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Esenvalds: Passion and Resurrection & Other Choral Works (CD Review - Audiophile
Eriks Esenvalds (b. 1977) is a Latvian composer who, according to the notes, comes from a new Latvia free of all repressive Socialist Realism strictures. Yet his music is hardly avant-garde either, and his teachers have included Jonathan Harvey and Richard Danielpour, among others, in a very cosmopolitan set. But his music will inevitably remind any listener of Arvo Pärt or earlier John Taverner.
Lukaszewski: Via Crucis (CD Review - Music Web International, 2009)
Hyperion have just released what I take to be the label’s second Łukaszewski disc. The Via Crucis (The Way of the Cross) was composed by Łukaszewski in 1999-2000 at Warsaw. The scoring of the Via Crucis is for countertenor (Evangelist), tenor (Pilate, Simon, Evangelist), baritone (Jesus), narrator, SATB chorus and orchestra. On this performance there are: 3 soloists, 1 speaker, a choir of 28 and t
Lukaszewski: Via Crucis (CD Review - ClassicalSource.com, 2009)
From the arresting opening eruption, reminiscent of the famous ‘O fortuna’ from Carl Orff’s “Carmina burana”, it is instantly clear that this is a passionate performance of a powerful work. Through its ensuing myriad contrasts, the peerless skill and unwavering dedication of Polyphony, the Britten Sinfonia, soloists and conductor Stephen Layton result in a compelling performance of Pawel Lukaszews
Grainger: Jungle Book (CD Review - Gramophone Magazine, 1996)
Here now is the second disc in recent months to bring us face to face with Grainger. His music (or such music as we have in both of these recitals) resembles what I imagine to have been the effect of his physical presence. He opens doors and windows, unleashes sudden bursts of energy, compels a frank response, makes you draw your breath and know you're alive: also, he doesn't stay for long. The ca