Thoughts of psalms. Contemporary choral music from Lithuania
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- Gloria
- O salutaris hostia
- Cantate Domino
- Ave Maria
- Dilexi
- Cantate Domino
- Ad te levavi
- Miskinis: Miserere
- Tristis est anima mea
- Tenebrae factae sunt
- Ave vera virginitas
- Ad te Dominum levavi
- Dum medium silentium
- Tu es
- Alma Dei creatoris
- Veni Sancte Spiritus
- Angelis suis
- I will praise the Lord as long as I live
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Composer
Vytautas Miškinis
| 1954With more than 700 compositions to his credit, Vytautas Miškinis is is among the most prolific composers in Lithuania. For his religious music the composer employs primarily Latin liturgical texts. The texture of his works is often polyphonic, contains aleatoric elements, and sonorous effects. Miškinis’ music has enjoyed a permanent position in the repertoire of all singing festivals in Lithuania, including the Pu pils’ Festival, World Lithuanians’ and Students’ Festival (Gaudeamus). Many of his compositions have been awarded prizes in national competitions and have been chosen as obligatory pieces for performance at international choral and choral conducting competitions in countries including Italy, Austria, Argentina, Sweden, Germany. Personal details
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Preface writer
Martina Hartmann
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Preface writer
Vytautas Miškinis
| 1954With more than 700 compositions to his credit, Vytautas Miškinis is is among the most prolific composers in Lithuania. For his religious music the composer employs primarily Latin liturgical texts. The texture of his works is often polyphonic, contains aleatoric elements, and sonorous effects. Miškinis’ music has enjoyed a permanent position in the repertoire of all singing festivals in Lithuania, including the Pu pils’ Festival, World Lithuanians’ and Students’ Festival (Gaudeamus). Many of his compositions have been awarded prizes in national competitions and have been chosen as obligatory pieces for performance at international choral and choral conducting competitions in countries including Italy, Austria, Argentina, Sweden, Germany. Personal details
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Preface writer
Almut Stümke
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Ensemble
Kammerchor consonare
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Conductor
Almut Stümke
Reviews
[...] die 28 Sängerinnen und Sänger [des Kammerchors consonare], hörbar erfahren in der Interpretation baltischer Chormusik aus Romantik und Moderne, formen aus den engen Wort-Ton-Bezügen der Kompositionen eine musikalische Trouvaille nach der anderen: da macht sich geradewegs eine grosse Enttäuschung breit, wenn das Knackgeräusch der CD-Anlage das Ende der Silberscheibe ankündigt...
- musik&liturgie, 6/10 -
[...] Miskinis gestaltet mit sphärischen Klängen, aber auch durch ausgeprägte rhythmische Strukturen die Botschaften seiner geistlichen Textvorlagen – so reicht die Skala dieser CD von tiefer Innerlichkeit bis zum jubelnden Gotteslob. Besonders hervorzuheben ist die Perfektion des Chorgesangs.
- concerti - Das Hamburger Musikleben -
[...] Mit der Idee, die Veröffentlichung einer repräsentativen CD ihres Kammerchors mit der Einführung eines neuen Komponistennamens in die westeuropäische Chorwelt zu verbinden, traf Almut Stümke ins Schwarze. [...]
- Lutz Lesle, Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 06/2010 -
[...] Almut Stümke, Stipendiatin des Deutschen Musikrats, die den Kammerchor „consonare” 2002 gegründet hat, erweist sich als profunde Kennerin der baltischen Chorszene. Die Klangkultur des 25-köpfigen Ensembles kommt den Ambitionen des Komponisten entgegen. Der Chor singt auf hohem Niveau [...] und zeichnet sich durch vorzügliche Klangbalance aus. [...]
Das Booklet, schlicht in der grafischen Gestaltung, ist außerordentlich instruktiv. Historische Hintergründe und kompositorische Intentionen sind beispielhaft dokumentiert.
- Johannes Vetter, Musik&Kirche, Nov./Dez. 2010 -
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