Peteris Vasks: Viatore - Distant Light - Voices

Peteris Vasks is one of the most famous composers from the Baltic states of the former Soviet Union. The works on this release are for chamber-music string ensembles: his first symphony Balsis - Voices; (1991), the haunting violin concerto Tala gaisma - Distant Light (1996/97), and the piece Viatore (the traveler; 2001), dedicated to Arvo Part, here in a version for eleven solo strings. (BR Klassik)