Sinfonietta Riga
Latvia's Sinfonietta Riga is a relatively new chamber orchestra that plays music from the First Viennese School to the contemporary era. The orchestra has the explicitly stated mission of promoting Latvian chamber orchestra music, and to that end, it often commissions new work.
The Sinfonietta Riga, in full the State Chamber Orchestra Sinfonietta Riga, was formed in 2006 in the Latvian capital city of Riga. Since that time, its chief conductor and artistic director has been Normunds Sne. The orchestra's 34 members are mostly young and open to novel experiments such as a Twitter opera (based on an exchange concerning the economy in the Baltic states) and a performance in a partly disused Soviet-era airport. Concerts often mix standard-repertory and new works in a thematic or narrative fashion. The Sinfonietta Riga has attracted top-notch guest artists, including pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout, violinist Isabelle Faust, and cellist Sol Gabetta. Guest conductors, including Paavo Järvi, Heinz Holliger, and John Storgårds, have led the orchestra in concert. The Sinfonietta Riga has mounted several foreign tours, visiting major German venues, including the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, as well as Lincoln Center in New York, and the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam. At home in Riga, the orchestra has a close relationship with the Latvian Radio Choir and its conductor Sigvards Kļava, with whom the orchestra performs several times annually.
The Sinfonietta Riga has recorded for Ondine, ECM, and BIS, as well as other boutique northern European labels beyond Latvia. The group made its debut in 2007, soon after its formation, joining the Latvian Radio Choir for a recording on Ondine of composer Peteris Vasks' Pater Noster. It won a Grammy award for its 2012 ECM release Arvo Pärt: Adam's Lament, also featuring the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. In 2020, the Sinfonietta Riga backed violist Maxim Rysanov in a BIS recording of Vasks' Viola Concerto.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Vasks: Laudate Dominum
Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga, Ilze Reine, Sigvards Kļava
Klassiek - Released by Ondine on 10 nov. 2017
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Arvo Pärt : Adam's Lament
Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis, Sinfonietta Riga, Tõnu Kaljuste
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 12 okt. 2012
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VASKS, P.: Pater noster / Dona nobis pacem / Mass (Latvian Radio Choir, Klava)
Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga, Sigvards Kļava
Koormuziek - Released by Ondine on 1 jan. 2007
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Hans Gál - Concertinos for violin/ cello / piano/string serenade
Nina Karmon, Oliver Triendl, Justus Grimm, Sinfonietta Riga, Normunds Sne
Klassiek - Released by haenssler CLASSIC on 6 okt. 2023
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Tüür: Ärkamine (Awakening)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Sinfonietta Riga, Daniel Reuss
Klassiek - Released by Ondine on 1 nov. 2011
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Tavener: The Protecting Veil
Matthew Barley, Sinfonietta Riga, Sukhvinder Singh Pinky
Klassiek - Released by Signum Records on 14 jun. 2019
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Arvo Pärt: Adam's Lament
Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis, Sinfonietta Riga, Tõnu Kaljuste
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 12 okt. 2012
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Peteris Vasks: Vox Amoris - Works for Violin and String Orchestra
Alina Pogostkina (Violin), Sinfonietta Riga, Juha Kangas (Conductor)
Klassiek - Released by wergo on 1 jan. 2011
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Moser: Orchestral Works
Oliver Triendl, Sinfonietta Riga, Philippe Bach
Klassiek - Released by haenssler CLASSIC on 15 mrt. 2024
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Humanity
Simone Drescher, Sinfonietta Riga, Janis Liepins
Klassiek - Released by GWK Records on 7 okt. 2022
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Dzenitis, Buravickis, Leimane, Paidere
Sinfonietta Riga, Normunds Sne
Klassiek - Released by SKANI on 10 dec. 2021
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Pēteris Vasks: Viola Concerto & Symphony No. 1 "Voices"
Maxim Rysanov, Sinfonietta Riga
Klassiek - Released by BIS on 3 apr. 2020
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Nordic Atmospheres
Sinfonietta Riga, Claus Efland, Egils Šefers
Klassiek - Released by Challenge Classics on 28 feb. 2014
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The Protecting Veil: IV. The Incarnation
Matthew Barley, Sinfonietta Riga, Sukhvinder Singh Pinky
Klassiek - Released by Signum Records on 8 mei 2019
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Live in Riga - Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Op.61 & Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Live)
Sinfonietta Riga, Thomas Gould
Concertmuziek - Released by Edition Classics on 4 mei 2015
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Ivanovs: Symphonies for Strings
Sinfonietta Riga, Normunds Sne
Klassiek - Released by SKANI on 5 okt. 2018
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Santa Ratniece: Saline
Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga
Klassiek - Released by SKANI on 15 jun. 2018
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Rudolf Moser: Overture to a Church concert Op. 41
Oliver Triendl, Sinfonietta Riga, Philippe Bach
Klassiek - Released by haenssler CLASSIC on 16 feb. 2024
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Dzenītis, Tumševica, Leimane: Chamber Symphonies
Sinfonietta Riga, Normunds Sne
Klassiek - Released by SKANI on 18 mei 2018
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Sketches from Latvia (Live)
Klassiek - Released by Centaur Records, Inc. on 2 sep. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo