℗ 2020 Challenge Classics
| Released | September 24, 2020 |
| Duration | 1h 11m 50s |
| Record Label | Challenge Classics |
| Catalogue No. | CC 72830 |
| Genre | Classical |
Distant Light
Daniel Rowland, Maja Bogdanovic, Consensus Vocalis, Stift Festival Orchestra
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Violin Concerto “Distant light” (1996/7)
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1.1
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Andante I
Peteris Vasks; Consensus Vocalis; Daniel Rowland; Maja Bogdanović; Stift Festival Orchestra |
6:44 | |||
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1.2
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Cadenza I
Peteris Vasks; Consensus Vocalis; Daniel Rowland; Maja Bogdanović; Stift Festival Orchestra |
1:45 | |||
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1.3
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Cantabile I
Peteris Vasks; Consensus Vocalis; Daniel Rowland; Maja Bogdanović; Stift Festival Orchestra |
3:25 | |||
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1.4
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Mosso
Peteris Vasks; Consensus Vocalis; Maja Bogdanović; Daniel Rowland; Stift Festival Orchestra |
1:43 | |||
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1.5
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Cadenza II
Peteris Vasks; Consensus Vocalis; Daniel Rowland; Stift Festival Orchestra; Maja Bogdanovic |
2:28 | |||
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1.6
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Cantabile II
Peteris Vasks; Consensus Vocalis; Daniel Rowland; Stift Festival Orchestra; Maja Bogdanovic |
4:07 | |||
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1.7
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Cadenza III
Peteris Vasks; Consensus Vocalis; Daniel Rowland; Stift Festival Orchestra; Maja Bogdanovic |
3:36 | |||
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1.8
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Andante II
Peteris Vasks; Consensus Vocalis; Daniel Rowland; Stift Festival Orchestra; Maja Bogdanovic |
7:17 | |||
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1.9
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“Lonely angel”, meditation for violin and strings (1999, rev. 2006)
Peteris Vasks; Consensus Vocalis; Daniel Rowland; Thomas Carroll; Stift Festival Orchestra; Maja Bogdanovic |
13:12 | |||
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1.10
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Plainscapes (2002)
Peteris Vasks; Stift Festival Orchestra; Daniel Rowland; Benjamin Goodson; Consensus Vocalis; Maja Bogdanovic |
14:14 | |||
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1.11
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Dona nobis pacem (1996)
Peteris Vasks; Daniel Rowland; Benjamin Goodson; Consensus Vocalis; Stift Festival Orchestra |
13:19 | |||
This CD offers an overview of four of Peteris’s most iconic works, from the large scale, dramatic Violin Concerto "Distant light", and the magically dreamy meditation "Lonely Angel", to his evocation of Latvian landscape and birdsong "Plainscapes" and the extatic "Dona Nobis Pacem".
"The first piece by Peteris Vasks that I heard, about a decade ago, was his magnificent Violin Concerto ‘Distant light’, already a modern classic, and I was blown away by the deep emotional impact of this extraordinary music, that seemed to me both wonderfully mysterious, connected to ancient times, touched by a sublime spirituality and at the same time viscerally exciting and with moments of stunning virtuosity. Last summer, when Peteris accepted my invitation to come to the 15th edition of my Stiftfestival in Holland as Composer in Residence I was truly excited at the chance to work closely with him on several of his pieces. At the festival we performed many of Peteris’ works, solo, chamber and orchestral, with wonderful artists. The week culminated with the concert that you now hold in your hands, in the splendid, deeply atmospheric and acoustically wonderful 15th century Plechelmus Basiliek in Oldenzaal."
- Daniel Rowland
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Challenge Classics Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.37 -4.58 to -0.11 | -22.73 -28.34 to -18.54 | -18.43 -23.30 to -15.20 | 13 11 to 14 | |
| 1 | Andante I | -4.58 | -28.34 | -23.3 | 14 |
| 2 | Cadenza I | -4.13 | -25.43 | -21.1 | 12 |
| 3 | Cantabile I | -1.42 | -22.37 | -18.5 | 12 |
| 4 | Mosso | -0.11 | -18.54 | -15.4 | 12 |
| 5 | Cadenza II | -0.11 | -19.35 | -15.8 | 12 |
| 6 | Cantabile II | -0.11 | -19.26 | -15.2 | 11 |
| 7 | Cadenza III | -0.11 | -21.60 | -17.8 | 13 |
| 8 | Andante II | -1.89 | -27.24 | -21.2 | 14 |
| 9 | “Lonely angel”, meditation for violin and strings (1999, rev. 2006) | -2.39 | -24.19 | -20.8 | 13 |
| 10 | Plainscapes (2002) | -0.11 | -23.00 | -18.0 | 14 |
| 11 | Dona nobis pacem (1996) | -0.11 | -20.64 | -15.6 | 11 |