Pēteris Vasks
Pēteris Vasks is a Latvian composer, born in 1946 in Aizpute into the family of a Baptist pastor. He first worked as a double bassist in Lithuanian and Latvian orchestras. His early music drew on the aleatoric techniques of Lutosławski, Penderecki and Crumb, while his later works bring in elements of Latvian folk music and minimalist techniques and often deal with nature and the relation between people and the natural world. Vasks studied double bass at the Lithuanian Conservatory in Vilnius, finishing in 1970, and composition with Valentin Utkin in Riga from 1973 to 1978.
Musicworks 63 - Mutations Melody (CD+magazine)
One of the best magazines of experimental music / sound art, founded by John Oswald and published since 1978. Includes feaurures, essays, interviews, reviews, etc., and comes with a CD with (often exclusive) music/sound in relation to the contents of…
Камерная И Симфоническая Музыка (LP)
Four chamber and symphinic music works from the 1970's and 80's by the holy minimalist Latvian composer, released on Melodyia in 1986.
Flute Concerto / Symphony no. 3
Pēteris Vasks's Flute Concerto (2007/08, rev. 2011) with soloist Dita Krenberga and his Third Symphony (2004/05), played by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra under Atvars Lakstīgala. Recorded in Liepāja in February and May 2016.
Streichquartette 1, 3 & 4
Pēteris Vasks's String Quartets No. 4 (1999), No. 1 (1977/97) and No. 3 (1995), played by the Spīķeru String Quartet; recorded at the GORS concert hall, Rēzekne, in 2014.
Sala / Musica Appassionata / Credo
Pēteris Vasks's Sala (2006), Musica appassionata for strings (2002) and Credo (2009), played by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra under Atvars Lakstīgala; recorded at the Liepāja Latvian Society House in 2014.
Vox Amoris
Three works by Pēteris Vasks for violin and string orchestra (Vox Amoris, Tālā gaisma, Vientuļais eņģelis), played by Alina Pogostkina with Sinfonietta Rīga under Juha Kangas, recorded in Riga in June 2011.
Viatore
Three works by Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks, Musica adventus and Viatore for string orchestra and the Concerto for cor anglais, played by Sinfonietta Rīga with Normunds Šnē as conductor and soloist, recorded in Riga in June 2007.
Cantabile per Archi / Botschaft / Musica Dolorosa / Symphonie "Stimmen"
String orchestra works by Pēteris Vasks: Cantabile per archi, Vēstījums (Message), Musica dolorosa and the symphony Balsis (Voices), with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and the Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, recorded in Riga in May …