About a year ago I acquired on the Campion CD a recording of the first two symphonies by Latvian composer Ivanovs. It wasn't until recently that I listened to them somewhat more intently. Both works are generally conceived in a musical language that suggest certain Nordic, or even Russian influences: Rosenberg, (early) Egge, Nielsson, or Scriabin come to mind. From what I've read about Ivanov's work is thart his later style becomes considerably more dissident and dodecaphonic. He's composed several symphonies along with other orchestral tone poems. The tone, or mode of expression in his two early symphonies suggest a neo-romantic, quasi impressionistic quality. The disc was a good buy for me, as Ivanov is a serious and convincing symphonic artist. Recommended.
I nearly started an Ivanovs thread myself and have contributed some recent comments to the Latvian Composers thread. I have all the Campion Ivanovs symphony releases (like the Olympia Miaskovsky series it dried up in the middle) and have just ordered the Violin Concerto in a 'Baltic Violin Concertos' CD. The Naxos release with symphonies 8 and 20 is excellent. No 20 is the last completed symphony and is a powerful and gripping work, which has grown on me. No 8 has a wonderful tune in the slow movement, so the Naxos release would be my recommendation for investigating Ivanovs. Apart from that Nos 2 and 3 on Marco Polo and No 4 'Atlantis' are recommended as is the charming film score 'Late Frost in Spring' (Campion). Symphony No 11, which I have on LP is one of the best but it has never been released on CD.
Quote from: vandermolen on April 17, 2009, 12:36:50 PM
I have all the Campion Ivanovs symphony releases (like the Olympia Miaskovsky series it dried up in the middle) and have just ordered the Violin Concerto in a 'Baltic Violin Concertos' CD. The Naxos release with symphonies 8 and 20 is excellent. No 20 is the last completed symphony and is a powerful and gripping work, which has grown on me. No 8 has a wonderful tune in the slow movement, so the Naxos release would be my recommendation for investigating Ivanovs.
Given the superior sound quality of the Naxos release over the Campion issues, the Naxos is probably the best bet. However, its blemish is the rather dour conducting of Yablonsky, a trait that usually follows him from one recording to the next. The wonderful symphonies of Ivanovs need great conducting and sound; I hope that this problem will be adressed at some future date.
Quote from: vandermolen on April 17, 2009, 12:36:50 PM
I nearly started an Ivanovs thread myself and have contributed some recent comments to the Latvian Composers thread. I have all the Campion Ivanovs symphony releases (like the Olympia Miaskovsky series it dried up in the middle) and have just ordered the Violin Concerto in a 'Baltic Violin Concertos' CD. The Naxos release with symphonies 8 and 20 is excellent. No 20 is the last completed symphony and is a powerful and gripping work, which has grown on me. No 8 has a wonderful tune in the slow movement, so the Naxos release would be my recommendation for investigating Ivanovs. Apart from that Nos 2 and 3 on Marco Polo and No 4 'Atlantis' are recommended as is the charming film score 'Late Frost in Spring' (Campion). Symphony No 11, which I have on LP is one of the best but it has never been released on CD.
I thought there was a thread but couldn't locate it. You are quite well informed. I have only the one recording. I put in a request for the 4th plus the "Rainbow Symphonic Poem." This might be interesting to me personally as I am drawn to impressionism. The following post also recommends Naxos. Thanks for your acknowledgement to my post.
Quote from: Bulldog on April 17, 2009, 01:18:19 PM
Given the superior sound quality of the Naxos release over the Campion issues, the Naxos is probably the best bet. However, its blemish is the rather dour conducting of Yablonsky, a trait that usually follows him from one recording to the next. The wonderful symphonies of Ivanovs need great conducting and sound; I hope that this problem will be adressed at some future date.
Ivanovs seems to have been quite prolific in his many orchestral works. If I decide to acquire further works by him, I'll check out Naxos.
Quote from: schweitzeralan on April 17, 2009, 01:44:15 PM
Ivanovs seems to have been quite prolific in his many orchestral works. If I decide to acquire further works by him, I'll check out Naxos.
I am listening to Symphony No 4 at the moment - 'Atlantis' - well worth investigation. If you don't have the Naxos, I would certainly go for that as both symphonies are strong.
Quote from: vandermolen on April 17, 2009, 12:36:50 PM
I nearly started an Ivanovs thread myself and have contributed some recent comments to the Latvian Composers thread. I have all the Campion Ivanovs symphony releases (like the Olympia Miaskovsky series it dried up in the middle) and have just ordered the Violin Concerto in a 'Baltic Violin Concertos' CD.
That's my favorite Ivanovs work (the violin concerto). I hear alot of family resemblance to Miaskovsky's vc in it.
You'll be happy.
Quote from: J on April 19, 2009, 03:37:10 PM
That's my favorite Ivanovs work (the violin concerto). I hear alot of family resemblance to Miaskovsky's vc in it.
You'll be happy.
Thank you! Very pleased to hear it.
Quote from: vandermolen on April 17, 2009, 11:46:10 PM
I am listening to Symphony No 4 at the moment - 'Atlantis' - well worth investigation. If you don't have the Naxos, I would certainly go for that as both symphonies are strong.
After several weeks I finally acquired the 4th Symphony. Exscellent. I particularly like "Rainbow." Exquisitely impressionist with Scriabinist influences. ArchivMusic had it; Amazon didn't.
Quote from: schweitzeralan on May 24, 2009, 03:18:36 AM
After several weeks I finally acquired the 4th Symphony. Exscellent. I particularly like "Rainbow." Exquisitely impressionist with Scriabinist influences. ArchivMusic had it; Amazon didn't.
I am listening a lot to Symphony No 11 - one of the best I think - a dark, lyrical score. Sadly not on CD, I received a copy from someone on a different forum. I am becoming more appreciative of Ivanovs's music. Francis Wilson, the former MD of Olympia responded to my suggestion that he release some of Ivanovs's music by telling me that he'd considered it but found the music to be rather boring. This is not my experience at all and I regret that Campion never completed their cycle of the symphonies and other orchestral works.
Rainbow and Symphony No 4 are listed as 'Masterworks' (as is Symphony 11) in the useful page below.
http://home.wanadoo.nl/ovar/ivanovs.htm
Have been listening to Symphony 3 (Marco Polo, Latvian NRSO, Yablonsky). This is a memorable score, rather in the spirit of Miaskovsky - I think that it is one of the best Ivanovs works.
I'm doing my own CD-R transfers from the original Melodiya LP records. I don't want sluggish conducting on this stuff.
Here is Ivanovs' 6th "Latgale" USSR Radio Symphony Orch., Leonids Vigners conducting. An original 10" in this case. Sometimes called his best Symphony.
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Sym. No. 5, L. Reiters conducting The Latvian Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Rainbow Symphony Picture, Sym No. 16, Sinaisky conducting
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The problem I have with Ivanovs is that his music just isn't that individual. It's as if he was trying too hard to find his musical style when the reality was he had nothing musically interesting to say. A Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Scriabin, or even a Myaskovsky he is not.
Nice to see those nostalgic old LP sleeves. I think that Ivanovs does have an individual style - the Naxos CD is the one to start with with symphonies 8 and 20. He reminds me a bit of Lyatoshinsky (a Ukrainian composer) whose work I really like.
I've been having an Ivanovs phase for the past couple of weeks.
As has been noted Naxos/Marco Polo have recorded the Symphonies 2, 3, 5, 8, 12 and 20. MP3s of old Melodya recordings or Latvian radio recordings of all the remaining symphonies and many other works are available at the Arts Music Forum.
The early symphonies remind me of Allan Peterson, there's the same sort of declamatory style and relentless momentum, though Ivanovs usually writes his symphonies in the familiar four movement pattern (scherzo usually second), instead of one span. The orchestration is very good and you get really exciting moments, for example where the strings are giving out a thrilling rhythmic figure and the brass are blasting away underneath with threatening or heroic figures (the strong brass is a strong point of the Naxos/Marco Polo recordings). The mood is very like Peterson as well, enigmatic, with joy and sorrow both wrapped up in the music, and the music ultimately being hopeful because it does progress towards a conclusions. Ivanovs does very effective quiet and slow endings to otherwise loud and brusque movements.
Each symphony is quite different from the previous, for example in one or two the harp is prominent, in others piano, Symphony 5 is consciously folkloric &c.
In the later symphonies there is more breadth, and the declamatory style gives way to one with more contrapuntal work and motivic development, thought here are still exciting moments of declamatory drama. In all the symphonies there are slower interludes in the fast movements (and usually the slow movements are ABA with a faster central section). In the later ones these changes in tempi become more marked but they don't hold the music up, instead they make for dynamic contrast. In these later symphonies the slow movements are almost Brucknerian in their solemnity.
Symphonies 17, 18 and 19 are his masterpieces and are as good as any symphonies written in the C20. Of all the symphonies my favourites are 7, 8, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21 (completed by Karlsons).
Of the other works I haven't listened to his choral and keyboard works, but his orchestral music (tone-poems) are very good and are more Sibelian than his symphonies. His Concertos (piano, cello and violin) are in the Romantic lyrical tradition and are full of beautiful moments. The Violin Concerto reminds me of the Rubbra Violin Concerto with its beautiful themes and light dancing rhythms. His string quartets and other chamber works are very good too.
I think he is a major composer.
2,3,4,8,11 and 20 are the ones I especially like, plus the charming film score 'Late Frost in Spring'. He deserves to be better known I believe.
Oops, it's No.6 that is consciously folkloric.
Ivanovs' VC is a wonderful work in the romantic tradition: http://youtu.be/y-7P69Twtb0
Quote from: kyjo on October 06, 2013, 05:45:38 AM
Ivanovs' VC is a wonderful work in the romantic tradition: http://youtu.be/y-7P69Twtb0
Horrible audio quality!
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 06, 2013, 06:28:39 AM
Horrible audio quality!
Yikes! I own the CD recording of the VC and hadn't checked the audio quality on the YT upload. :-[ In the meantime, check out Ivanovs' magically beautiful symphonic poem
Rainbow: http://youtu.be/sIXqoUfcokM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 17, 2010, 10:59:26 AM
The problem I have with Ivanovs is that his music just isn't that individual. It's as if he was trying too hard to find his musical style when the reality was he had nothing musically interesting to say. A Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Scriabin, or even a Myaskovsky he is not.
Just saw this post of yours, John. I enjoy all of Ivanovs' compositions I've heard so far, but one work of his I would encourage you to revisit is his Symphony no. 20 (if you own the Naxos CD which contains it). It's a haunting, dramatic work that would appeal to you more than the more late-romantic earlier works, I would think.
Ivanovs just isn't memorable enough for me, Kyle. Nothing sticks out in my mind as being worth listening to again IMHO. I also don't really hear an individual compositional voice either.
thank you for mentioning the Art Music Forum... I just posted a ton of Estonian Music there also... its on mediafire for downloading.... enjoy !!
I remember asking the late Francis Wilson of the lamented Olympia label why he didn't issue any Ivanovs to which he replied that he didn't find it memorable enough. However, I am with Kyle on this one and think that symphonies 2,3,4,11 and 20 are fine scores.
I'm very keen on Ivanovs and last year, when I listened to ll the symphonies one after the other I wrote down some notes. If there are any mistakes here, please let me know. You'll see I like different symphonies to other contributors here.
1 One longish movement, quite lush and lyrical but with backbone, beginning with lyrical passages and ending in dance measures.
2 Three slow movements, beautiful, but not much go.
3 Moving away from earlier style to middle style, more forceful, four-movement (with scherzo 3rd), remarkably limpid slow movement.
4 His longest symphony, the Atlantis Symphony. First movement ('Wrath of the God – Legend'), begins angrily and then carries on with a portrait of Atlantis at the height of its arrogance and power; long slow movement with women's voices (Nereids) shows Poseidon's underwater realm; scherzo ('Sacred Temple') is a depiction of a gathering storm on a mountain, with a quiet interlude; Finale continues with this stormy music to the catastrophe that overwhelms Atlantis, ending with a return to Poseidon's underwater music (minus the voices).
5 Longish, end of war, stressful type symphony with mixed moods of fear and triumph.
6 'Latgale Symphony', folkloric, relaxed, longish.
7 Longish, brilliant, declamatory, Nielsen-like delicacy in trio of scherzo, Bruckernian slow movement with faster stretches; brilliant, short and vigorous finale
8 Brilliant, fast, dramatic, use of harp as flowing and twirling instrument; limpid, flowing slow movement with faster passages, finale with brass chorale.
9 Harsher in mood (like 5), dramatic; plangent slow movement with slow lyric coda; exciting finale also with slow coda.
10 Brusque and forceful throughout.
11 Even more savage than 10; slow movement second, funereal but with instrumental solos; violent scherzo; finale slower and more consolatory with slower and quieter coda.
12 A symphonia brevis, two outer movements vigorous and short, short intense slow movement second, intermezzo style third movement (longest in work) with muted close.
13 A three movement symphony with prologue, epilogue and interludes of spoken commentary (Paean to Lenin). Music intense with three medium fastish movements.
14 Symphony for strings, three movements slow-fast-slow, intense.
15 Back to a long vigorous first movement and savage scherzo second pattern. However style less declamatory, more motivic, more reflective passages. Slow movement odd, grotesque fragments and figurations build to a genuinely impressive climax. Finale not too long, vigorous, but with reflective passages, ends quietly.
16 Slow introduction to first movement, first movement faster section as in previous symphonies but more relaxed with lyrical and reflective episodes; short vigorous scherzo; serious slow movement; noble finale.
17 As 16 but first movement has more slower and reflective passages as does the scherzo; the slow movement is warm and sensitive, the finale is tumultuous and magnificent, ending quietly.
18 Much as 17; first movement ends quietly after moment of triumph. Wonderful long Brucknerian slow movement. Finale takes up hopeful mood of climax of first movement
19 As 17 and 18 but even broader, magnificent long slow movement, finale attains Brucknerian breadth but ends quietly.
20 First movement as 17-19, ending quietly with soft bells. Shorter slow movement second, but still very solemn. Retrospective minuet third (sounding like Respighi). Fourth movement with an air of retrospective on early symphonies, but modulates towards the style of the end of the first movement (bells reappear).
21 Three movement work completed by Karlsons. First movement vigorous and clear, second a grave slow movement with alternating slower/faster sections, final a set of variations? Including a waltz! Ends defiantly. [Revised version of completion differs in finale, ending quietly].
Should have added that 2,3,5,8,12 and 20 are available on Marco Polo/Naxos, the remainder (and other versions of some of those) can be downloaded from the Art Music forum (old Melodya recordings and/or Latvian Radio broadcasts). Not sure which featured on the old Campion label.
Quote from: calyptorhynchus on January 27, 2014, 02:21:24 PM
Should have added that 2,3,5,8,12 and 20 are available on Marco Polo/Naxos, the remainder (and other versions of some of those) can be downloaded from the Art Music forum (old Melodya recordings and/or Latvian Radio broadcasts). Not sure which featured on the old Campion label.
Thanks for the synopsis of the symphonies.
I have the following Campion releases:
Music for the film 'Late Frost in Spring' with Symphony No 8 and Lacplesis Symphonic Poem. Possibly my favourite disc in their series. The film music is charming and memorable.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oCoZ6d73rVA
Symphony No 10 and Piano Concerto and 'Andante'
Symphony No 4 'Atlantis' with 'Rainbow' Symphonic Poem
Symphony No 3, 'The Cloudy Mountain' Symphonic Poem and Cello Concerto
Symphony No 1, Latgalian Landscape and Symphony No 2.
I think that the Violin Concerto is on a CD of 'Baltic Violin Concertos'.
I regret that Symphony 11 was never issued commercially on CD.
" His string quartets and other chamber works are very good too. " -
besides the Piano Trio, what else is there?
I can't find any other listing besides what's in the Grove.
Good 3rd-tier composer. Very interesting to have a Latvian serious composer that is substantial, if not groundbreaking.
Quote from: Scion7 on July 09, 2014, 02:20:49 AM
Good 3rd-tier composer.
How nice to have your imprimatur in this regard, - and a relief you didn't drop him to level 4 (or even "bad" 3rd-tier).
I rate Ivanovs highly and find many of his works thought-provoking and moving. Especially symphonies 8 and 20 (coupled together on a Naxos), 11, and 2-4.
Yes, - at his best Ivanovs was a very fine composer. Those Symphonies which speak most strongly to me are Nos.4, 6-8, 11, 14-16, & 20. Nothing "3rd tier" about them.
I'm with you in that they are good, and he incorporated Latvian folk melodies into the music, which is also good.
But as far as importance and so on, well, he's not First-tier (Bach, Mozart, Beethoven ...) or Second (Shostakovich*, Rachmaninov) so ...
This is how musicologists rate things. He's no doubt very famous in Latvia, but he didn't grab the world-tree and shake it, and a great majority of classical music enthusiasts won't even know who he is.
Whether good or bad fortune, that's just life.
*really hope MI's taken his meds this afternoon ???
Jut listening to the seventh symphony atm. That ominous theme in the slow movement... What work by Sibelius does it allude to? (Possibly unconsciously).
There is a new recording of Ivanovs Symphony No. 5 that I think is very fine. I like it better than the previous versions.
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Quote from: relm1 on April 15, 2018, 06:31:48 AM
There is a new recording of Ivanovs Symphony No. 5 that I think is very fine. I like it better than the previous versions.
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Great news. Nevertheless, this label and others concerned should record the symphonies that are not on CD (e.g. 6, 7, 9, 11, etc. ) Fortunately, there are recordings of the complete symphonies, though some of them leave much to be desired in terms of audio quality.
Quote from: relm1 on April 15, 2018, 06:31:48 AM
There is a new recording of Ivanovs Symphony No. 5 that I think is very fine. I like it better than the previous versions.
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Have ordered this one. Great to see a new Ivanovs CD but I'd have preferred to see the excellent Symphony 11 issued on CD for the first time.
7th is on fire 🔥
Quote from: vandermolen on November 12, 2020, 10:07:58 PM
I think that it can be found here as well:
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Thank you, Jeffrey!
Both the Vol.1 and Vol.2 look very interesting :)
I will order the 2 sets.
Quote from: Dry Brett Kavanaugh on November 13, 2020, 05:44:09 AM
Thank you, Jeffrey!
Both the Vol.1 and Vol.2 look very interesting :)
I will order the 2 sets.
They are both of great interest with fine performances of Miaskovsky's 17th Symphony (best version IMO), Khachaturian's 1st Symphony and much else. I'm sure that you'll enjoy them DBK.
Excellent disc and package,particularly lyrical playing of violin concerto
http://veikalsupe.lv/cd-1?product_id=500
We really need a CD of the excellent 11th Symphony.
I was listening to some Ivanovs today and I came across some passages that sounded very much like brass band music (in a good way) and then I remembered I had heard similar passages in music by some other Latvian C20 composers.
Does anyone know if brass bands are a big thing in Latvia?
Very punctual to the anniversary, aren't you? ;)
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on January 13, 2022, 02:50:11 PM
Very punctual to the anniversary, aren't you? ;)
I had no idea, it was just a coincidence!
Any recommendations for this composer? A few weeks ago I listened to his Symphony no. 5 from this recording:
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....and was singularly unimpressed. To me, it just seemed like a string of unmemorable ideas with little or no relationship to each other, not convincingly developed. I had to turn it off halfway through the slow movement. Maybe there are better works in his oeuvre? He seems like a composer I'd enjoy, but my hopes aren't high after my encounter with the 5th Symphony....
He's a composer I'm very fond of, but the 5th Symphony probably isn't one of his best works. I assume he wrote it unwillingly to celebrate the liberation of Latvia by the Red Army (much as his 13th Symphony is a hymn to Lenin but with spoken interludes carrying all the text meaning that he foresaw a time in the future when the spoken bits could be dropped leaving a normal symphony behind!).
1, 3, 4, 7-21 are very good IMO.
I have a list:
Good
1-9, 14, 19
Passable
11, 12, 15, 20, 21
Meh
10, 13, 16-18
I think, Kyle, you could enjoy 6 and 7 because of their tuneful and folk-influenced musical canvas. 1-3 debt more to Scriabin. No. 4 is quite the change: monolothic, ancient-sounding, with powerful brass and potent climaxes. There's a movement with a female chorus IIRC.
The symphonic poem The Rainbow is wonderful too, featuring a magical atmosphere.
I rather like his music. Francis Wilson of Olympia was considering issuing an Ivanovs cycle but then told me that he considered the music not memorable enough.
I like the following very much 2,3,4 'Atlantis',5,8,11 and 20. I don't know all the others.
The Violin Concerto has many admirers.
I also like the film score 'Late Frost in Spring' and 'Rainbow' as recommended by Cesar.
This is a good intro to his music:
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IMHO this is Ianovs at best.A somber,powerful and dark work without direct references to Latvian folklore but permeated by the atmosphere of the Baltic,I have lp but when it will be available on cd i am goung to buy
https://youtu.be/xNO5Nl1HpmY
Thanks to all you Ivanovs experts for the very helpful advice! :D Much appreciated. I'll certainly give him another chance!
Quote from: Roy Bland on February 11, 2022, 04:26:10 AM
IMHO this is Ianovs at best.A somber,powerful and dark work without direct references to Latvian folklore but permeated by the atmosphere of the Baltic,I have lp but when it will be available on cd i am goung to buy
https://youtu.be/xNO5Nl1HpmY
Powerful stuff! I will buy it too if it appears on CD.
I wonder why Ivanovs made their music sound pessimistic in many symphonies, where the struggle seems to be won by vague memories of melancholy.
However, I couldn't resist to revisit the 6th Latgalian. Glorious music!
The melody from the 3rd movement is so unique and nostalgic. So haunting. What a tune! This movement is absolutely out of this world. Wow!
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on February 11, 2022, 04:32:07 PM
I wonder why Ivanovs made their music sound pessimistic in many symphonies, where the struggle seems to be won by vague memories of melancholy.
Probably a good description of life in a Soviet Socialist Republic!
Quote from: calyptorhynchus on February 11, 2022, 08:44:54 PM
Probably a good description of life in a Soviet Socialist Republic!
Yes!
Skani told me that they will release 17 and 18.
Quote from: Roy Bland on April 06, 2022, 05:49:06 PM
Skani told me that they will release 17 and 18.
We also need a modern recording of Nos. 11 and 13. In fact, a complete cycle is
mandatory in these times!
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on April 06, 2022, 08:04:20 PM
We also need a modern recording of Nos. 11 and 13. In fact, a complete cycle is mandatory in these times!
Yes, definitely No.11 which is considered by some to be the greatest. I'm surprised that it has never AFAIK been released on CD.
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Quote from: Roy Bland on June 30, 2022, 08:44:19 PM
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real life isn't zhdanovian
Thank you Roy - good news. I just wish that someone would issue Symphony 11 of which there is already an LP recording; it is one of the best.
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real life isn't zhdanovian
I heard this recording just now and really enjoyed it. Such a wonderful composer. You can hear Prokofiev and Gliere - No. 17 is especially fine. Both works are late 1970's and full of turmoil but lyrical. This is a wonderful recording.
For some reason I couldn't locate the Ivanovs thread, so I've recently been posting stuff about Ivanovs on the 'Latvian Composers' thread. apologies.
Choir works
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Quote from: Roy Bland on October 20, 2022, 07:51:23 PM
Choir works
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So, what did you think about the choral works Roy?
I hadn't heard of Ivanovs before now. I see that he also wrote a cello (and other) concerto? How is that work?
PD
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on October 21, 2022, 03:07:34 AM
So, what did you think about the choral works Roy?
I hadn't heard of Ivanovs before now. I see that he also wrote a cello (and other) concerto? How is that work?
PD
I haven't listened choral works yet but i love immensely Violin Concerto IMHO best of latvian heritage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGwBUM0QBsk
Quote from: Roy Bland on October 21, 2022, 07:47:39 AM
I haven't listened choral works yet but i love immensely Violin Concerto IMHO best of latvian heritage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGwBUM0QBsk
Thanks, I'll check it out. Any idea who the violinist and conductor are as they are not listed there?
PD
This is a nice introduction to Ivanovs's orchestral music:
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Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on October 21, 2022, 09:04:23 AM
Thanks, I'll check it out. Any idea who the violinist and conductor are as they are not listed there?
PD
I have this version with Vineta Sareika
https://www.discogs.com/it/release/11555803-J%C4%81nis-Ivanovs-Instrument%C4%81lie-Koncerti-Instrumental-Concerts
another impressing piece i totally agree with C, Boisssier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIXqoUfcokM
Regarding symphonies i prefer later works after 15 where he reached full expressive and dramatic maturity
I really enjoyed this!
A composer I must follow closer!
Quote from: relm1 on January 23, 2023, 04:41:43 PMI really enjoyed this!
A composer I must follow closer!
That's one of my favourites as well. No.11 is another one (no CD release :( )
This CD is a great introduction to Ivanovs. Also the Marco Polo release.