Lithuanian composers

[tadk]

Antanas Jasenka, Arturas Bumšteinas, Rytis Mažulis, Egidija Medekšaitė, Šarūnas Nakas, Osvaldas Balakauskas, Vidmantas Bartulis, Feliksas Bajoras, Bronius Kutavičus, Antanas Kučinskas, Ričardas Kabelis...

Do these names sound familiar? Any recommendations?

[the orchestra drowns]

Antanas Rekašius' symphonic work is gorgeous, esp. his latter ones. Can upload some if you're interested.

[D.D.]

Antanas Rekašius' symphonic work is gorgeous, esp. his latter ones. Can upload some if you're interested.

A few samples here: http://www.mxl.lt/en/classical/persons/ ... persons/41

Good stuff!

[the orchestra drowns]

Listening to the third movement of his 7th Symphony. It's so fucking beautiful and propulsive.

A bit off-topic, but the circumstances of his death were so awful

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3168842.stm

[cdeupree]

Antanas Rekašius' symphonic work is gorgeous, esp. his latter ones. Can upload some if you're interested.

Yes please. I've done some diligence seeking his recordings, but can't find much. Amazon lists two, both out of print and expensive. Nothing on emusic, iTunes, lala or Arkivmusic. Perhaps you could upload a whole piece that you admire?

Thanks.

[nhennies]

Antanas Jasenka has an incredible track on the rlw "Tulpas" 5xCD set called "Room Music". One of the standouts of the whole set, for sure.

I also have the score for a piece he wrote for double bass and glockenspiel called "Flowers" but I've never managed to perform it. Looks really nice, though.

[vonbingen]

Yeah honestly what is up with Lithuanian music these days? It's like this hotspot of music innovation in a country I bet the majority of Americans couldn't find on a map. A while ago I downloaded a Rytis Mazulis computer piano CD (it was attached to some MP3s I actually wanted) and never listened to it...since I've delved into the "scene" and bought a CD of Mazulis' music, it just came last week actually (Cum Essem Parvulus). It's absolutely amazing, it's all for voices and it's this super-canon-y-microtonal-dissonant stuff. The title track is exciting and something I've never heard before. And Arturas Bumsteinas is a name that keeps popping up, although it seems he does more multi-disciplinary artwork than "plain music".

[orangettecoleman]

You probably already know about this website, but if not here it is
http://www.mic.lt/en/classical/info/6
You may find some info of interest...

[polypx]

http://www.mic.lt/en/classical/info/6

What a brilliant site!

It's like opening an entirely new box of music I didn't even know existed! Thanks guys.

Dan

[polypx]

Listening to the third movement of his 7th Symphony. It's so fucking beautiful and propulsive.

Any chance you could upload this somewhere? It seems to be unavailable commercially.

cheers
Dan

[MRS]

Listening to the third movement of his 7th Symphony. It's so fucking beautiful and propulsive.

I'll add to the chorus, any advice on tracking this down would be appreciated. Arkiv has nothing and the only thing I've found is a prohibitively expensive used copy on amazon.