This special three-album edition celebrates Pēteris Vasks’ 80th anniversary in 2026. The release consists of Vasks’ first three award-winning album releases on Ondine. The debut album of Vasks’ music on Ondine, featuring his 2nd Symphony and Violin Concerto ‘Distant Light’, was a major international breakthrough for the composer, earning two Cannes Classical Awards in 2004, including ‘Album of the Year’.

In addition to the second orchestral album (with Symphony No. 3 and Cello Concerto No. 1), released in 2006, this album also includes Vasks’ major choral masterpiece, the Missa, performed by the award-winning Latvian Radio Choir and Sinfonietta Riga conducted by Sigvards Kļava, one of the great exponents of Vasks’ music for many years.