Art-i-shock: Contemporary Chamber Music From Latvia
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This album from Art-I-Shock comprises world premiere recordings of contemporary Latvian compositions.
'The work of our trio revolves around collaboration with contemporary Latvian composers. Seeing as there is almost no music originally written for the specific composition of our group, we need to take an active role in the creation of such music. For that we need composers, who create the fertile soil for our 'artichoke' to grow and flourish. It is precisely in this creative interaction with composers, listeners and concert organisers that the art-i-shock is born: creative surprise, musical adventure.
Thanks to the residency with Latvijas Radio 3 Klasika, we've now also had the opportunity to record some of the compositions that have most struck a chord with us and our listeners. They differ very much from each other, and together they form quite a mosaic. They are as diverse as the ardour and sincerity conveyed by their creators during the recording process. But together, our wonderful composers have created a large, beautiful meadow, into which listeners may wade and surrender themselves to the experience of sound, or the art-i-shock.' Trio Art-I-Shock
In 2016 the trio Art-i-Shock celebrated its fifth anniversary. The celebration took the form of many concerts and the learning of new compositions, and it culminated with the trio's participation in Euroradio's Christmas marathon of live performances, where it represented the Latvijas Radio 3 Klasika channel. The concert was broadcast in 22 countries (including the national broadcasters of Great Britain, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Bavaria, Saarbrücken, Hessen, Austria, Greece, Iceland, Canada and Australia), and as soon as the music came to an end, colleagues from abroad were already getting in touch with Latvijas Radio 3 Klasika to praise the trio's performance.
Trio Art-I-Shock
Guna Sne, Cello
Elina Endzele, Percussion
Agnese Eglina, Piano
with
Monsta, Scratch
Kristaps Petersons, Double Bass
Tracklisting
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
Various Artists
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Atvars Lakstigala
Various Artists
Latvian Radio Choir
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra / Normunds Sne, Deutsche Radio Philharmonic Saarbruken-Kaiserslautern / Karel Mark Chicon and Silesian String Quartet
Egils Silin?s and Maris Skuja
Torleif Thedeen (cello) & Marianna Shirinyan (piano)
Oslo Kammerkor, Hakon Daniel Nystedt
Berit Norbakken (soprano) & Solmund Nystabakk (lutes)
Magnus Boye Hansen (violin), Mathias Halvorsen (piano)
Anna Gourari, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana & Markus Poschner
Gavin Bryars
Vladimir Delman; Milan RAI Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers; Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai; New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra