Gunta
Smirnova

We are delighted to present the official trailer for "Gewitternacht" (Night of Storms) - the debut album of Latvian soprano Gunta Smirnova. "Gewitternacht" explores the musical world that emerged in the decades following Johann Sebastian Bach’s death in 1750—a symbolic turning point in music history. This period witnessed the rise of Empfindsamkeit (the Style of Sensibility) and Sturm und Drang, movements that placed emotion, individuality, and expressive musical language at the centre of composition, paving the way toward the Classical and later the Romantic era. Curated and researched by Gunta Smirnova, the album presents rarely performed vocal works by Bach’s sons and pupils—Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Johann Gottfried Müthel, Johann Friedrich Agricola, and Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer. Through historically informed performance, Smirnova explores and brings renewed attention to forgotten repertoire. Eight of the nine works are presented here as world premiere recordings, revealing a remarkable yet largely overlooked chapter of eighteenth-century music history. Educated at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and the Zurich University of the Arts, Gunta Smirnova has performed at renowned European music festivals, including Bachfest Leipzig, Musikfest Bremen, and the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, collaborating with leading European early music ensembles and conductors like Andrea Marcon, René Jacobs and Ton Koopman. Since 2024, she has been Lecturer in Historical Performance Practice for Singers at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music in Riga. Gunta Smirnova is joined by Mikayel Balyan, an internationally acclaimed specialist for historical keyboard instruments and professor at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK). Performing on a historic 1797 Schmahl Tangentenflügel, he brings the distinctive sound world of this exquisite repertoire vividly to life. Album release: 20 November 2026 Label: PRIMA CLASSIC Executive Producer: Edgardo Vertanessian Sound Engineer: Karel Valter Video Production: Elias Bötticher www.guntasmirnova.com

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises Der Kaffee: Aria. Vergnügter Feind vom Blut voll Kummer · Gunta Smirnova · Mikayel Balyan · Johann Friedrich Agricola · Christian Gottlieb Lieberkühn Agricola: Der Kaffee: Aria. Vergnügter Feind vom Blut voll Kummer ℗ 2026 Prima Classic Released on: 2026-08-28 Producer: Gunta Smirnova Producer: Mikayel Balyan Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer: Karel Valter Mastering Engineer: Edgardo Vertanessian Surround Mixing Engineer: Julián Bonino Auto-generated by YouTube.

Watch the full concert of La Cetra’s 'Vespro di Natale' from which this psalm is performed on STAGE+, the new streaming service from Deutsche Grammophon: https://stage.plus/lacetra La Cetra’s Vespro di Natale has become a mainstay of the ensemble’s repertoire in recent years, a festive programme they have both performed extensively and released as an album on Deutsche Grammophon - https://dgt.link/xmas-vespers. Devised by the group’s artistic director, Andrea Marcon, it brings together music for Advent and Christmas not only by Claudio Monteverdi, but also his contemporaries – including Giovanni Gabrieli – to transport the listener back to a golden age of church music in early 17th-century Venice. This evocative performance, filmed in Basel’s beautiful Martinskirche in early December 2024, is the perfect musical treat for the festive season. Andrea Marcon, La Cetra - Monteverdi: Beatus vir I, SV 268 Andrea Marcon, La Cetra - Monteverdi: Vespro di Natale - https://dgt.link/xmas-vespers Subscribe here for more classical video clips – The Best Of Classical Music: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-DG _______________ Find Deutsche Grammophon Online: Instagram: http://instagram.com/dgclassics TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@deutschegrammophon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschegrammophon X: http://twitter.com/dgclassics Homepage: http://deutschegrammophon.com Newsletter: https://deutschegrammophon.com/newsletter _______________ 最优质古典音乐 – 此处订阅: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-DG Le meilleur de la musique classique. Pour vous abonner cliquez ici: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-DG 最高のクラシック音楽―登録はこちら: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-DG 최고의 클래식음악을 구독하세요: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-DG Подписаться на лучшую классическую музыку:: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-DG La mejor música clásica - Suscríbase aquí: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-DG #deutschegrammophon #classicalmusic #stageplus

J. S. Bach "Seele, deine Spezereien" - 1st part of the Aria Nr.5 from "Easter Oratorio" BWV 249 DUO POETICO: Gunta Smirnova - soprano Rafayel Ter-Sahakyan - violin & Ekaterina Kofanova - organ Sergio Bermudez - theorbo Recorded in St.Peter's Church Basel www.guntasmirnova.com

Abendmusiken Basel 13. Juni 2021 http://abendmusiken-basel.ch/Konzerte/2021/06.Capricornus/01.html Philipp Friedrich Böddecker Samuel Friedrich Capricornus Soprano: Gunta Smirnova, Maria Cristina Kiehr Alto: Markus Forster Tenore: Florian Cramer, Hans Jörg Mammel Basso: Wolf Matthias Friedrich Cornetto: Frithjof Smith, Adrien Mabire Trombona: Henning Wiegräbe, Christine Häusler, Yosuke Kurihara Fagotto: Carles Cristobal Violino: Katharina Heutjer, Cosimo Stawiarski Viola: Katharina Bopp Viola da Gamba: Brian Franklin Violone: Armin Bereuter Organo: Jörg-Andreas Bötticher