Going For the Impossible - a Portrait - Works By Raminta Serksnyte

Lithuanian Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, Giedre Slekyte

After the success of her Deutsche Grammaphon debut which she dedicated to the composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla (together with Giedre Šlekyte) now lets us discover works by Lithuanian composer Raminta Šerkšnyte: 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 Šerkšnyt? has a quite special significance: “My connection with Raminta Šerkšnyte’s music is very personal. 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 Gražinyte-Tyla.

Šerkšnyte:
 Cantata-Oratorio. Songs of Sunset and Dawn
 De profundis
 Midsummer Song

"Šerkšnyte’s music is free-flowing in its expression, form and range, offering moments of exquisite beauty and quasi mysticism…While we should be careful to avoid a siloed approach to repertoire, there is something magical about hearing contemporary Lithuanian music performed by local experts."
BBC Music MagazineFebruary 2020 *****(Performance) / ****(Recording)

"Compared to [De profundis's] previous version, Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla favours a more spacious and less visceral yet comparably intense approach – audibly relishing this music’s acute contrasts as its earlier anguish becomes progressively diffused towards a sombre and questioning close."
Gramophone Magazine - February 2020

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