Offer, Ēriks Ešenvalds: St Luke Passion & Sacred Works

Ieva Parša (mezzo-soprano), Janis Kurševs (tenor) & Daumants Kalninš (baritone), Ieva Ezeriete (soprano) & Liga Paegle (alto), Aleksandrs Maijers (recorder & jaw harp)

Latvian Radio Choir & Sinfonietta Riga, Sigvards Kļava

It’s an unusual and highly effective beginning, and I can say that it is unlike any other setting of the Passion with which I am familiar...One could hardly ask for better performers in this... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2016 More…

Release Date: 29th Apr 2016
Catalogue No: ODE12472
Label: Ondine
Length: 68 minutes

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Ešenvalds: St. Luke Passion

Work length30:46

$8.00

$9.60

$14.00

Jānis Kurševs (tenor), Ieva Parša (mezzo-soprano), Daumants Kalniņš (baritone)
Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga
Sigvards Klava
Recorded: 5-7 May 2015
Recording Venue: St. John's Church (Sv. Jāņa baznīca), Riga, Latvia

Part I: Crucify him (Chorus, Baritone)

Track length3:52

$1.00

$1.20

$1.75

Part II: Behold (Chorus, Mezzo-soprano)

Track length2:32

$1.00

$1.20

$1.75

Part III: And there followed him a great company of people (Chorus, Baritone)

Track length1:43

$1.00

$1.20

$1.75

Part IV: Shema Yisrael (Mezzo-soprano, Chorus)

Track length3:40

$1.00

$1.20

$1.75

Part V: Father, forgive them (Tenor, Mezzo-soprano, Chorus)

Track length4:58

$1.00

$1.20

$1.75

Part VI: And they parted his raiment (Mezzo-soprano, Baritone, Tenor, Chorus)

Track length3:45

$1.00

$1.20

$1.75

Part VII: And the soldiers mocked him (Chorus, Mezzo-soprano, Baritone)

Track length5:11

$1.00

$1.20

$1.75

Part VIII: Does that lamp still burn (Baritone, Tenor, Chorus, Mezzo-soprano)

Track length5:05

$1.00

$1.20

$1.75

Ešenvalds: A Drop in the Ocean

Work length8:32

$2.00

$2.40

$3.50

Ieva Ezeriete (soprano), Liga Paegle (alto)
Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga
Sigvards Klava
Recorded: 5-7 May 2015
Recording Venue: St. John's Church (Sv. Jāņa baznīca), Riga, Latvia

Ešenvalds: The First Tears

Work length15:03

$4.00

$4.80

$5.25

Aleksandrs Maijers (recorder), Inga Martinsone (percussion), Kristīne Barkovska (percussion), Inita Vindava (percussion), Rūdolfs Bērtiņš (percussion), Kārlis Rūtentāls (percussion), Normunds Ķirsis (percussion), Jānis Kokins (percussion), Ferijs Millers (percussion)
Latvian Radio Choir
Sigvards Klava
Recorded: 5-7 May 2015
Recording Venue: St. John's Church (Sv. Jāņa baznīca), Riga, Latvia

Ešenvalds: Litany of the Heavens

Work length13:43

$3.00

$3.60

$5.25

Ēriks Ešenvalds (tape)
Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga
Sigvards Klava
Recorded: 5-7 May 2015
Recording Venue: St. John's Church (Sv. Jāņa baznīca), Riga, Latvia

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Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977) is one the leading Latvian composers of vocal music and one of the leading Latvian composers of his generation. This recording features new works by the composer with the prestigious Latvian Radio Choir conducted by Sigvards Kļava.

The title piece of the recording is a 30-minute Passion according to St Luke, a work in eight movements completed by the composer in 2014. The work holds a special place in the composer’s repertoire as the first Passion by the celebrated composer of several choral works. The music is sumptuous, rich, and powerful, with heroic, picturesque, passionate, and ethereal elements.

A Drop in The Ocean (2006) is an impressive vocal work dedicated to Mother Teresa while The First Tears (2014) is based on an Inuit legend. Litany of the Heavens (2011) is a mysterious and magical work based on a religious poem by Fricis Bārda.

Latvian Radio Choir’s previous releases on Ondine have been highly successful. For instance, the recording of Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil (ODE12065) was chosen as the Record of the Month, Editor’s Choice and received a nomination in the Gramophone Awards in 2013. Also their most recent release of choral works by Valentin Silvestrov (ODE12665) received Gramophone Editor’s Choice.

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August 2016

It’s an unusual and highly effective beginning, and I can say that it is unlike any other setting of the Passion with which I am familiar...One could hardly ask for better performers in this repertoire...A superb release.

19th September 2016

Highly imaginative music by Ēriks Ešenvalds in superb performances

Offer, Ēriks Ešenvalds: St Luke Passion & Sacred Works

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