Composer: Kaija Saariaho, Raminta Šerkšnytė, Bent Sørensen, Lasse Thoresen, Peteris Vasks, Anna Þorvaldsdóttir
Performer: Ieva Jokubaviciute
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Dorian Sono Luminus
Catalogue: DSL-92251
Release: 2021
Size: 1.76 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Thoresen: Invocations, Op. 52 (Excerpts)
01. No. 1, Invocation of Pristine Light
02. Þorvaldsdóttir: Scape
Sørensen: 12 Nocturnes (Excerpts)
03. No. 1, Mignon [Und die Sonne geht Unter]
04. No. 3, Nachtlicher Fluss
05. No. 7, Mitternacht mit Mignon
06. Saariaho: Prelude for Solo Piano
07. Šerkšnytė: Fantasia for Solo Piano
08. Vasks: Music for a Summer Evening
Thoresen: Invocations, Op. 52 (Excerpts)
09. No. 2, Invocation of Rising Air
The recording project Northscapes weaves works—from the first decades of the twenty-first century by composers from the Nordic and Baltic countries of Europe—into a tapestry of soundscapes, vibrating between landscape and the imagination, between the external and internal, between nature and psyche. What these works for piano solo share is a particular attunement to nature, reverberating out of the ever-present reservoir of pagan myths, legends, and folk music of the region. Their sensitivity to the sonic environment allows these composers to explore the liminal space dividing yet connecting landscape, soundscape, and mindscape.