Pēteris Vasks : Partitions difficile

Spring Music - The Seasons II (1995)This Spring music forms part of the cycle The Seasons, a collection for piano containing the previously published pieces Balta ainava (White Landscape) and Rudens m...

'Christmas - Peace on Earth' is the leading motive of the String Quartet, a tenet of faith as well as an expression of hope. In the first part of the work Vasks uses themes from a well-known Christmas...

The Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, who is known for his atmospheric pieces for string orchestra, 'Cantabile', 'Musica dolorosa' and 'Voices', is concentrating increasingly on chamber music: his lates...

For a number of years the Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, famous for his atmospheric compositions for string orchestra like 'Cantabile' and 'Musica dolorosa', worked as a double bass player in various...

Litene is the name of a village in Latvia, which has acquired a significance similar to that of 'Katyn' in Poland. It was in this village that in June 1941 the officer élite of the Latvian army was am...

La beauté de la nature lettone a inspiré nombre de mes travaux, car elle m'a offert des moments de bonheur uniques. Le plat pays est l'un des éléments dominants du paysage letton, c'est un lieu où l'o...

Peteris Vasks a toujours écrit pour l'orgue, qu'il s'agisse d'oeuvres originales ou de transcriptions pour cordes de ses propres compositions. Son idéal sonore et son inspiration lui viennent du fameu...