Algirdas Martinaitis

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Algirdas Martinaitis is a true type of a romantic creator also in his heart, and remains being such in spite of his recent digressions. Back in the late 70's, when he made his debut together with the like-minded composers of 'neo-romantic' generation, his nature-inspired chamber compositions were distinguished for their exceptional poetic sensibility and deep emotional impact. This 'nature cycle' culminated in Cantus ad futurum (1982) – chamber cantata-concerto, acknowledged as one of the most important works in Lithuanian music of the late 20th century, becoming a manifesto for that whole generation of composers. In the beginning of 90-ies followed another cycle of chamber works, called The Book of the Beginning and the End. The images of evil, bestiality and the Last Judgement replaced a sad beauty of withering trees, drying rivers and vanishing birds. At that time Martinaitis also wrote the Unfinished Symphony (1995) – one of the most successful and widely performed Lithuanian symphonic works. In his recent works, the composer consistently provokes reflection on the boundaries of authorship, opposing categories of individuality and originality with allusions to banality, mimicry, and repetition. Another important part of his oeuvre recently is religious music. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Sacred Songs of Life & Love

Baltic Voices 3

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Seasons & Serenades: Works for String Orchestra

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Europaische Weihnachtschore

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Where Love Reigns

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Dabarties muzika (tęsinys)

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Dabarties muzika (tæsinys)

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Estonian Philarmonical Chamber Choir & Paul Hillier - Baltic Voices 3

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Eksperimentu Trajektorijos

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Siuolaikine Muzika

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Lithuanian New Music Series (Symphony Music)

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Lietuvių muzikos istorija

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