Kaspars Putniņš

Swedish Radio Choir

Britta Byström: To måner

Britta Byström

Poul Borum

To måner

…a riveder le stelle

Johan Hammarström

Schumann: Missa sacra, Op. 147

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Ülo Krigul: Liquid Turns

Latvian Radio Choir

Sigvards Klava

Evening Impression

The wonderful works chosen for this album – each one with its own story and distinct character – collectively create something similar to a dear childhood home to which we need to return from time to time. The majority of Latvia’s choir conductors have probably grown up with these songs whose imagery, sound and colour are deeply encoded in our consciousness, perhaps to a much greater extent than we realise. The subdued northern nature that bursts into a lavish display at the height of summer and the “various emotional states of the soul”, as Emils Darzins described the subjects that interested him in music – these two themes, their refined interrelations and the resultant imagery are to my mind the most important features of our choral music. It is very important for me to feel how the fantastic world of these songs comes to life again in our consciousness and imagination at a time when life is changing all around us and individual experience has once again added something new and come full circle. It is important to return home to meet one’s self. Working on this album, I have felt as if I am writing a love letter. On your one hundredth birthday I wish you many returns of the day, dear Latvia! Kaspars Putnins

Latvian Choral Classics: Nature and the Soul

Bryars, Maskats & Silvestrov: On Photography

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Britta Byström: To måner

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