Tituldziesma no Aijas Andrejevas  albuma MEŽĀ (2013)

MEŽĀ     

Komponists: Kārlis Lācis
Dzejniece: Māra Zālīte
Aranžējums vīru korim: Andris Sējāns
Izpildītāji: Aija Andrejeva, Ivars Cinkuss un RTU Vīru koris GAUDEAMUS.

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 Sergei Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil/ Всенощное Бдение/ Visnakts Dievkalpojums (2013) UPETT CD076

Aleksandra Govorova pārlikums vīru korim/ Male Chorus version by Aleksandr Govorov

The special spiritual quality emanating from Orthodox sacred music by virtue of the harmony created in the union of Word and Music has always evoked great interest in listeners from Latvia and the world over. To witness are yearly concerts given by visiting Russian choirs that are well attended in churches and concert halls, as well as the experience of „Gaudeamus”, Male choir of the Riga Technical University, performing its first ever program of Orthodox sacred music in numerous venues throughout Latvia.  

The Male choir „Gaudeamus” has premiered performances in Latvia of one of the great masterpieces of choral literature in the world –„Vespers”, written in 1915 by Sergey Rachmaninoff and then rearranged for male choir by conductor and composer Alexander Govorov of St.Petersburg.

Rachmaninoff himself considered this to be one of his best works. One is hard pressed to find argument with this assertion. Even though the work was not written for liturgical use, the synthesis of canonic Easter text with the composer’s broad musical vision, as well as the somber historical context (World War I, Russian Civil War) has created a true musical monument, one that certainly leaves both its listeners and performers a certain sense of spiritual value.

I CALL TO WORSHIP/ Приидите, поклонимся
II BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL/ Благослови, душе моя, Господа
Greek chant/ Греческаго роспeва
III BLESSED IS THE MAN/ Блажен муж
IV O GLADSOME LIGHT/ Свете Тихий
Kiev chant/ Киевскаго роспeва
V NUNC DIMITTIS/ Ныне отпущаеши
Kiev chant / Киевскаго роспeва
VI AVE MARIA/ Богородице Дево
VII THE SHORT GLORIA (hexapsalmos)/ Слава в вышних Богу (шестопсалмие)
VIII INTRODUCTION TO “THE SIX PSALMS”/ Хвалите Имя Господне
Znamennïy Chant/ Знаменнаго роспeва
IX THE STORY OF THE RESURRECTION/ Благословен еси, Господи
Znamennïy Chant/ Знаменнаго роспeва
X HYMN OF THE RESURRECTION/ Воскресение Христово видевше
XI MAGNIFICAT/ Величит душа Моя Господа
XII THE GREATER GLORIA/ Великое славословие
Znamennïy Chant/ Знаменнаго роспeва
XIII Troparion. TODAY HATH SALVATION COME/ Тропарь. Днесь спасение
Znamennïy Chant/ Знаменнаго роспeва
XIV HYMN TO THE MOTHER OF GOD/ Взбранной Воеводе
Greek chant/ Греческаго роспeва

Johannes Brahms RINALDO

    Johann Straus (son) An der schönen blauen Donau (2011)
 

RĪGAS TEHNISKĀS UNIVERSITĀTES 150. JUBILEJAS IESKAŅU KONCERTS

OPENING CONCERT OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
 

RTU vīru koris / male choir GAUDEAMUS

MATI TURI, tenors / tenor (Igaunija / Estonia)

LIEPĀJAS SIMFONISKAIS ORĶESTRIS / Liepaja Symphony Orchestra

Diriģents / conductor IVARS CINKUSS
 

Latvijas Radio 3 Klasika koncerta ieraksts 2011. gada 29. oktobrī LIELAJĀ ĢILDĒ, Rīgā

Concert recording at the Great Guild Hall, Riga, 29 October 2011
 

Skaņu režisors/sound engineer Normunds Slava, 

Māsterēja/mastering Tālis Timrots

Izdevējs/publisher - GAUDEAMUS

Dizains/design - Alvis Inne

Mīlestībā viļņo krūts (2008)
Juris Kulakovs / Eduards Veidenbaums
Vīru koris GAUDEAMUS un grupa PĒRKONS

Par godu Latvijas 90. dzimšanas dienai RTU vīru kora Gaudeamus un leģendārās grupas Pērkons kopdarbā tika realizēts muzikāls projekts - Jura Kulakova apcerīgi pacilājoša kantāte Mīlestībā viļņo krūts. Skaņdarbs tika veidots pēc Gaudeamus pasūtījuma un savu pasaules pirmatskaņojumu piedzīvoja 2008. gada novembrī Latvijas deviņdesmitgadē, Rīgā. Kantātē un šajā albumā ir iekļautas divdesmit viena gan agrāk radītas, gan arī jaunkomponētas dziesmas ar komponista garam tik tuvo, mūžam aktuālo, ironisko un trauksmaino Eduarda Veidenbauma dzeju.
Kā atzīst autors Juris Kulakovs: „Izjūtu garīgu radniecību ar Eduardu Veidenbaumu. Apbrīnojami, ka šīs dzejas joprojām ir aktuālas un skan mūsdienīgi.”
Ivars Cinkuss: „Veidenbauma dzeja simbiozē ar Jura mūziku  ļoti patiesi zīmē nemainīgās latvieša būtības daudzās šķautnes. Te ir vieta gan lielībai, iztapībai,  reibuma vilinājumam, gan arī gara diženumam, bet visam pāri – visaptverošai mīlestībai.”

Ierakstā piedalās grupa Pērkons - Raimonds Bartaševičs, Ieva Akurātere, Juris un Leons Sējāni, Ikars Ruņģis un Juris Kulakovs, kā arī vīru koris Gaudeamus. Diriģents un solists Ivars Cinkuss.

1. Pa Latvijas kalniem un lejām
2. Daudz varam runāt un spriest
3. Pēc ideāliem cenšas lielie gari
4. Lai rozes
5. Mīlestībā viļņo krūts
6. Pie debesīm mēness
7. Kam velti dārgo laiku tērē
8. Cienību dod liela bārda
9. Ja gribi tikt pie labas vietas
10. Ej un dzenies
11. Kuļos es kā pliks pa nātrām
12. Pie neskaidrās Mētras
13. Vai karš būs ar vāciešiem, krieviem
14. Laiks ātrāki steidzas
15. Iedzer brāli
16. Īsts filozofs
17. Par spīti grūtiem laikiem LISTEN
18. Cerība
19. Mīlestībā viļņo krūts LISTEN
20. Reiz zaļoja jaunība
21. Oda priekam LISTEN

Solisti: Raimonds Bartaševičs (2, 4, 6, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21) , Ieva Akurātere (20, 21), Ivars Cinkuss (3, 7, 21) Juris Kulakovs (10,19), Andis Ozoliņš (9), Ervīns Isajevs (9)

PRAULIŅŠ * PŪCE * GOTHAMS (2007) VKG004
MŪZIKA VĪRU KORIM
CONTEMPORARY LATVIAN MALE CHOIR MUSIC

1.-10. Uģis Prauliņš VENUS ET AMOR  LISTEN
Poems from Thomas Campions (1567-1620) „Elegiarum Liber” (1619) and Song of Songs (1; 9-13,2)
Ieva Parša, alto, Ivars Cinkuss, bariton, Sarmīte Ārenta, piano, Uģis Prauliņš, keyboards, Juris Kulakovs, accordeon, Ainārs Paukšēns, cello, Edgars Saksons and Ivo Krūskops, percussions
World premiere May 2005

11.-15. Valts Pūce ODI ET AMO
Poems from Catullus (ca. 84-54 BC) „Carmina”
World premiere July 2001

16.-19. Nick Gotham DREAM PIPE
Poems by Ēriks Ādamsons
English translation by Baņuta Rubess
With participation of Latvian Republic Armed Forces Staff Orchestra
World premiere May 2006

Every composer perceives things within the framework of his/her own distinctive palette. By commissioning new works we seek out that which is unique to each of them. We have been drawn to the melodic line and masculinity in the music of Edgars Račevskis, who is completely fluent in the media of male choir, and to the Byzantine Slavic dramatic serenity of Andrejs Selickis, the inimitable harmonic colors and emotionality of Maija Einfelde…
Three composers, the heroes of this recording, are of the same generation and have one thing in common - they seem to identify with the worlds of “pop” music and jazz. The works presented here share something essentially masculine, a condition particularly evident each Spring when Maleness awakens in pursuit of absolute values – Sensuality, Pleasure, Hunger for life, Dreams, Beauty, Love and Wine. And so I would hope that the roughly hewn, folky robustness of Praulinš, elegantly twisting melody of Pūce and deceptively easy writing style of “rhythm twister” Gotham is a guarantee that this first recording of contemporary Latvian music for male choir won’t collect dust on store shelves. Or our memory…
Ivars Cinkuss

 Manas dvēseles tērpu apskaidro (2005) VKG003
Orthodox hymns. Riga Technical University Male chorus GAUDEAMUS

1. I’ll take the Goblet of Salvation (Anonymous)
2. Introductory Psalm* (Andrejs Selickis)
3. Commendable is… (Dmitrij Bortnanskij)
4. Heal my sickness (Grigorij Izvekov)
5. This Day (D. Bortnanskij)
6. Quiet light (Anonymous)
7. My soul groans* (A. Selickis, poem by Sergej Yesenin
8. Hymn of the Moundy Thursday at Sunrise* (A. Selickis)
9. Thy Secret Supper (Aleksej Lvov)
10. Let my Prayer Arise (Pavel Chesnokov)
11. Resurrection Hymns* (A. Selickis)
12. Bonus track: The legend of Twelve Rubbers (Traditional Russian)

* - first recording

This album includes music from the Orthodox music program, featuring four new works by Latvian Orthodox composer Andrejs Salickis – “Introductory Psalms”,” My Soul Cries”, “Sunrise Hymn for Maundy Thursday” and “Resurrection Hymns”.
Absolute consonance and harmony of Word and Music characterize concert performances of these songs in Latvia, Australia and United States, where unaccompanied male voices have given audiences a musical gift of peaceful joy.
The enormously enthusiastic and warm response confirmed the conviction that this program must be released in CD format, in order for the unique synthesis of Baltic and Orthodox which is so characteristic of A. Selicki's music to make its deserved mark, alongside more protestant-like interpretations of Orthodox classics (D.Bortnanskij, P.Chesnokov, A.Lvov and G. Izvekov), in the body of Latvian music.
Conductor Ivars Cinkuss.

Romantic Latvian music (1999) PRCD 031

1. Krīvu krīvs (Jāzeps Vītols)
2. Dzīvīte (Jāzeps Vītols)
3. Biķeris miroņu salā (Alfrēds Kalniņš)
4. Šurp, brāļi (Alfrēds Kalniņš)
5. Kā sniegi (Viktors Baštiks)
6. Gods Dievam augstībā (Jurjānu Andrejs)
7. Karavīra līgaviņa (Leonīds Vīgners)
8. Aijā (Bruno Skulte)
9. Sniga sniegi, putināja (Pētera Barisona apdare)
10. Tumša nakte, zaļa zāle (Romualda Jermaka apdare)
11. Nakts (Jāzeps Vītols)
12. Celies (Pēteris Barisons)
13. Gaisa dārzi (Jēkabs Graubiņš)
14. Mirdzi kā zvaigzne (Emīls Dārziņš)
15. Kapsētas klusums (Emīls Dārziņš)
16. Es karā'i aiziedams (Romualda Jermaka apdare) LISTEN
17. Lāčplēša dziesma (Jēkabs Graubiņš)
18. Kalējs (Jāzeps Vītols)

Romantic Latvian music performed by an outstanding men’s choir „GAUDEAMUS”.
Along with beloved and popular songs, the album also includes previously unrecorded music by Jāzeps Vītols, Alfrēds Kalniņš, Jēkabs Graubiņš and others.
Dr. Mus. Oļģerts Grāvītis says that “this CD has 18 a cappella recordings, and thanks to the efforts of conductor Ivars Cinkuss and his choir, listeners can enjoy artistically impeccable and convincing performance of music composed by Latvia’s most distinguished and well-known composers”.

Gaudeamus Sings Classics (1998)

1. Ascendit Deus (Jacob Handl)
2. O Bone Jesu (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
3. Kyrie (Edgars Račevskis)
4. Sanctus (Edgars Račevskis)
5. Quatre petites prieres de Saint Francois d'Assisi (1;3) (Francis Poulenc)
6. Svečturi (Pēteris Plakidis)
7. Divpadsmit asaras (Juris Karlsons)
8. Ave Maria (Franz Biebl)
9. Gesang der Geister über dem Wassern (Franz Schubert)
10. Ave Maria (Anton Bruckner)
11. Fraternitatis Hymnus (T. Zardini)
12. Nakts (Pēteris Barisons)
13. Gaisa dārzi (Jēkabs Graubiņš)
14. Vocalise (Wilbour Chenoweth)
15. Tannhäuser (Richard Wagner)
16. Landkjending (Jaunā tēvija) (Edvard Grieg)