Composer: Gediminas Gelgotas, Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Imants Kalnins, Wojciech Kilar, Carl August Nielsen, Arvo Pärt, Jean Sibelius, Karl Vilhelm Eugen Stenhammar, Igor Stravinsky, Richard Wagner
Orchestra: Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Kristjan Järvi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naive
Catalogue: V5407
Release: 2015
Size: 685 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Nielsen: Maskarade Overture
02. Stenhammar: Sangen, Op. 44: Mellanspel
03. Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23: At the Wedding
04. Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11: II. Ballade. Tempo di menuetto
05. Gelgotas: Never Ignore the Cosmic Ocean
06. Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
07. Kalnins: Symphony No. 4 “Rock Symphony”: I. Allegretto
08. Kilar: Orawa
09. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Part II “The Sacrifice”: Sacrificial Dance
10. Wagner: The Ring, an Orchestral Adventure: Brünnhildes Opfertat
Baltic Sea Voyage is the next instalment in the Kristjan Järvi Sound Project recording series on Naïve Classique. Conceived by Estonian-American Kristjan Järvi and performed by the Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic (BYP) – of which Järvi is Founding Conductor and Music Director since 2008 – the album celebrates the rich musical landscape of the Baltic Sea region. Järvi comments: “Featuring music from each country bordering the Baltic Sea, listeners can journey from the deep spirituality of Grieg, Sibelius and Pärt and the Nordic mythology of Wagner’s Ring, to the folkloric drive of Stravinsky and Kilar, and finally to the pop culture-inspired works of living composers Kalninš and Gelgotas.” Baltic Sea Voyage is the orchestra’s first official album release.