International Record Review: outstanding. This evocative album offers a deeply personal and emotionally rich journey through the music of Latvian composer Arturs Maskats (b. 1957). Combining Baltic soulfulness with a refined French-inspired aesthetic, Maskats weaves themes of memory, loss, nature, literature, and spirituality into compelling sonic narratives. The album opens with Lacrimosa (1995), a haunting work for choir, strings, and organ, written in response to the Estonia ferry disaster—a meditation on grief and human fragility. The dramatic Concerto Grosso (1996) blends baroque form with romantic yearning and jazz-inflected rhythms, inspired by the serene landscapes of Dilijan, Armenia. Three Songs by Paul Verlaine (1996) set French poetry for vocal ensemble, oboe, and cello in a dreamlike, impressionistic cycle shaped by Maskats’ impressions of France. Each work is rooted in personal experience and relationships with performers, a hallmark of Maskats’ intimate compositional style. Known for his sensitivity, optimism, and belief in beauty as a guiding artistic force, Maskats stands among the notable Eastern European composers of his generation.