The Lithuanian Vladas Jakubenas (1904-78) is one of a lost generation of Baltic composers. A student of Schreker in Berlin, he returned home to help build the musical culture of his country. But the Nazi invasion and Soviet occupation drove him into exile and, after five years in refugee camps in Germany, he settled in Chicago, playing an important role in the Lithuanian diaspora in North America. These choral songs show the deep identification of his late-Romantic style with the folk-music of the land he was forced to leave behind.

Tracklist:

Vai Eiciau As, Eiciau (O I Would Go)
Tremtiniu Ir Isveztuju Giesme (The Song Of The Exiles And The Deportees)
Motinos Kalba (Our Mother's Tongue)
Vakaro Maldoj (At Evening Prayer)
Daug Tureta Mylimuju (Many Lovers Have I Had)
Nurimk, Sesut (Hush, Little Sister)
Jezau, Tu Mano Gyvybe (Jesus, Thou Art My Life)
O, Kad As Ji Regeciau (Oh, If Only I Could See Him)
Stai As Cia, Garbes Karaliau (Here I Am, O King Of Glory)
Tyloj Tu Svenciamasis (In Silence Thou Art Celebrated)
Uz Juriu Mareliu, Uz Nemuno (Over The Seas, Beyond The Nemunas River)
Vai Leidzia Duoda (Oh, Father Is Giving His Dear Daughter Away)
Po Darzuzi Vaiksciojau (I Used To Walk In My Garden)
Ei Auga, Auga (Oh, A Girl Is Growing, Growing)
Augino Mociute (Mother Raised Her Daughter)
Auksti Kalnai, Lygios Lankos (High Hills, Level Meadows)
Svyruoj, Linguoj Paukstelis (A Little Bird Is Sitting, Perched)
Uz Juru Mariu (Across The Seas)

UPC: 5060113440280
Label: Toccata
Release Date: 1.8.16
Format: CD

Vilnius Jauna Muzika Municipal Choir - Jakubenas: The Song of the Exiles & The Deportees (CD)