Centones Meae Urbi

Onutė Narbutaitė

Centones Meae Urbi
Year of publication: 2026
Record company: Ondine
Duration: 70′53″
Media: CD

Onutė Narbutaitė’s (b. 1956) Oratorio Centones Meae Urbi (1997) is a key work in Lithunian contemporay music and a work that also earned the composer the Lithuanian National Laureate. This new 2024 recording of the work – which potrays the rich history of Lithuanian’s capital city Vilnius – with Robertas Šervenikas conducting the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, the Kaunas State Choir and with Lithuanian vocal soloists, Gunta Gelgotė and Nerijus Macevičius, is a major addition to Lithuanian recorded music.


Tracks

  1. Opening. The Poet’s Return 05′22″

  2. I. Autumn 13′31″

  3. II. Winter 11′33″

  4. III. Spring 17′34″

  5. IV. Summer 14′58″

  6. The Poet’s Farewell. Closing 07′51″