Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra is one of that Baltic nation's two national orchestral ensembles, the other being the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra. The group has also made a substantial impact in the West through performances, many of them at summer festivals, and recordings.
The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Nacionalinis Simfoninis Orkestras) was formed in 1940 by conductor and composer Balys Dvarionas and gave its first performance on December 26 of that year. The group survived World War II, giving concerts and performing in productions of the Vilnius Opera. In 1945, after Lithuania was liberated from German control, the orchestra came under the umbrella of the Radio Committee of the Lithuanian SSR, part of the national Soviet radio network. In 1958, the orchestra became part of a larger Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society, where it continues to reside organizationally today. Dvarionas departed as conductor and music director after a year but returned to both posts in 1958; he was succeeded by Juozas Domarkas (music director from 1964 to 2015) and Modestas Pitrenas (chief conductor since 2005 and music director since 2015). From 1961 to 1993, the orchestra was often conducted by Margarita Dvarionaite, one of the first female conductors in the former East Bloc. The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra performs a wide range of music from Classical to contemporary but specializes in Lithuanian music; it has given the premieres of more than 100 Lithuanian works. The orchestra gives about 50 concerts annually at the Philharmonic Hall in Vilnius and also tours extensively, appearing at such major venues as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Musikverein in Vienna, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. It has made appearances at numerous festivals in eastern and western Europe, including the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Warsaw's Beethoven Easter, and Prague Spring.
The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra has likewise made recordings in both eastern (for the Soviet/Russian national label Melodiya) and western Europe (Naxos, Marco Polo, and others). In 2020, the group recorded an album of works by composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis for the Ondine label, with Pitrenas conducting.
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Arvo Pärt: Lamentate
Onute Grazinyte, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Edward King, Modestas Pitrenas
Classical - Accentus Music 発売日 2020/09/04
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Čiurlionis: The Sea, In the Forest & Kęstutis
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrenas, Evelina Staniulytė
Classical - Ondine 発売日 2020/04/03
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Saudade
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Gabrielius Alekna, Giedrė Šlekytė, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Ondine 発売日 2021/02/05
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Piazzolla: Aconcagua & Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
Martynas Levickis, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Mikroorkéstra Chamber Ensemble, Modestas Pitrenas
Classical - Accentus Music 発売日 2021/06/25
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Fridrich Bruk: Orchestral Music, Volume Four
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Imants Resnis
Classical - Toccata Classics 発売日 2023/06/02
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Johannes Brahms - Concertos for Piano
Muza Rubackyté, Stefan Lano, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Doron Music 発売日 2021/09/24
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Narbutaite: Symphony No. 2
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Robertas Šervenikas
Classical - Fazer Records - Finlandia 発売日 2003/03/01
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KUTAVICIUS, B.: Last Pagan Rites / Epitaphium temporum Pereunti (Grazinis, Servenikas)
Leopoldas Digrys, Kaunas State Choir, Vilnius Ciurlionis Art School Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Romas Grazinis, Robertas Šervenikas
Classical - Ondine 発売日 2001/01/01
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Tres Dei Matris Symphoniae
Kaunas State Choir, Aidija Chamber Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Robertas Šervenikas
Classical - Naxos 発売日 2011/02/28
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Valentin Silvestrov: Works
Inna Galatenko, Marija Grikevičiūtė, Oleg Bezborodko, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Classical - Naxos 発売日 2020/08/14
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Balsys: Violin Concerto No. 1, Reflections of the Sea & Dramatic Frescoes
Dzeraldas Bidva, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Indrė Baikštytė, Modestas Pitrenas
Classical - Ondine 発売日 2021/04/02
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Ciurlionis: Complete Works for Orchestra
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Kaunas State Choir, Juozas Domarkas
Classical - Northern Flowers 発売日 2012/05/01
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Narbutaitė: No Yesterday, No Tomorrow
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Jovita Vaškevičiūtė, Christopher Lyndon-Gee, Tomas Pavilionis
Classical - Naxos 発売日 2017/12/01
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Choral Fantasy
JoAnn Falletta, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Doron Music 発売日 2011/01/01
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Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Romualdas Staskus, Juozas Domarkas, Igor Kramarev
Classical - Naxos 発売日 2005/11/15
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Habbestad: Mostraspelet
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Gli Scapoli, Oslo Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Classical - Aurora Records AS 発売日 1999/12/06
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Šerkšnytė: Songs of Sunset and Dawn. Cantata-Oratorio: 2. Night
Lina Dambrauskaitė, Tomas Pavilionis, Jauna Muzika Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Giedrė Šlekytė
Classical - Deutsche Grammophon (DG) 発売日 2019/11/01
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Mulvey: Akanos
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Navona 発売日 2014/02/04
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Lithuanian National Orchestra: In Focus (Jubilee Version)
Christian Lindberg, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Classical - EUROPEAN GRAMOPHONE 発売日 2024/04/09
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KUNDRAAN´S KARMA
Christian Lindberg, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Classical - EUROPEAN GRAMOPHONE 発売日 2021/06/08
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THE ADVENTURES OF KUNDRAAN
Christian Lindberg, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Classical - EUROPEAN GRAMOPHONE 発売日 2021/12/14
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