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Ēriks Ešenvalds (f. 1977)

Reviews (3)

Fono Forum

2020 Juli

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Martin Hoffmann (musikanmelder)

2020 Juli

"Von Spiritualität keine Spur! ... Eriks Esenvalds steht nicht in der Tradition einen Monolithen wie Arvo Pärt. Vielmehr bleibt Esenvalds' Musik immer oberflächlich schmeichelnd. Das "O salutaris hostia" grenzt an musikalischen Kitsch ... Artifizielle Klangstrukturen ... entfalten trotz hochklassiger Ausführung keine Wirkung. Und verklingen als Effekte. Dissonanzen, Septen und Nonen erzielen hier all die bunten Farben für allzu süsse Bonbons!".

BBC music magazine

2020 June

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Oliver Condy

2020 June

"Portland State Chamber Choir produces a beautifully blended sound in Ešenvalds's multi-layered, atmospheric music - although a whole disc of it does begin to pall after a while. Probably best consumed in bite-size chunks".

The gramophone

2020 May

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Malcolm Riley

2020 May

"Editor's choice: Ethan Sperry's immaculate Portland State Chamber Choir clearly relish the luscious choral textures, which often expand into 16 parts. The engineering captures with great clarity both this sense of spaciousness (helped by the resonant acoustic of the church recording venue) and the extreme dynamic range. All the solo vocal contributions are magnificent ... A stunning, timely triumph, therefore, full of ravishing, transformative and deeply touching music".