Tālivaldis Ķeniņš: Symphonies Nos 2, 3 & 7

Tālivaldis Ķeniņš: Symphonies Nos 2, 3 & 7

ODE 1401-2 (Ondine Records, CD)

FIRST RELEASE (2 September 2022)
Tracks: 10
Booklet pages: 20
℗ 2022 Ondine Oy
© 2022 Ondine Oy
Main country of recording: Latvia
Reviewer: Robert McCarney
Review of Tālivaldis Ķeniņš: Symphonies Nos 2, 3 & 7 published on 14 September 2022

Tommaso Pratola, flute (tracks 1-3)
Egils Upatnieks, oboe (tracks 1-3)
Mārtiņš Circenis, clarinet (tracks 1-3)
Zanda Švēde, mezzo-soprano (track 10)
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Andris Poga, conductor

Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (1919-2008):

Symphony No 2, 'Sinfonia concertante' (1967) for flute, oboe, clarinet and orchestra
1 I
2 II
3 III

Symphony No 3 (1970)
4 I
5 II
6 III

Symphony No 7 (Symphony in the form of a Passacaglia, 1980)
7 Intrada. Moderato –
8 Passacaglia –
9 Allegro molto –
10 Aria

This is the final volume in the first-ever complete recorded cycle of symphonies by Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (1919–2008), one of the most prominent post-World War II composers in Latvia and Canada. This album includes three of the composer's eight numbered symphonies performed by the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra under Andris Poga.

Recorded 30 August - 2 September 2021 (Symphony No 7) and 13-16 December 2021 (Symphonies 2 and 3) at the Great Guild Hall, Riga, Latvia.