Ivanovs: Vocalises Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Kļava

• Jānis Ivanovs (1906 - 1983): Dzimetenes ainava:
• 1Ivanovs: Dzimetenes ainava03:21
• Rudens Dziesma:
• 2Ivanovs: Rudens Dziesma04:42
• Preludija:
• 3Ivanovs: Preludija04:08
• Gubu Makoni Origin:
• 4Ivanovs: Gubu Makoni Origin04:32
• Zimejums Zemz:
• 5Ivanovs: Zimejums Zemz04:23
• Elegija:
• 6Ivanovs: Elegija04:46
• Ziemas Rits:
• 7Ivanovs: Ziemas Rits03:17
• Jusma:
• 8Ivanovs: Jusma02:41
• Lietaina diena:
• 9Ivanovs: Lietaina diena04:00
• Varonu Pieminai:
• 10Ivanovs: Varonu Pieminai03:17
• Migla Origin:
• 11Ivanovs: Migla Origin03:59
• Prelūdija un fūga:
• 12Ivanovs: Prelūdija un fūga: I Prelūdija04:21
• 13Ivanovs: Prelūdija un fūga: II Fūga02:23
• Zīmējums:
• 14Ivanovs: Zīmējums04:10
• Gubu mākoņi (Imants Zemzaris ed.):
• 15Ivanovs: Gubu mākoņi (Imants Zemzaris ed.)06:25
• Gājputni:
• 16Ivanovs: Gājputni04:05
• Migla:
• 17Ivanovs: Migla06:36
• Cantus Monodicus. Gloria:
• 18Ivanovs: Cantus Monodicus. Gloria05:19
• Total Runtime01:16:25

Info for Ivanovs: Vocalises

The vocalises by Janis Ivanovs sung by the Grammy Award winning Latvian Radio Choir see the world-wide release for the very first time with this album.

Ivanovs, perhaps the greatest of Latvian symphonic composers, wrote the vocalises from the mid-1960s up until a year before his death, and they are dominated by the autumnal, elegiac mood characteristic of his later works. As soundscapes with imaginatively programmatic titles, the vocalises call to mind a series of compositions from Ivanovs' youth (symphonic paintings, solo songs, arrangements of folk songs) that were also dedicated to the nature of his homeland and its beauty, sanctity and mystery.

In a way, they form an arc connecting the end of his life back to its beginning. Compared to the earlier works, however, the vocalises have the more serene balance and enlightenment that comes from viewing life and the world from a greater distance.

Latvian Radio Choir
Sigvards Klava, direction

The Latvian Radio Choir (LRC)
ranks among the top professional chamber choirs in Europe and its refined taste for musical material, fineness of expression and vocal of unbelievably immense compass have charted it as a noted brand on the world map. The repertoire of LRC ranges from the Renaissance music to the most sophisticated scores by modern composers; and it could be described as a sound laboratory – the singers explore their skills by turning to the mysteries of traditional singing, as well as to the art of quartertone and overtone singing and other sound production techniques. The choir has established a new understanding of the possibilities of a human voice; one could also say that the choir is the creator of a new choral paradigm: every singer is a distinct individual with his or her own vocal signature and roles in performances.

Sigvards Kļava
is one of the most outstanding Latvian conductors, also a professor of conducting and producer, music director of the Latvian Radio Choir since 1992. As a result of Sigvards Klava’s steady efforts, the Latvian Radio Choir has become an internationally recognized, vocally distinctive collective, where each singer possesses a creative individuality. Under Sigvards’ guidance, the choir has recorded a number of choral works by little known or completely forgotten composers of the past, as well as formed a friendly collaboration with a number of notable Latvian composers. Sigvards Klava is a professor at the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music. Klava is a multiple winner of the Latvian Great Music Award.

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