Gidon Kremer + Kremerata Baltica
The Russian Seasons

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Track Listing

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1	The Russian Seasons: Spring: Christovskaya“ (Dominical)	2:41
2	The Russian Seasons: Spring: Kachulnaya“ (Lullaby)	2:26
3	The Russian Seasons: Spring: Jagoryevskaya“ (Song for St. George’s Day)	4:20
4	The Russian Seasons: Summer: Platsch s kukoschkoy“ (Lament with Cuckoo)	2:08
5	The Russian Seasons: Summer: Dukhovskaya“ (Song for Whitsuntide)	4:21
6	The Russian Seasons: Summer: Tolotnaya“ (Fertilizing Song)	3:07
7	The Russian Seasons: Autumn: Postovaya“ (Song for Ember Days)	3:55
8	The Russian Seasons: Autumn: Vosennaya“ (Autumn Song)	2:01
9	The Russian Seasons: Autumn: Svadebskaya“ (Nuptial Song)	3:37
10	The Russian Seasons: Winter: Sviatoshnaya“ (Song for Christmastide)	0:53
11	The Russian Seasons: Winter: Maslennaya“ (Song for Shrovetide)	1:46
12	The Russian Seasons: Winter: Posledniaya“ (Closing Song)	4:11
13	"The Seasons" Digest: January – At the Fireside	2:39
14	"The Seasons" Digest: February – Carnival	0:33
15	"The Seasons" Digest: March – Song of the Lark	1:12
16	"The Seasons" Digest: April – Snowdrop	1:24
17	"The Seasons" Digest: May – Starlight Nights	1:36
18	"The Seasons" Digest: June – Barcarolle	1:50
19	"The Seasons" Digest: July – Song of the Reaper	1:41
20	"The Seasons" Digest: August – The Harvest	0:52
21	"The Seasons" Digest: September – The Hunt	1:20
22	"The Seasons" Digest: October – Autumn Song	2:13
23	"The Seasons" Digest: November – Troika Ride	1:36
24	"The Seasons" Digest: December – Christmas	2:05

News & Reviews

Thursday, November 10, 2011

The New Yorker: Gidon Kremer Confirms His Place as "Greatest Violinist Alive" at Lincoln Center's White Light Festival

Gidon Kremer recently performed in Lincoln Center's White Light Festival in a program titled Homage to J.S. Bach. "Kremer's performance of the Bach Chaconne was the wonder of the night," writes The New Yorker's Alex Ross. "Herbert von Karajan once declared that Kremer was the greatest violinist alive; this still seems to be the case. His legendary reading of the Chaconne ... has grown ever deeper with age." Kremer joins the Kremerata Baltica chamber orchestra for a brief European tour starting next weekend.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Gidon Kremer Performs Program of "Transcendence" (NY Times) at Lincoln Center's White Light Festival

Gidon Kremer returned to Lincoln Center in New York on Saturday for the second-annual White Light Festival, "an exploration of music’s power to illuminate our interior lives," to present a program titled Homage to J.S. Bach. The program centered around Bach's Chaconne for solo violin and included the US premiere of Silvestrov's Dedication to J.S. Bach. The New York Times calls the Bach piece "as transcendent a work as you will find." Kremer joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra this week at Boston's Symphony Hall for works by Schumann and Strauss.

About this Album

Latvian violinist Kremer, says the New York Times “remains one of the truly interesting musicians among us today.” He commissioned Ukrainian composer Leonid Desyatnikov’s title piece and pairs it with Alexander Raskatov’s arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s 12-part The Seasons.

Credits

MUSICIANS
Gidon Kremer, solo violin and artistic director

Kremerata Baltica:
Indre Andruskeviviute, Dzeraldas Bidva, Eva Bindere, Migle Diksaitiene, Andrejs Golikovs, Elo Ivask, Miroslava Kotorovych, Marija Nemanyte, Migle Serapinaite, Sandis Steinbergs, Andrei Valigura, Sanita Zarina, violin
Ula Ulijona, Vidas Vekerotas, Guy Ben Ziony, Zita Zemovica, viola
Peteris Cirksis, Giedre Dirvanauskaite, Eriks Kirsfelds, Marta Sudraba, cello
Danielis Rubinas, Indrek Sarrap, bass
Reinut Tepp, piano (13-24)
Andrey Pushkarev, percussion (13-24)

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Helmut Mühle and Gidon Kremer
Recorded December 2001 at Studio Nalepastrasse, Berlin
Engineer: Philipp Nedel
Assistant Engineers: Niels Müller
Edited by Gudrun Maurer

The Russian Seasons (1-12) composed by Leonid Desyatnikov; “The Season” Digest (13-24) by Alexander Raskatov

Design by Evan Gaffney Design
Cover: Apostate © 2002 Viktor Yerofeyev, from Bellybutton, published by Zebra Publishing, Moscow

Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz