Auznieks - Coiled Horizon
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Label: Skani
Cat No: LMIC091
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Release Date: 25th February 2022
Contents
Artists
Karlis Auzins (saxophone)Matiss Cudars (electric guitar)
Ivars Arutyunyan (percussion)
JIJI (electric guitar)
Sinfonietta Riga
Conductor
Normunds SneWorks
Concerto for electric guitar and orchestra 'Coiled Horison'Ecclesia Cordis
Artists
Karlis Auzins (saxophone)Matiss Cudars (electric guitar)
Ivars Arutyunyan (percussion)
JIJI (electric guitar)
Sinfonietta Riga
Conductor
Normunds SneAbout
CD1 features a studio recording of Auznieks' trio Ecclesia Cordis (Cathedral of Heart) written for saxophone, guitar and percussion. Though heavily influenced by jazz, the trio is strictly notated. The composer strives, however, to abandon the rather strict roles of instrumental functions in the jazz trio (melody, harmony, rhythm) in favour of the more dynamic functions/roles found in classical piano trios by Brahms, Schubert or Mendelssohn.
CD2 features a live recording (4 December 2021 GORS Concert Hall in Rezekne, Latvia) of the world premiere performance of Auznieks' Guitar Concerto 'Coiled Horizon' performed by JIJI and Sinfonietta Riga, Normunds Šnē conducting. A note of interest - Normunds Šnē is not only leading the performance of the world premiere but at the same time produces the recording of the Concerto.
Composer Krists Auznieks has been praised for his "exhilarating… stunning… luminous" (San Francisco Classical Voice) music, possessing "astonishing complexity and beauty" (Broadwayworld), and "old-fashioned elegance" (Herald Tribune). His quintet Piano was featured in The New York Times among the week's best classical music moments; he is also a recipient of Aspen Music Festival's Jacob Druckman Prize and the youngest composer to ever receive the Latvian Grand Music Award for best composition of the year. He has won the 67th International Composition Competition Rostrum 2021 in the group of young composers.
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