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Complete piano concertos by Vytautas Bacevičius are now available for the first time, recorded by Gabrielius Alekna
Naxos has released “Vytautas Bacevičius: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2” featuring Piano Concertos Nos. 1-2 alongside the Lithuanian composer’s Third Symphony. Two of the works, Concerto No. 2 and the symphony, are world premiere recordings. Just as in Volume 1 of Bacevičius’s orchestral works containing the other two piano concertos (Naxos, 2015), Gabrielius’s collaborators here are the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by the multiple-Grammy-nominee Christopher Lyndon-Gee.
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Ondine has released Žibuoklė Martinaitytė’s “Chiaroscuro Trilogy” written for and performed by Gabrielius Alekna
The Finish label “Ondine Records” has released the monographic album titled “Saudade” featuring recent orchestral compositions by the New York-based Lithuanian composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė. The album features “Chiaroscuro Trilogy,” a work for piano and string orchestra performed by Gabrielius Alekna and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra and conducted by a dynamic Austria-based maestra Giedrė Šlekytė. Ms. Martinaitytė, a decorated composer and Guggenheim Fellow, wrote and dedicated the Trilogy to Mr. Alekna, who premiered it with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra in the 2017 Gaida festival. The recording has been met with immediate acclaim, garnering praise in numerous publications such as the New York Times, Stereophile Magazine (Recording of the month), Gramophone and… read more
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Praise for NAXOS recording of Bacevičius’ Piano Concertos performed by Gabrielius Alekna
Vytautas Bacevičius: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1, featuring Bacevičius’ Piano concertos Nos. 3 and 4 performed by Gabrielius Alekna, gets high marks from numerous reviewers in print and online. In this 2015 release, which also includes Bacevičius’ orchestral Spring Suite, the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra is conducted by the three-time Grammy nominee Christopher Lyndon-Gee, with Gabrielius Alekna playing piano solo part in the concertos. Two of the three compositions in the album are world première…read more
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Gabrielius Alekna releases a new solo album on Toccata Classics
Vytautas Bacevičius: Piano Music, Volume Two(released September 1, 2016) is a continuation of Gabrielius Alekna’s ongoing series of Bacevičius’ (1905-1970) piano music brought out by the inventive British label Toccata Classics.
As with Volume One (Complete Mots, released in 2011), more than half of the compositions presented on this album are first recordings. Also similarly to Volume One, compositions included here represent the composer’s changing musical language, from his early searching and refined Poèms of the late 1920s…read more
