Cover: About 2500 Tigers (2008) by Charlie Baird (b1955)
Hyperion CDA67747 · February 2010
Various - Baltic Exchange
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Press
The Arts Desk2010A fascinating anthology of contemporary a capella vocal works from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the music is mercifully free of the saccharine blandness that afflicts some modern choral composition, while remaining accessible…Read the review 
Gramophone Magazine2010A fascinating collection of choral works by composers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, centring on a Mass setting by setting by Latvian Uģis Prauliņš (b1957), Gabriel Jackson’s excellent insert-notes observe that Prauliņš’s…Read the review 
Classical Music Magazine2010Layton delves into Baltic melting pot A regular visitor since the lifting of the iron curtain, Stephen Latyon is witnessing a rich stylistic ferment. Baltic Exchange, the title of the latest Hyperion release from Stephen Layton…Read the review 
The Philadelphia Inquirer2010Early this year when the Philadelphia choir the Crossing unveiled great music by the little-known young Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds, you had to wonder what other riches were out there. One answer is in this disc of…Read the review - Audiophile Audition2010Hyperion continues to astound by coming up with unknown and eminently-listenable music from various parts of the world. On this disc the wonderful Stephen Layton presents us with music from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Anyone…Read the review
The Irish Times2010Think of Baltic choral music and you probably think of something by Arvo Pärt. This new CD leaves him aside, and offers works from all three Baltic states: the 29-minute Missa Rigensis and Laudibus in sanctis by Ugis Praulins…Read the review 
klassiekezaken.nl2010Door de bekendheid van hun koormuziek kan de indruk bestaan dat boven de Noordzee alleen Pärt en Rautavaara dergelijk repertoire hebben gemaakt. Verbreed nu uw horizon met deze fraaie selectie van Baltische koorwerken die de…Read the review 
Classics Today.com2010This is a major release that choral music fans will not want to miss. Here is a program of modern works (most written within the last 10 years) that listeners can immediately appreciate for the obvious sophistication and…Read the review 
Music Web International2010Baltic Exchange is an apt title for a selection of choral works by four Baltic composers sung by a British choir and recorded by a British label. I must straightaway admit that all but one of these composers are completely new to…Read the review 
BBC Music Magazine2010No longer the preserve of their own choirs, the choral music of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania now flows in the European mainstream, and has reached the banks of the Cam. The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge enjoys the urgent…Read the review
Recorded: August 2008
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: February 2010
Total duration: 67 minutes 34 seconds
Track list
- Missa Rigensis: Kyrie eleisonUģis Prauliņš (b1957)3'59
- Missa Rigensis: GloriaUģis Prauliņš (b1957)2'23
- Missa Rigensis: Domine DeusUģis Prauliņš (b1957)3'12
- Missa Rigensis: Quoniam tu solus sanctusUģis Prauliņš (b1957)1'33
- Missa Rigensis: Credo in unum DeumUģis Prauliņš (b1957)1'55
- Missa Rigensis: Deum de DeoUģis Prauliņš (b1957)4'09
- Missa Rigensis: CrucifixusUģis Prauliņš (b1957)1'53
- Missa Rigensis: Credo in Spiritum SanctumUģis Prauliņš (b1957)2'30
- Missa Rigensis: SanctusUģis Prauliņš (b1957)3'39
- Missa Rigensis: Agnus DeiUģis Prauliņš (b1957)3'44
- Cikls ar Friča Bārdas dzeju 'A cycle of Fricis Bārda poems': Vakars 'Evening' Veras debess spodras acis 'The sky opens its shining eyes'Maija Einfelde (b1939)4'30
- Cikls ar Friča Bārdas dzeju 'A cycle of Fricis Bārda poems': Lūgšana 'Prayer' Lai semei sapes nav, kad manas kajas to min 'Let not the earth feel pain when I tread on it'Maija Einfelde (b1939)4'12
- Cikls ar Friča Bārdas dzeju 'A cycle of Fricis Bārda poems': Debess 'Heaven' Cik dzila tu, debess 'How deep you are, Heaven'Maija Einfelde (b1939)3'52
- Benedictio Benedicat vos omnipotens DeusUrmas Sisask (b1960)5'51
- Angelis suis DeusVytautas Miškinis (b1954)3'06
- Laudibus in sanctisUģis Prauliņš (b1957)10'30
- Pater nosterVytautas Miškinis (b1954)6'36
Recording details from Hyperion Records.