Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
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Even by their standards, the choir are on blindingly good form in Schnittke’s monumental Choir Concerto. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Choral
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Choral Performance
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Musique chorale
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Choral
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Alfred Schnittke & Arvo Pärt: Choral Works
RecommendedRaul Mikson (tenor), Maria Melaha (soprano), Karolina Kriis (soprano), Marianne Pärna (alto), Ave Hännikäinen (alto), Toomas Tohert (tenor), Kaia Urb (soprano)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putniņš
The performance by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Kaspars Putiniņš is really impressive with a particularly rich and sonorous bass sound that is absolutely tailor- made for this... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Choral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Arvo Pärt: Adam’s Lament
RecommendedTui Hirv (soprano) & Rainer Vilu (baritone)
Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis, Riga Sinfonietta, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste
Adam's Lament serves as a summary of Pärt's evolution since he abandoned Modernist tendencies...The Radio Choir and Vox Clamantis affectingly convey anguished hopes for redemption while maintaining... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Choral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2013, Disc of the month
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Grammy Awards, 56th Awards (2013), Best Choral Performance
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Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31
Raul Mikson (tenor), Olari Viikholm (bass), Maria Valdmaa (soprano)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putniņš
In this recording, the excellent Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir sings not only with exemplary tuning and purity of tone – with just a touch of vibrato in the sopranos – but with a degree... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral Music
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Tüür - Symphony No. 4 'Magma'
Evelyn Glennie (percussion)
Male Singers from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Estonian National Male Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Glennie is at her most charismatic in Magma, an intoxicating physical score; the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi not only supports her blow for blow but plays the entire... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Contemporary
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Editor's Choice
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Pärt - Da Pacem
RecommendedChristopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier
The Estonian Chamber Choir under Paul Hillier sings everything with near miraculous precision and delicate dedication… an aural delight. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2006, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 49th Awards (2006), Best Choral Performance
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Avro Pärt - Choral Works
Guy Johnston (treble), Tasmin Little & Richard Studt (violins), Martin Roscoe (piano)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury
Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Richard Studt
London Philharmonic / Franz Welser-Möst &
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Tõnu...
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Pärt: Tractus
Maria Listra: (soprano) (L'Abbe Agathon), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste
Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste and ECM’s producer Manfred Eicher are Pärt ’s long-term collaborators, and they make an utterly assured contribution to this concentrated retrospective of the composer’s... — More…
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Martin, F: Golgotha
Judith Gauthier (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone) & Konstantin Wolff (bass)
Cappella Amsterdam, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Reuss
A restrained, haunting chromaticism suffuses the music...The choral contributions throughout are engaged and responsive...this is a strong performance of a work where this is limited competition... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Choral
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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Once again Paul Hillier and his Estonian choir provide a varied programme of new choral works by Baltic composers. Despite a wide gamut of styles, each composition has an immediacy that is not... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Choral Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2006, Editor's Choice
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