musica vera. Symphonic works by Lithuanian composers

Disk #1

1. Osvaldas Balakauskas. 1st movement Okta. Allegro from the Symphony No 4 12′36″

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   Osvaldas Balakauskas. 1st movement Okta. Allegro from the Symphony No 4

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2. Jonas Tamulionis. La suite española. La añoranza de Andalucia 02′47″

3. Jonas Tamulionis. La suite española. El vals sarcástico 02′29″

4. Jonas Tamulionis. La suite española. Los laberintos de las Cuevas del Dragón 03′43″

5. Jonas Tamulionis. La suite española. Las resonancias de Flamenco 03′03″

6. Antanas Rekašius. 3rd movement Largo from the Symphony No 7 'In memoriam' 10′15″

7. Vytautas V. Barkauskas. Touch 07′52″

8. Arvydas Malcys. Sign of Destiny 10′47″

   Conductor Juozas Domarkas

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   Arvydas Malcys. Sign of Destiny

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9. Onutė Narbutaitė. 2nd movement 'Melody in the Olive Garden' from the Symphony No 2 14′20″

   Igor Kramarev (trumpet)

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   Onutė Narbutaitė. 2nd movement 'Melody in the Olive Garden' from the Symphony No 2

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10. Raminta Šerkšnytė. Glow 11′12″

    Conductor Robertas Šervenikas

Disk #2

1. Vytautas Bacevičius. Poème èlectrique Op.16 05′31″

   Conductor Vytautas Lukočius

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   Vytautas Bacevičius. Poème èlectrique Op.16

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2. Bronius Kutavičius. 'The 10th of April, Saturday...' for soprano and symphony orchestra 13′04″

   Asmik Grigorian (soprano)
   Conductor Mindaugas Piečaitis

3. Feliksas Bajoras. Concerto for violin and orchestra. 1st movement Moderato mobile-Larghetto 06′47″

4. Feliksas Bajoras. Concerto for violin and orchestra. 2nd movement Allegro 06′25″

   Rusnė Mataitytė (violin)

5. Anatolijus Šenderovas. 'The Night is Loud...And Green Pines Are Soaring...' for soprano, percussion, harp, celesta, and symphony orchestra, fragment 11′20″

   Irena Milkevičiūtė (soprano)
   Conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius

6. Vytautas V. Jurgutis. Ci 08′41″

   Conductor Mārtiņš Ozoliņš

7. Algirdas Martinaitis. 3rd movement 'Sermon to Brothers Birds' and 4th movement 'You Are Holy, My Lord' from 'A Letter to All the Faithful' 13′17″

   Darius Golmantas (descant)
   Petras Vyšniauskas (saxophone)
   Julius Sasnauskas (priest preacher)
   Kaunas State Choir
   Conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius

8. Nomeda Valančiūtė. The Message 07′13″

   Conductor Vytautas Lukočius

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   Nomeda Valančiūtė. The Message

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Disk #3

1. Alvidas Remesa. 'Melody' for birbynė and orchestra 04′43″

   Pranciškus Narušis (birbynė)

2. Vidmantas Bartulis. 'Music' for voice and orchestra 08′15″

   Vidmantas Bartulis (voice)

3. Donatas Zakaras. 2nd piece from the series 'Two Pieces' 06′15″

4. Eduardas Balsys. Habanera 04′47″

5. Giedrius Kuprevičius. 6th movement 'I Love' from the poetic oratorio 'Eternal Light' 06′33″

   Liudas Mikalauskas (bass)
   Kaunas State Choir

6. Vaclovas Augustinas. 1st movement 'Gloria' from 'Gloria' for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra 06′43″

   Aušra Gakaitė (soprano)
   Kaunas State Choir

7. Zita Bružaitė. Birth of a Song 03′17″

   Neda Malunavičiūtė (vocal)

8. Jonas Jurkūnas. Temporarily. Letter to Charles 07′14″

   Kristina Žaldokaitė, Berta Timinskaitė, Ieva Mukauskaitė, Gaudrė Vaitkutė (vocal)

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   Jonas Jurkūnas. Temporarily. Letter to Charles

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9. Faustas Latėnas. In Loving Memory... 13′46″

   Conductor Imants Resnis