New CD “Songs of fate” is out now!
We are happy to announce the release of new CD on ECM label!
On the album, the violinist approaches scores by Baltic composers Giedrius Kuprevičius, Raminta Šerkšnytė, Jēkabs Jančevskis and the Polish composer Mieczysław Weinberg, together with his Kremerata Baltica chamber ensemble and soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė – many of the works captured here appear in premiere recordings. In his performer’s note, Kremer traces the roots of this programme back to both his Jewish heritage and his extensive history of living in the Baltic states, which has and continues to lead to collaborations with countless musicians and composers from the region. The personal connotations are palpable in the music, as Wolfgang Sandner observes in his liner note, confirming: “Gidon Kremer has perhaps never before revealed himself as intimately and as existentially focused as on this recording”.
