MARTINAITYTĖ, Ž.: Saudade • Millefleur • Horizons • Chiaroscuro Trilogy
Alekna • Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra • Lithuanian National Symphony • Šlekytė
Ondine ODE1386-2

Raymond Bisha introduces a new album of orchestral works by Žibouklé Martinaityté (b. 1973). Born in Lithuania and now based in New York City, she was awarded both a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Lithuanian Government Award in 2020. The four works on the programme were written between 2013 and 2019 and employ a fascinating use of orchestral colour, leading New York’s classical music radio station WQXR to describe her as “a textural magician.”