Onute Narbutaite: Centones Meae Urbi (Oratorio)

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Label
Ondine
Release Date
January 30, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Onute Narbutaite
    • PERFORMER
      Lithuania National Symphony Orchestra, Kaunas State Choir, Gunta Gelgote, Nerijus Macevicius
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Opening: The Poet's Return: Kas pašlovins šį bevardį miestą (Soprano, Chorus)

      Composer: Onutė Narbutaitė

      Ensemble: Kaunas State Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Gunta Gelgotė

      Conductor: Robertas Šervenikas

    2. I. Autumn: Discito qui dubitas (Chorus, Bass, Soprano)

      Composer: Onutė Narbutaitė

      Ensemble: Kaunas State Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Gunta Gelgotė, Nerijus Masevičius

      Conductor: Robertas Šervenikas

    3. II. Winter: ir vienas žodis (Chorus)

      Composer: Onutė Narbutaitė

      Ensemble: Kaunas State Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Robertas Šervenikas

    4. III. Spring: Quod Sol vere novo campis hoc (Chorus, Bass, Soprano)

      Composer: Onutė Narbutaitė

      Ensemble: Kaunas State Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Gunta Gelgotė, Nerijus Masevičius

      Conductor: Robertas Šervenikas

    5. IV. Summer: Utarnikas, gegužės trisdešimta (Chorus, Soprano, Bass)

      Composer: Onutė Narbutaitė

      Ensemble: Kaunas State Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Gunta Gelgotė, Nerijus Masevičius

      Conductor: Robertas Šervenikas

    6. The Poet's Farewell: Czemu już tylko - Closing: Kai manęs klausia (Chorus, Soprano, Bass)

      Composer: Onutė Narbutaitė

      Ensemble: Kaunas State Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Gunta Gelgotė, Nerijus Masevičius

      Conductor: Robertas Šervenikas


Onute Narbutaite'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 servenikas conducting the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, the Kaunas State Choir and with Lithuanian vocal soloists, Gunta Gelgote and Nerijus Macevicius, is a major addition to Lithuanian recorded music.