - Meditation (2014)
    with Latvian Radio Choir, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Karel Mark Chichon

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 255 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 164 Mb | Scans ~ 95 Mb
    Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # B0021327-02 | Time: 01:11:42
    Genre: Classical, Vocal, Choral, Sacred

    Meditation, mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca's 2014 release on Deutsche Grammophon, is an album of serene vocal and choral works that express religious feelings with an operatic touch and showcase the Latvian singer's warm and radiant voice. Choosing pieces from the early Baroque era to contemporary works, Garanca presents a soothing program that is consistent in its comforting tone and gentle treatment, though as a purely musical consideration, it tends to flow a bit too evenly and predictably. Insofar as the selections represent the Christian tradition, including settings of the Ave Maria, the Salve Regina, the Sanctus, the Agnus Dei, and the Regina Coeli, the character of the collection admits little variety, except for the general alternation between penitential and quietly ecstatic moods.

    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Georgy Sviridov: Canticles and Prayers (2018)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Georgy Sviridov: Canticles and Prayers (2018)

    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Georgy Sviridov: Canticles and Prayers (2018)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 226 Mb | Total time: 65:38 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Ondine | ODE 1322-2 | Recorded: 2018

    Georgy Sviridov, a leading composer of the late Soviet era in Russia, wrote a good deal of religious music, influenced by the Russian Orthodox legacy and by sacred works. The last years of Soviet rule saw a relaxation of official atheism, and these works earned Sviridov critical acclaim. Indeed, Sviridov greeted the Perestroika era and the impending fall of the Soviet Union with trepidation, and annotator Alexander Belonenko does well to compare the music here to Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil, written in 1915 in a similar period of instability. (The Red Easter, however, refers not to Communism but to texts printed in red in an Orthodox liturgy.) Sviridov's a cappella sacred music has a different effect than Rachmaninov's; he uses less of the sub-bass sounds of the Russian tradition.

    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Sergei Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (2010)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Sergei Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (2010)

    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Sergei Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (2010)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 209 Mb | Total time: 59:06 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Ondine | ODE 1151-5 | Recorded: 2008

    Composed in 1910, but only reconstructed from parts as late as the 1980s, after a long period of obscurity, the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is one of Sergey Rachmaninov's most profoundly moving choral works, as well as one of his most harmonically rich and sonically radiant compositions. This setting of the Liturgy, along with Rachmaninov's Vespers and other sacred pieces, enjoyed a significant revival in the 1990s during the general awakening of interest in religious music for meditative listening, and their popularity has continued through periodic releases of first-rate recordings.

    Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava - Bernat Vivancos: Requiem (2015) 2CDs

    Posted By: Designol
    Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava - Bernat Vivancos: Requiem (2015) 2CDs

    Bernat Vivancos - Requiem (2015) 2CDs
    Latvian Radio Choir; Sigvards Kļava, conductor

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 365 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 228 Mb | Artwork included
    Classical, Choral | Label: Neu Records | # NEU 010 | Time: 01:37:54

    Catalan composer Bernat Vivancos's 'Blanc', released by Neu Records in 2013, was an acclaimed double album of premiere recordings by the Latvian Radio Choir, one of the world's finest chamber choirs, conducted by Sigvards Klava. This follow-up reunites the composer with these forces in a performance of his profound Requiem. The renowned musician Jordi Savall first encountered - and was greatly moved by - Vivancos's music through 'Blanc'. He says: "The innovative richness of the works by Bernat Vivancos are, I believe, the clearest and most striking proof of the vitality of a new musical Renaissance. His extraordinary talent and his profound spirituality are placed at the service of a process that is the invention of a new language which, in spite of its complexity and modernity, is capable of transmitting to us pure beauty and emotion." Vivancos composed his Requiem - scored for mixed choir, soloists, cello soloist (here Pau Codina), cello quartet, accordion and percussion - in memory of his father.

    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Krzysztof Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works (2023)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Krzysztof Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works (2023)

    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Krzysztof Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works (2023)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 216 Mb | Total time: 60:46 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Linn Ondine | # ODE 1435-2 | Recorded: 2023

    The calendar year 2023 marks the 90th birthday of Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020), one of the most prominent 21st Century Polish composers. Sacred themes and texts surround the creative work of Penderecki, including many of his large-scale works. This album consists the majority of his impressive sacred a cappella choral works which are mainly written in Latin. These deeply religious choral works are modern classics which will, no doubt, remain in the choral repertoire for years to come.

    Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava - Sacred Love: Yuri Falik, Arturs Maskats, Georgy Sviridov (2014)

    Posted By: Designol
    Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava - Sacred Love: Yuri Falik, Arturs Maskats, Georgy Sviridov (2014)

    Sacred Love: Yuri Falik, Artūrs Maskats, Georgy Sviridov (2014)
    Latvian Radio Choir, conducted by Sigvards Kłava; Aleksandrs Antoņenko; Ieva Ezeriete

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 213 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 139 Mb | Scans included
    Genre: Classical, Choral | Label: Ondine | # ODE 1226-2 | Time: 00:57:00

    This release from the Latvian Radio Choir, conducted by Sigvards Kłava, features timeless choral works by three composers from Russia and Latvia: Yuri Falik, Artūrs Maskats and Georgy Sviridov. These 20th and 21st century choral works present the profound and sacred, which is to be found and enjoyed in many areas of our lives, from nature and the seasons to personal relationships and love. The Latvian Choir’s previous release on Ondine – Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil – was chosen as ‘Record of the Month’ for Gramophone Magazine and also received a nomination for ‘best choral disc’ in the 2013 Gramophone Awards. The Latvian Radio Choir is considered one of the best chamber choirs in Europe.

    Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Kļava - Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works (2023)

    Posted By: delpotro
    Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Kļava - Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works (2023)

    Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Kļava - Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works (2023)
    WEB FLAC (tracks) - 206 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 137 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:59:38
    Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Ondine

    This year marks the 90th birthday of Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020), one of the most prominent 21st Century Polish composers. Sacred themes and texts surround the creative work of Penderecki, including many of his large-scale works. This album by the award-winning Latvian Radio Choir under Sigvards Klava consists the majority of his impressive sacred a cappella choral works from five different decades and which are mainly written in Latin. These deeply religious choral works are modern classics in choral repertoire. Recent album by the choir, featuring choral works by John Cage, received nomination for the Gramophone Awards 2023.

    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Alfred Momotenko: Sacred Choral Works (2022)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Alfred Momotenko: Sacred Choral Works (2022)

    Sigvards Kļava, Latvian Radio Choir - Alfred Momotenko: Sacred Choral Works (2022)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 248 Mb | Total time: 63:07 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Ondine | # ODE 1413-2 | Recorded: 2019, 2020, 2022

    Latvian Radio Choir’s new album conducted by Sigvards Kļava marks the international debut of composer Alfred Momotenko (b. 1970). Momotenko was born in Lviv, Ukraine, in 1970. He studied at the Sochi College of Arts and later percussion at the Moscow State University of Culture and Art. In 1990, the political situation having changed, Momotenko moved to the Netherlands where he continued his studies at the Brabant Conservatory and at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague. Momotenko’s timeless choral works continue the centuries old great tradition of choral works combining them with contemporary language, a blend most recently exemplified by the likes of Alfred Schnittke.

    Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava, Kaspars Putnins - Peteris Vasks: Mate Saule (2001)

    Posted By: Designol
    Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava, Kaspars Putnins - Peteris Vasks: Mate Saule (2001)

    Pēteris Vasks: Māte Saule (2001)
    Latvian Radio Choir; Sigvards Kļava & Kaspars Putniņš, conductors

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 222 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 162 Mb | Scans included
    Classical, Choral | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-1145 | Time: 01:06:11

    Mate saule is Mother Sun – and Peteris Vasks worships her. Any meeting or interview with the Latvian composer is likely to end up with a tramp through the forests or a swim in the Baltic. And much of Vasks’s music is a meditation on the eternal attributes of Nature, in a continuum of life which stretches beyond the fever and the fret of his own fast-changing world. Mate saule is an early choral work, its voices oscillating like the shimmer of a sun slowly rising from the horizon, and lit by flares and fragments of chant. Vasks’s choral music has tended to be instrumental in texture, focusing on the overall mood rather than the specific verbal activity of any text he is setting. The ‘white diatonicism’ of Mate saule gives way to more disturbed, aleatoric harmonies and more disruptive textures as political change and human turmoil take centre stage in the late Eighties in Zemgale, a song about the anguished dilemmas of exile. This is a subject at the very core of the work of the Polish-Lithuanian writer Czeslaw Milosz (now resident in the USA); and the three poems set by Vasks in 1994 receive their world premiere recording. They were originally written for the Hilliard Ensemble: here the excellent Latvian Radio Choir works with concentrated focus on the spare harmonies and elusive metres which recreate the wonder of three transient moments out of time.

    Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava - Valentin Silvestrov: To Thee We Sing - Sacred Choral Works (2015)

    Posted By: Designol
    Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava - Valentin Silvestrov: To Thee We Sing - Sacred Choral Works (2015)

    Valentin Silvestrov - To Thee We Sing: Sacred Choral Works (2015)
    Latvian Radio Choir, conducted by Sigvards Klava

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 200 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 151 Mb | Scans included
    Genre: Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Ondine | # ODE1266-5 | Time: 00:59:59

    Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov (b.1937) is an important contemporary voice in vocal music. In this new release, Silvestrov’s hauntingly beautiful vocal works are performed by the Latvian Radio Choir under their director Sigvards Kļava. During his artistic career, Silvestrov has explored a number of musical styles and techniques, such as avant-guard, post-modernism, neo-classicism, dodecaphony, aleatoric writing and pointillism. The fall of the Soviet Union, however, allowed Silvestrov to eventually compose spiritual works, inspired and influenced by his love of the Russian Orthodox Church music which Silvestrov imbues with his own unique sound and bursts of surprising harmonic moves. Silvestrov’s compositions are invested with the composer’s own unique personality, musical sensibility and sense of beauty.

    Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Klava - Alfred Momotenko: Choral Works (2022)

    Posted By: delpotro
    Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Klava - Alfred Momotenko: Choral Works (2022)

    Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Klava - Alfred Momotenko: Choral Works (2022)
    WEB FLAC (tracks) - 199 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 146 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:02:53
    Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Ondine

    Latvian Radio Choir's new album conducted by Sigvards Klava marks the international debut of composer Alfred Momotenko (b. 1970). Momotenko was born in Lviv, Ukraine, in 1970. He studied at the Sochi College of Arts and later percussion at the Moscow State University of Culture and Art. In 1990, the political situation having changed, Momotenko moved to the Netherlands where he continued his studies at the Brabant Conservatory and at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague. Momotenko's timeless choral works continue the centuries old great tradition of choral works combining them with contemporary language, a blend most recently exemplified by the likes of Alfred Schnittke. Surrounded by choral music in his youth, Momotenko has returned to the world of choral music at a relatively late period: all the works on this album have been written between 2017 and 2022. Many of his enigmatic choral works are religious and could be described as poems or chants - larger than a miniature but less extensive than a fantasy, a narrative, a ballad or a story. Often there are two contrasting musical languages that are present: the ancient, pristine Znamennyj Chant and the modern one. Besides liturgic texts, Momotenko's choral works include settings to poems by Boris Pasternak and Joseph Brodsky. The largest work, Na Strastnoy (On the Passion), is a companion piece Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil.