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Sigvards Klava

Description:

A collection of choral works by the Latvian contemporary composer Pteris Plakidis!The latest studio recording by the Latvian Radio Choir and Sigvards Kava. This album features works by Pteris Plakidis (19472017), one of the leading contemporary Latvian composers, focusing primarily on pieces that have never been recorded before.He viewed life with keen insight and reflected it in his music in a firm, rigorous, and proactive manner. Quietly, as if unnoticed, yet he continued to walk steadfastly through the world that is the soul of his homeland. The album features texts by poets who have greatly influenced Latvian literaturesuch as Jnis Rainis, Vizma Berevica, and the journalist Mris aklaisas well as works by the contemporary Latvian poet Jnis Pters, *The Fern Flower*, *Two Enchanted Songs*, and *Mirage*, as well as Latvian folk songs and the Book of Ecclesiastes from the Old Testament, are us