A ship with unfurled sails
JACKSON Gabriel (*1962)
The State Choir Latvija - Maris Sirmais (Dir)
Label : Hyperion Records
Artikelnummer: CDA67976
1 CD
CHF 19.50
The Latvian choral tradition is admired worldwide, and the nation's composers for these forces are writing overwhelmingly spiritual music - perhaps a reaction to the suppression of that material by the Soviets. But here the Latvian State Choir do the honour of turning to a British composer - albeit one who has immersed himself in the contemporary Baltic sound-world.