Pēteris Vasks: Distant Light, Piano Quartet & Summer Dances

AlbumMay 01 / 202021 songs, 1h 24m 36s

Born in Ukraine, Vadim Gluzman grew up in Latvia, Pēteris Vasks’ native country, and here he pays magnificent tribute to this most appealing of composers. Vasks’ music has a purity and serenity that mask its complexities, and his musical language has won him a huge following. *Violin Concerto “Distant Light”* alternates solo turns by the violin with passages of heart-easing harmony for orchestral strings. Gluzman judges it to perfection. The *Summer Dances*, for two violins, are almost naive in their directness while the *Quartet for Strings & Piano* amplifies the sonorities powerfully. An ideal introduction to Vasks’ mesmerizing musical world.