Discography

Linda Leine, Georgs Pelecis – Farewell Sarabanda

GEORGS PELĒCIS – FAREWELL SARABANDA


Release date: 9 May 2025
Recording producer: Jānis Straume
Cover image & design: Roman Drits

A meditative and emotionally rich piece from Suite No. 5 by Latvian composer Georgs Pelēcis. Recorded in a single studio take during a deeply personal time, this piece captures stillness, intimacy, and quiet transformation.

Linda Leine, Georgs Pelecis – Seasons

GEORGS PELĒCIS – SEASONS

Release date: 11 November 2022
Label: SKANI
Producers: Latvian Music Information Center/SKANI, Concert Hall Great Amber, Linda Leine
With support of Latvian Culture Capital Foundation and Claussen-Simon-Stiftung.

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Our new album features the piano music of Georgs Pelēcis (1947) dedicated to the theme of the seasons. There are six (!) of these seasons, and, as a loose cycle of compositions, they were created over a longer period of time, from 1977 until 2021, and perhaps even later, during the recording process itself… From the perspective of Latvian music, Pelēcis’ creative universe reveals itself as unusually vast, almost unfathomable. And yet, it contains one common concept, one basic feature that serves as a key to his worldview, and that is an intelligent, clear, balanced and euphonic musical solution. This element is so effective, so consistent, so attractive, that even early on, Pelēcis’ music was described – by others as well as the composer himself – as the new simplicity, the new consonant music, the new consonantism. And above all this, integrally embedded in his music, is the notion of EUPHONY: sounds that are pleasing to the ear, consonance, harmony, balance. From concrete concepts of elementary music theory regarding the opposites of consonance vs. dissonance to the universal comprehension and sense of the world as a whole (balance, order, peace, stability, also joy and pleasure…).

When taking a closer look at the works Pelēcis has composed, the presence of specific natural objects emerges quite quickly as one of the permanent, independent lines found in his oeuvre. For example, jasmine, lilacs, rhododendrons, lilies (classic lilies, but perhaps also water lilies or simply one of the many bell-shaped flowers in the meadow, or any unspecified, indecipherable flower), dandelions, lilies-of-the-valley, peonies, irises, calla lilies, roses… Or the different phases of the day. Or the aforementioned circle of seasons. Here we find very few traditional sonoric features, except perhaps the occasional association with Baroque music or the polonaise. No, there are almost none of these. Instead, the listener is immersed in a kind of stream of consciousness, the pulse of which (or lack thereof) unfolds according to its own rules (or completely without any clearly perceptible rules) and changes as elusively as the day
dawns or the night falls.

Jānis Torgāns

Pia Davila | Linda Leine - Irgendwo auf der Welt

IRGENDWO AUF DER WELT

Pia Davila | Linda Leine

Release date: 23 September 2022
Label: ES-DUR

With works of:
Erich Zeisl (1905-1959), Joseph Isidor Achron (1886-1943), Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951), Georg Kreisler (1922-2011), Ruth Schonthal (1924-2006), Ilse Weber (1903-1944), Mischa Spoliansky (1898-1985), Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957), Rudi Stephan (1887-1915), Paul Ben-Haim (1897-1984), Ursula Mamlok (1923-2016), Rosy Wertheim (1888-1949) and others

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Press

Kulturkomplott

"Overall, one can feel the joy and fun both musicians have with each other and their repertoire." - Jörg Konrad, November 23, 2022

Concerti

"Soprano Pia Davila and pianist Linda Leine deliver a genuine expansion of the repertoire with this album." - (EW), October 2022

Tagesspiegel

"Soprano Pia Davila and her piano partner Linda Leine have delved deep into the score archives for their album 'Irgendwo auf der Welt,' assembling a stunning selection of intelligent art songs from 1895 to 1974." - Frederik Hanssen, December 14, 2022

ORF

"Listeners can expect an extremely varied album. Pia Davila impresses with great commitment and her multifaceted voice." - Daniela Knaller, September 22, 2022

Musik und Theater

"Laughter through tears. This highly exciting and humorous collection of song miniatures traverses cabaret, chanson, and avant-garde." - Reinmar Wagner, October 2022

Rondo Magazin

"Davila presents these songs expressively, with esprit and a great sense for quirky humor. As an accompanist, Leine sets striking accents." - Corina Kolbe, October 29, 2022

Musik an sich

"The compositional quality ranges from popular or song-like to sophisticatedly knitted art songs. It's as colorful and lively as the cover promises." - Sven Kerkhoff, November 2022

Altmark Zeitung

"The late afternoon ended with a smile and a big applause." - Kai Zuber, October 6, 2022

Pizzicato

"Soprano Pia Davila and pianist Linda Leine present songs by composers who were banned, exiled, or murdered. (...) Davila and Leine always find the right tone." - Alain Steffen, September 27, 2022

Deutschlandfunk

"With great versatility and fun in her own voice, Pia Davila sings. She can sound operatic or mean, smoky, seductive, and over the top." - Marie König, October 9, 2022

Klassik heute

"One can hear the sheer joy in this program from Pia Davila and Linda Leine, and they know how to convey it to the listener." - Ekkehard Pluta, October 6, 2022

Operalounge

"A beautifully compiled program that is clever and intelligently put together." - Gerhard Eckels, November 2022

Operngestalten

"The main tenor of this CD, which consists of 6 sections, is serious but never hopeless, always carried by Davila's pure voice and Leine's empathetic accompaniment." - Birgit Kleinfeld, October 11, 2022

Orchestergraben

"Both musicians delight me with the high level of harmony they have created over the years of their collaboration." - Stefan Pillhofer, October 25, 2022

Aachener Zeitung

"The album's entertainment value is not to be underestimated, despite the grim life circumstances of the composers and some of the lyricists." - P.Ob, September 23, 2022

Linda Leine | Daria Marshinina – Schubert, Stravinsky, Vasks

SCHUBERT | STRAVINSKY | VASKS

Linda Leine | Daria Marshinina

Release date: 22. February 2019

Label: ES-DUR / Edel:Kultur (ES 2076) 


FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)

Divertissement sur des motifs originaux français, D 823

 

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971)

Concerto per due pianoforti soli (1935)

 

PĒTERIS VASKS (*1946)

Music for two pianos (1974) [World premiere recording]

 

FRANZ SCHUBERT

Rondo in D Major, D 608 

Press

Mit diesen Ambitionen öffnet sich das phänomenale Klavierduo hoffnungsvolle Perspektiven für eine erfolgreiche professionelle Karriere aus internationalen Podien klassischer Musik.

PIANONews

Die beiden Pianistinnen Linda Leine und Daria Marshinina beweisen auf ihrer Debüt-CD, dass in einem erfolgreichen Klavierduo nicht unbedingt immer Schwestern zusammenspielen müssen.

kulturradio vom rbb

Klassik-Duo: Pianistinnen Daria und Linda gehen alles vierhändig an.

SAT.1 Regional

"Klasikas" viešņas - klavieru duets no Hamburgas: Linda Leine un Darja Maršiņina

Latvijas Radio 3

Das Klavierduo Linda Leine und Daria Marshinina ist auf jeden Fall sehr hörenswert. Sie experimentieren und spielen mit den Klangfarben, sind auf den Punkt da, spielen toll zusammen. Und noch mal ein großes Lob an die Dramaturgie des Programms. Fazit: möge es nicht bei der Debüt-CD bleiben!

WDR 3

Wenn vielversprechende Talente ihr CD-Debüt geben, ist man nicht nur gespannt, wie sie spielen, sondern auch was sie spielen. Wie jetzt im Fall des lettisch-russischen Klavierduos Linda Leine & Daria Marshinina, das durch Konzerte längst auf sich aufmerksam gemacht hat. 

RONDO

Unter den Klavierduos sind sie eine echte Rarität: Keine Geschwister, kein Paar, sondern Freundinnen. Zwei verschiedene Persönlichkeiten, die an einem oder zwei Klavieren miteinander verschmelzen.

BR-KLASSIK

Die Lettin und die Russin bersten fast vor Leidenschaft und poetischer Ausdruckskraft, was ihnen bald nach ihrem Zusammentreffen in Hamburg 2011 Gehör in der Szene verschaffte. 

kulturtipp

Auf ihrem Debütalbum mit Werken von Schubert, Strawinsky und Vasks öffnen die Russin Daria Marshinina und die Lettin Linda Leine aber noch ganz andere Schatzkisten der Klavierduo-Literatur.

klassik erleben

"Es gibt nicht sehr viele hochkarätige Klavierduos."

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