Pēteris Vasks

Peteris Vasks komponierte dieses Werk auf denText des gleichnamigen Gedichtes des 1936 in Riga geborenen Autors Knuts Skujenieks als liebevolle Hommage an die Landschaft seines Heimatlandes Litauen: W...

It is particularly in his choral music that Peteris Vasks reveals his strong attachment to his Latvian home country. Nature, customs and traditions and the idea of freedom are the central themes of th...

It is particularly in his choral music that Peteris Vasks reveals his strong attachment to his Latvian home country. Nature, customs and traditions and the idea of freedom are the central themes of th...

Mit geringem Aufwand und tief in der Klanglichkeit seiner lettischen Heimat verwurzelt erzeugt Vasks eine enorme emotionale Kraft. Immer wieder neu schichten sich die Stimmen - begleitet von Streicher...

Peteris Vasks occupies a special position in the circle of Baltic composers. He is not only the most significant and popular composer ever to come out of Latvia; he always speaks to his listeners with...

Viatore was originally one of Peteris Vasks's extremely successful works for string orchestra. This newly-published arrangement translates the inexorably shimmering original string sound of the piece...