Release Date: 17 February 2023
Label: Skani
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4751025441175
Genres: Classical  Contemporary  
Release Date: 17 February 2023
Label: Skani
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4751025441175
Genres: Classical  Contemporary  
Description
Pianist Rihards Plesanovs' debut album is an eclectic mix of works including those by Ligeti, Zemzaris, Say, Leimane, Vasks and Messiaen.
"None of us is a completely open book to the world, but Rihards Plesanovs is a particularly mysterious man. I have no idea whether he knows how, during conversations, his eyes tend to linger for a while on one or another of his interlocutors, and that this fixed, observant gaze like that of a forest bird makes one wonder what is really going on in the chambers of his mind. One could begin with a different introductory paragraph, but while the music chosen for this first solo album does not specifically provide answers, it does give a better sense of what lies at the core of this person known as Rihards Plesanovs, and albums like this are always a particular delight. Works by Ligeti and Messiaen serve as a nucleus for the album's content, with the other components derived from them". - Orests Silabriedis
Tracklisting
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
Various Artists
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
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Igor Zhukov, Vassily Sinaisky and Tovijs Lifsics
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland & Bill Frisell
Stephen Grew
Espial
Gareth Lockrane's Grooveyard
Richard Fairhurst
Gregory Groover Jr.
Julian Costello Quartet
Jasper Høiby