Juris Karlsons: Oremus: Sacred Choral Works

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Juris Karlsons trained as a sound engineer with Latvian Radio, which clearly contributed to his skill as a composer. These accomplished forces deliver a searing performance of a very powerful... — Choir & Organ, February 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Nov 2019
Catalogue No: ODE1342-2
Label: Ondine
Length: 60 minutes

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Karlsons: Oremus…

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Agnese Pauniņa (soprano)
Latvian Radio Choir
Sigvards Klava

Karlsons: Adoratio

Work length33:28

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Agate Pooka (soprano), Pēteris Vaickovskis (baritone)
Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga
Sigvards Klava

I. Bars 1-86

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II. Bars 87-314

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III. Bars 315-389

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Karlsons: Le lagrime dell'anima…

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Ieva Ezeriete (soprano), Vestards Šimkus (piano)
Latvian Radio Choir
Sigvards Klava

Karlsons: Ora pro nobis

Work length7:19

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Agnese Pauniņa (soprano)
Latvian Radio Choir
Sigvards Klava

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Composer Juris Karlsons (b. 1948) is one of the leading names in Latvian music today. This new album by the Latvian Radio Choir under their music director Sigvards Klava features Karlsons’ choral works. These works are marked by deeply religious feeling and profound message. Oremus is choral piece written by the composer in 2018 for the Latvian Radio Choir. It was premiered as part of the Lincoln Center White Light Festivals. When writing this work, no doubt Karlsons had specifically the sound and vocal abilities of the choir in mind. The largest work of the album is Adoratio (2010), a symphonic, single-movement work for choir and orchestra with a duration of over 30 minutes. Yet, this powerful work filled with drama can, like a symphony, be clearly divided into musical sections. Le lagrime dell’anima (2013) for piano and choir is based on a short poem written by the composer: “Here are just seven simple notes that are born on a beautiful summer evening when watching the sunset. The stars slowly light up, one, then another. You wait for the next one. The seven sounds of stars are gradually born under the pianist’s fingers, somewhere in the silence they appear in the chorus’s intonations, and finally intertwined in a melodic line,” the composer describes. The final piece of the album, Ora pro nobis (2019), is a tribute to Virgin Mary based on an earlier work and written for Sigvards Klava. 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.

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February 2020

Juris Karlsons trained as a sound engineer with Latvian Radio, which clearly contributed to his skill as a composer. These accomplished forces deliver a searing performance of a very powerful work. The shorter, beautifully crafted pieces that frame it are equally impressive.

February 2020

Karlsons’s texts tend to be taken from various places, which encourages the variety one hears in his approach to choral textures – not for him the stretchedout ‘single effect’ approach of so much contemporary choral music. This does not mean that he is incapable or unwilling to make use of great washes of sound, however...Recording quality is, as always from Ondine, outstanding.

December 2019

the Latvian Radio Choir never seem to disappoint; one always comes out of any experience of their singing cleansed and refreshed, and the new disc is no exception.

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