Sad news: yesterday we heard the news that Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina has passed away, aged 93. She had been my favourite living composer for decades, taking over from Tōru Takemitsu in 1996. In her memory I'm posting the very first CD that I bought of her works in 1995. Two outstanding works, Jetzt Immer Schnee (for Chamber Ensemble and Chamber Choir, on Verses by Gennadi Aigi) and Perception (for Soprano, Baritone and Strings, on Verses by Francisco Tanzer). They are performed by Stella Kleindienst, Siegfried Lorenz, the Netherlands Chamber Choir, and the Schönberg Ensemble under Reinbert de Leeuw. R.I.P. .
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