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Gidon Kremer/Kremerata Baltica – Pages of a Biography [CD]

Description

Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata Baltica ensemble continue the longstanding relationship with ECM's New Series on Pages of a Biography, bringing together music by Georgs Pelecis, Andrius Zlabys and Arvo Part. Part's Passacaglia, written for Kremer's 70th birthday, and Darf ich frame Zlabys's Kaleidoscope of Lost Time, dedicated to Kremer and Kremerata Baltica, and Pelecis's title concerto, written for Kremer and drawing on memories of their youth together in Riga. The program continues a musical relationship with the Baltic region that has been central to Kremer's work with ECM since Tabula Rasa, the recording that inaugurated the New Series. Here, personal history and musical memory meet in works written for, and shaped by, one of the most persistent advocates of Baltic contemporary music. The album arrives on the cusp of two anniversaries: the Kremerata Baltica turns 30 in 2027, and Gidon Kremer's 80th birthday celebrations in 2027.

Highlights

• 8 tracks

Track Listing

Disc 1
01. Passacaglia
02. Pages of a Biography
03. I. Prelude
04. II. Scherzacaglia
05. III. Dissonance
06. IV. Quarter=87
07. V. Perpetuum
08. Darf ich ..

Format Details

• Label: ECM
• Genre: Classical
• Format: CD

• Format: CD
• Genre: Classical