Latvian composer Peteris Vasks seems to have his finger placed firmly on the pulse of an aspect of postmodern European classical music that goes right to the heart of Europe's people. Vasks has said "I have always dreamt that my music would be heard where people were unhappy: in hospitals and prisons, in crowded trains and buses. My music is intended for a large number of people, and not just the audiences at concert halls." That his work is meeting the requirements he has set for it is borne out by the number of recordings ...
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Latvian composer Peteris Vasks seems to have his finger placed firmly on the pulse of an aspect of postmodern European classical music that goes right to the heart of Europe's people. Vasks has said "I have always dreamt that my music would be heard where people were unhappy: in hospitals and prisons, in crowded trains and buses. My music is intended for a large number of people, and not just the audiences at concert halls." That his work is meeting the requirements he has set for it is borne out by the number of recordings Vasks has earned this far. BIS' Peteris Vasks: Distant Light, performed with knowing sensitivity, restraint, and aplomb by Katarina Andreasson and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, contains the fourth recording of Vasks' violin concerto Distant Light, only composed for Gidon Kremer in 1997, and the fifth of his Musica Dolorosa. The real element that makes the BIS disc essential and sets it apart from the others is the premiere, Viatore, a work that has universal appeal and really...
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