Pärt - Da pacem Domine
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This 2025 programme divides into two halves designed with Christophers’s meticulous care for symmetry and a culminating sense of unity from contrast...Pilgrims should flock to any centre where... — More…
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Arvo Pärt: The Deer’s Cry
Mari Poll (violin), Johanna Vahermägi (viola), Heikko Remmel, Taavo Remmel (double basses), Robert Staak (lute), Toomas Vavilov (clarinet), Susanne Doll (organ)
Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve
The level of artistry necessary to achieve the kind of living, breathing performance given here by the Estonian choir Vox Clamantis is a rarity…conductor Jaan-Eik Tulve [is able] to infuse the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Choral
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Arvo Pärt: Choral Music
Rachel Ambrose Evans (soprano), Richard Bannan (bass)
Polyphony, Stephen Layton
Alleluia-Tropos (2008) originally included eight cellos (a favourite sonority for Pärt has always loved cello ensembles) but Polyphony's sound is, as always, so rich and beautiful that there... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2014, Editor's Choice
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Pärt: Lamentate
Alexei Lubimov (piano)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart & The Hilliard Ensemble, Andrey Boreyko
After a subterranean rumble, a sorrowful fanfare makes way for an ascent of the solo piano keyboard, and a shuddering orchestral climax that sets the tolling of alarm bells against a Mahlerian... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2005, 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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Arvo Pärt - Musica Selecta
A Sequence By Manfred Eicher
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola), Alexander Malter (piano), Keith Jarrett (piano), Vox Clamantis, Saulius Sondeckis (violin/conductor), Latvian Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Alexei Lubimov (piano), Lynne Dawson...
For this excellent two-CD compendium, the producer Manfred Eicher has selected pieces from the recordings he has made over the past 30 years. It’s a perfect introduction to Pärt’s work, ranging... — More…
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Pärt - In Principio
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra & Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Recent compositions, while not relinquishing the ethereal beauty we associate with Pärt, have seemed less confident in their serenity… A sense of anxiety pervades the oldest piece… Mein Weg…... — More…
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You’ll be hard pushed to find a disc of Pärt choral music more enjoyable than this. — More…
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This excellent German vocal quintet presents seven of Martin Luther’s chorales in many versions, typically changing composers from one verse to the next... instrumental chorale preludes appear... — More…
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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A Place Between
Patricia Rozario (soprano), Michael McHale (piano), Ioana Petcu-Colan (flute), Vourneen Ryan (flute) & Stephen Kelly (percussion)
Callino Quartet
In an age of anxiety and conflict, this music looks to higher levels of consciousness to provide assurance. Regardless of whether you share such faith, there is no doubting the beauty of the... — More…
