Janis Ivanovs(1906-83): a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music

[Dundonnell]

JANIS IVANOVS: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1933:   Symphony No.1 in B flat minor "Poema sinfonica" : 13 minutes  *    + (Cameo cd)
1935:   Symphony No.2 in D minor: 31 minutes    +  (Cameo and Naxos cds)
             Suite No.1 "Landscapes of Latgale" for orchestra: 17 minutes   +  (Cameo cd)
1938:   Symphony No.3 in F minor: 31 minutes    +  (Naxos cd)
             Symphonic Sketch "Cloudy Mountain": 8 minutes    +  (Cameo cd)
1938/45:Cello Concerto: 19 minutes    *     +  (Cameo cd)
1939:   Symphonic Sketch "Rainbow": 10 minutes    *   +  (Cameo cd)
1940:   Solemn Prelude for orchestra: 4 minutes
             Festive Prologue for orchestra: 4 minutes   *
             Poem "Razna" for wind orchestra: 9 minutes
             Legend for wind orchestra: 12 minutes
1941:   Symphony No.4  in E flat major "Atlantis" for women's chorus and orchestra: 52 minutes      *    +  (Cameo cd)
1945:   Symphony No.5 in C major: 42 minutes    *   + (Cameo and Naxos cds)
1949:   Symphony No.6 "Latgale": 34 minutes    *
1951:   Violin Concerto: 30 minutes   *   + (Cameo cd)
1953:   Symphony No.7 in C minor: 36 minutes    *
1956:   Symphony No.8 in B minor: 33 minutes    *   +  (Cameo and Naxos cds)
             Suite "Musical Paintings from the Film 'The Late Frost in Spring'": 18 minutes    + (Cameo cd)
             Suite for the Film "The Fisherman's Son" for orchestra: 10 minutes
1957:   Symphonic Poem "Lacplesis": 14 minutes    *   +  (Cameo cd)
1959/67:Piano Concerto: 26 minutes   *    +  (Cameo cd)
             Celebratory Overture for wind or full orchestra: 4 minutes     *
1960:   Symphony No.9: 32 minutes    *
1963:   Symphony No.10: 30 minutes    *   +  (Cameo cd)
             Solemn Prelude for wind orchestra: 5 minutes
1965:   Symphony No.11 in E flat major: 31 minutes    *
1966:   "Poema luttuosa" for string orchestra: 12 minutes    *
1967:   Symphony No.12 "Sinfonia energica": 22 minutes    *   + (Naxos cd)
1969:   Symphony No.13 "Symphonia humana": 33 minutes    *
1971:   Symphony No.14 "Sinfonia da camera" for string orchestra: 22 minutes   *
1972:   Symphony No.15 "Sinfonia ipsa": 30 minutes    *
1973:   Poem for chamber choir and chamber orchestra: 11 minutes    *
1974:   Symphony No.16: 31 minutes   *
1976:   Symphony No.17 in C major: 31 minutes   *
1977:   Symphony No.18: 32 minutes     *
             Sinfonietta for string orchestra: 11 minutes
1978:   Song for choir and orchestra: 10 minutes    *
1979:   Symphony No.19: 37 minutes   *
1981:   Symphony No.20 in E flat major: 26 minutes  *  + (Naxos cd)
1982:   "Novella Brevis" for brass band    *
1983:   Symphony No.21(completed by Juris Karlsons): 23 minutes   *
             Symphony No.22 (unfinished)

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Chamber Symphony

[eschiss1]

Symphony no.14 (described as Symphonia ipsa on the CD and providing the CD with its title) is on a Latvian Music Information Centre CD (and another CD of it, this time as sinfonia da camera, from a CD "Senza barriera : Latvian composers at the Warsaw Autumn Festival." released 2009 from the  Polish Music Information Centre- a 2002 live recording). All 3 concertos, in recordings conducted by Imants Resnis in 2007-8, are on a CD on the Tuviem un Tāliem label.

The Latvian Music Information 2 disc set is coupled with works by  Jurjāns, Vasks, Ešenvalds, Medin̦š, Plakidis, Kalsons, Grīnups (symphony no.9) and Marģeris Zariņš. (Hrm. Grīnups, he says in a Homer Simpson-like voice.)

[JimL]

The Violin Concerto is in E minor.  One of the best from the 20th Century, if you ask me.