Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla - Works by Raminta Šerkšnytė (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

After the success of her Deutsche Grammaphon debut which she dedicated to the composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla (together with Giedre Slekyte) now lets us discover works by Lithuanian composer Raminta Šerkšnyté: Music of transcendent beauty, harrowing and full of emotional force. A music that combines mystical experience and outbursts of vibrant energy.

To Mirga, working together with Šerkšnyté has q quite special significance: “My connection with Raminta Šerkšnyté’s music is verypersonal. Probably what fascinates me most is the poetic quality and the mystery of this composer and her work. The ‘Ramintacism’, the minor thirds. Her personal voice.

The album contains a DVD with a documentary about Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla.

Tracklist:
1. Midsummer Song (13:14)
2. De profundis (13:23)
3. 1. Day. Evening (10:57)
4. 2. Night (8:12)
5. 3a. Introduction (0:59)
6. 3b. Morning. Eternal Morning (9:20)

Personnel:
Lina Dambrauskaitė, soprano
Justina Gringytė, mezzo-soprano
Tomas Pavilionis, tenor
Nerijus Masevičius, bass-baritone
Lithuanian Symphony Orchestra
Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla, conductor
Giedrė Šlekytė, conductor