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Gidon Kremer

Songs Of Fate-Kremerata Baltica,Vida Mikneviciute

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Release Date: January 26, 2024

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1 This Too Shall Pass  
2 David's Lamentation  
3 Kaddish-Prelude  
4 Penultimate Kaddish  
5 Postlude. The Luminous Lament  
6 Nocturne  
7 Aria , Jewish Children Songs, Op. 13 (Mieczyslaw Weinberg)  
8 No. 2, Breytele  
9 No. 4, Der Yeger  
10 No. 5, Oyfn grinem bergele  
11 KujawiakLignum  
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On Songs of Fate Gidon Kremer approaches scores by Baltic composers Giedrius Kuprevicius, Raminta Šerkšnyte, Jekabs Jancevskis and the Polish composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, together with his Kremerata Baltica chamber ensemble and soprano Vida Mikneviciute – many of the works captured here appear in premiere recordings. In his performer’s note, Kremer traces the roots of this programme back to both his Jewish heritage and his extensive history of living in the Baltic states, which has and continues to lead to collaborations with countless musicians and composers from the region. The personal connotations are palpable in the music, as Wolfgang Sandner observes in his liner note, confirming: “Gidon Kremer has perhaps never before revealed himself as intimately and as existentially focused as on this recording”.

Kremer has already given Weinberg’s oeuvre much attention in the past decades with recordings of the sonatas for solo violin (ECM 2705), his chamber symphonies Nos. 1-4 (2538/39) as well as the symphony no. 10 along with the concertino op. 42. Trio op. 48 and the sonata No. 3 (ECM 2368/69). Included on Songs of Fate are a selection of Weinberg’s Jewish Songs op. 13, Nocturne, Kujawiak as well as Aria op.9. The pieces demonstrate the lyrical side of the composer’s vast oeuvre, with the Jewish Songs highlighting Vida Mikneviciute’s expressive and resourceful vocal abilities.

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    Posted At: July 1, 2024 12:00 AM
    textura writes…Like Keith Jarrett, Gidon Kremer's ECM catalogue is so voluminous, it's easy to take him for granted. Songs of Fate thus serves as a timely reminder of precisely how valuable the violinist's output has been and continues to be. The new set, recorded in Vilnius in 2019 and at the Lockenhaus festival in 2022, features Kremer accompanied by soprano Vida Mikneviciute, vibraphonist Andrei Pushkare...
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  • There is much for the adventurous listener to discover in Gidon Kremer's 'Songs of Fate' / THE REHEARSAL STUDIO
    Posted At: February 23, 2024 12:00 AM
    On Songs of Fate, Gidon Kremer approaches scores by Baltic composers Giedrius Kuprevicius, Raminta Šerkšnyte, Jekabs Jancevskis and the Polish composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, together with his Kremerata Baltica chamber ensemble and soprano Vida Mikneviciute – many of the works captured here appear in premiere recordings. In his performer’s note, Kremer traces the roots of this programme back to both his Jewis...
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  • Virtuoso violinist Gidon Kremer brings gifts to Lunenburg / TheChronicleHerald.ca
    Posted At: March 14, 2019 12:00 AM

    The Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance has seen its fair share of classical luminaries pass through its doors, and this week one of the dream talents at the top of artistic director Burt Wathen's wish list becomes a reality when Latvian-born violinist Gidon Kremer becomes the latest artist to dazzle audiences and enlighten students. Kremer makes a rare appearance in Nova Scotia for two concerts ...
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  • Accompanied by an animated film, Kremerata Baltica with Gidon Kremer present; 'Images of the East' at the 92Y / Gothamist
    Posted At: March 4, 2019 12:00 AM

    "Nuanced and often electrifying." - The New York Times "An engrossing musical experience." - San Francisco Chronicle On Tuesday March 12, from the 92Y, an arrangement of Schumann's Pictures from the East is the centerpiece of this arresting, affecting program from Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata Baltica ensemble. Accompanied by an animated film by Sandro Kancheli featuring the haunting, ephemeral ...
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  • Candidates announced for 2018 Paganini Competition / The Violin Channel
    Posted At: March 15, 2018 12:00 AM

    The 32 opening round candidates for the 2018 Paganini International Violin Competition have been announced - including 7 VC Young Artists. The Competition, to be held in Genoa, Italy from the 4th to the 15th of April, includes a 1st prize winner award of  €20,000. The 2018 jury will comprise: Sergei Krylov (Jury Chair), Dimitri Berlinsky, Bin Huang, Heiner Madl, Svetlana Makarova, Daniel Smith ...
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  • A creative 70th anniversary celebration for Gidon Kremer, set for Baku / AZERNEWS
    Posted At: November 27, 2017 12:00 AM

    A creative evening dedicated to the 70th anniversary of an outstanding Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer will be held in Baku. The world-famous musician will surprise guests with an original concert program at the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall on December 14. After the solo performance of the famous Chakona JS Bach, the violinist will perform 24 preludes of one of the talented, but unfortunately, littl...
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  • Gidon Kremer shares 24 Soviet snapshots at Baryshnikov AC / The New York Times
    Posted At: November 2, 2017 12:00 AM

    The centenary of the Russian Revolution has sparked a flurry of commentary on how and why the Soviet Union was born. On Tuesday the Baryshnikov Arts Center presented a program that reflected on what it was like to be alive inside of it. Subtle and sparse, the hourlong show pairing music by the Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg with black-and-white images by the Lithuanian photographer Antanas Sutk...
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  • Gidon Kremer chooses discovery piece over crowd-pleaser in first Seattle Symphony collaboration / bachtrack
    Posted At: October 18, 2017 12:00 AM

    It's entirely characteristic of Gidon Kremer to choose a discovery piece rather than a surefire crowd-pleaser for what was a rare appearance in Seattle. Previously, the eminent violinist has appeared on the Benaroya Hall stage with his Kremerata Baltica. This was his first time partnering with the Seattle Symphony and Ludovic Morlot, and it made for an evening of sensitive, deeply felt music-making. ...
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  • Julia Wolfe & Gidon Kremer on BAC Fall series / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: June 28, 2017 12:00 AM

    Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) announces the Fall 2017 performance and residency series, which runs September 21 through December 15 and features an exciting lineup of International Artists and cross-border collaborations. Highlights of the music presentations include works by award-winning composers Julia Wolfe and Pauline Oliveros on oct. 5, 6, and performances by violin master Gidon Kremer and the accl...
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  • Kremer, Dirvanauskaite, Trifonov - Preghiera: Rachmaninoff Piano Trios is WFMT 'Featured New Release'
    Posted At: February 25, 2017 12:00 AM

    Violinist Gidon Kremer joins forces with pianist Daniil Trifonov and cellist Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė for a new album, "Preghiera," in time for Kremer's 70th birthday. The title draws its name from Fritz Kreisler's arrangement of the famous theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No 2. Additionally, the trio delves into the composers early works, Trio élégiaque Nos 1 and 2. Gido...
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  • Gidon Kremer: New Seasons / WFMT 'New Release of the Week'
    Posted At: June 28, 2015 12:00 AM

    Following his recording of the first Glass Violin concerto, a staple in Deutsche Grammophon's contemporary music catalog, Gidon Kremer returns to the Yellow Label after more than a decade with the new recording of Philip Glass' Second Violin Concerto, The American Seasons. Kremer's first solo concerto album in many years, New Seasons also features works of Arvo Pärt, Giya Kancheli and Sh...
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