Browse: CD, Vasks (composer)

This outstanding CD from the Istanbul-based Borusan quartet explores a diverse collection of modern string quartets with tremendous spirit and poise…With its intriguing programming and flawless... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, More…

Peteris Vasks has been winning himself something of a cult following over the past decade.
On the evidence of this blistering premiere recording, his Second Symphony of 1998-9 seems set to repeat... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The centrepiece is a stunning performance of Peteris Vasks’s Plainscapes, three wordless linked movements…infused with a strong Pärtian flavour, with important roles for violin and cello, plated... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2016 More…

The sustained line in the 'Laudate Dominum' by Mozart is amazing, especially given the sedate pace, and her intonation is flawless throoughout...If this collection of titles seems like a bit... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2014 More…

At times impassioned, at times hauntingly still, Vasks’s atmospheric choral world is brilliantly showcased in performances that are as exquisitely balanced as they are perfectly paced. A stunning... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2018, More…

Each disc is beautifully recorded and exquisitely executed, Hillier drawing out of his singers the richest, most sumptuous blend in which not a detail is missed. If you want to get an overview... — Choir & Organ, March 2018, More…

[Vasks] brings out the best in Renaud Capuçon. His grasp of the music's loosely palindromic trajectory is compelling; he meets the technical and emotional challenges of the three strategically... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, More…

Anthony Marwood has championed the Vasks over a number of years and delivers a wonderfully moving and intense performance of the solo part. The strings of the Academy of St Martins in the Fields... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2005 More…