Balakauskas/ Leitaite/ Katkus - RequiemBalakauskas's Requiem is an intimate chamber work in character and scoring, performed by a mezzo soprano, choir and chamber orchestra. The composer himself claims to have created an emphatically traditional work, though it would appear that here he upholds the old division between the spheres of musica sacra, with it's cultivation of true and tried values, and that of the innovation seeking musica profana. The musical language of the Requiem, compared

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a work of electrifying intensity and vibrant color

While exploring sound using electronics and extended techniques

we regularly see a theme appearing in different rhythmic variants - sometimes dotted

Bettina Messerschmidt became acquainted with Hertel's music at the beginning of her career as a Baroque cellist and enthusiastically welcomed the warmth

contemplative songs

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which marked his first #1 on the UK album chart

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have made him a key player of the Aegean Lounge & Chill scene

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