OrchestralTools
Senior Member
Hey everyone,
We’re proud to announce Pēteris Vasks Strings.
This is definitely one of our most ambitious projects to date, and it’s exciting new ground for us. Hendrik has gone so far as to say that “these are the most beautiful strings we’ve ever created”! Listen for yourselves: Pēteris Vasks Strings is available to pre-order now for Є399 (regular price Є549).
Inspired and guided by the Pēteris Vasks’ symphony Voices, we set out to capture the sound, styles, and the spirit of the piece—with all its unique techniques and textures. Working directly with Vasks, we recorded small sections and first chair soloists from Sinfonietta Riga at St John’s church in Riga, Latvia.
And the results are breathtaking: A fully-detailed chamber ensemble with a unique character and color. Like the music that inspired them, these strings organically fuse dissonance and beauty to inspire you and your compositions.
The collection offers violins, violas, celli, and basses: Small sections and first chair soloists. A fully realized, and meticulously detailed array of traditional articulations, and a range of unique ‘gestures’ including whispered sustains, harmonics, atonal and harmonic glissandi to name but a few. Use these gestures to add nuance and tension, and make musical statements beyond the ordinary.
Each of the first chair soloists comes with 3 legato-playing styles, and the entire collection boasts a totally new approach to capturing dynamics. We recorded the lower dynamic layers with mutes (con sordino), and removed the mutes gradually for the louder layers. The result: A beautifully colored sound with a unique character.
With expressivity and customizability in mind, Pēteris Vasks Strings also comes with 6 mic positions for every instrument in the collection.
Vasks’s work is known to combine organic and melodic devices with experimental and atonal playing techniques—many pioneered by Vasks. Talking about the first movement of Voices, Vasks has said: “The symphony speaks of my essential, most meaningful themes. About life. About eternity. About conscience.” We set out to capture some of this spirit in our recordings.
Pēteris Vasks Strings is available to download on April 12—pre-order it now for just Є399 and save.
To listen to the audio demos, or find out more, head on over to the link below.
Best,
OT
We’re proud to announce Pēteris Vasks Strings.
This is definitely one of our most ambitious projects to date, and it’s exciting new ground for us. Hendrik has gone so far as to say that “these are the most beautiful strings we’ve ever created”! Listen for yourselves: Pēteris Vasks Strings is available to pre-order now for Є399 (regular price Є549).
Inspired and guided by the Pēteris Vasks’ symphony Voices, we set out to capture the sound, styles, and the spirit of the piece—with all its unique techniques and textures. Working directly with Vasks, we recorded small sections and first chair soloists from Sinfonietta Riga at St John’s church in Riga, Latvia.
And the results are breathtaking: A fully-detailed chamber ensemble with a unique character and color. Like the music that inspired them, these strings organically fuse dissonance and beauty to inspire you and your compositions.
The collection offers violins, violas, celli, and basses: Small sections and first chair soloists. A fully realized, and meticulously detailed array of traditional articulations, and a range of unique ‘gestures’ including whispered sustains, harmonics, atonal and harmonic glissandi to name but a few. Use these gestures to add nuance and tension, and make musical statements beyond the ordinary.
Each of the first chair soloists comes with 3 legato-playing styles, and the entire collection boasts a totally new approach to capturing dynamics. We recorded the lower dynamic layers with mutes (con sordino), and removed the mutes gradually for the louder layers. The result: A beautifully colored sound with a unique character.
With expressivity and customizability in mind, Pēteris Vasks Strings also comes with 6 mic positions for every instrument in the collection.
Vasks’s work is known to combine organic and melodic devices with experimental and atonal playing techniques—many pioneered by Vasks. Talking about the first movement of Voices, Vasks has said: “The symphony speaks of my essential, most meaningful themes. About life. About eternity. About conscience.” We set out to capture some of this spirit in our recordings.
Pēteris Vasks Strings is available to download on April 12—pre-order it now for just Є399 and save.
To listen to the audio demos, or find out more, head on over to the link below.
Best,
OT
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