Arvo Pärt - A Portrait

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Album Summary

Performers

• Sandor Falvay (Piano)
• Tibor Parkanyi (Cello)
• Jurgen Petrenko (Organ)
• Kevin Bowyer (Organ)
• Miklos Kovacs (Percussion)
• Frans Helmerson (Cello)
• Daniel Hope (Violin)
• Simon Mulligan (Piano)
• Peter Davis (Organ)
• Lesley Hatfield (Violin)
• Rebecca Hirsch (Violin)
• Alexei Lubimov (Piano)
• Antal Eisrich (Percussion)

Conductors

• Benedek, Tamás
• Cox, Neil
• Edison, Noel
• Järvi, Neeme
• Pitts, Antony
• Yuasa, Takuo

Ensembles

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• Choir of Lancing College
• Elora Festival Orchestra
• Elora Festival Singers
• Strings of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (St
• Tonus Peregrinus
• Ulster Orchestra

Composer

• Arvo Pärt (1935 - )

Notes & Reviews:

This absorbing, two-CD anthology combines quality performances . . . Certainly, there is no more contextual way of getting to know the composer than this generous collection. - Bradley Bambarger, Newark Star-Ledger

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Works Details

Pärt, Arvo : Für Alina, for piano

• Performer: Alexei Lubimov (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1976

Pärt, Arvo : Symphony no 1 ("Polyphonic"), Op. 9 :: Second Movement

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Running Time: 6 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1963

Pärt, Arvo : Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell

• Performer: Antal Eisrich (Percussion)
• Conductor: Tamás Benedek
• Ensemble: Strings of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (St
• Running Time: 7 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1977-1980

Pärt, Arvo : Passio, for tenor, bass, vocal quartet, chorus, oboe, bassoon, violin, cello & organ :: Passio Domini

• Conductor: Antony Pitts
• Ensemble: Tonus Peregrinus
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1982

Pärt, Arvo : Berliner Messe, for SATB chorus & string orchestra :: Kyrie

• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Elora Festival Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1990-1997

Pärt, Arvo : Fratres, for cello & piano

• Performers: Sandor Falvay (Piano); Tibor Parkanyi (Cello)
• Running Time: 11 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1989

Pärt, Arvo : Magnificat

• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Elora Festival Singers
• Running Time: 7 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1989

Pärt, Arvo : Summa, for string orchestra

• Conductor: Tamás Benedek
• Ensemble: Strings of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (St
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1990

Pärt, Arvo : Passio, for tenor, bass, vocal quartet, chorus, oboe, bassoon, violin, cello & organ :: Unde es tu? Je

• Conductor: Antony Pitts
• Ensemble: Tonus Peregrinus
• Running Time: 12 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1982

Pärt, Arvo : Berliner Messe, for SATB chorus & string orchestra :: Credo

• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Elora Festival Singers
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1990-1997

Pärt, Arvo : The Beatitudes, for chorus & organ

• Performer: Jurgen Petrenko (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Elora Festival Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1990

Pärt, Arvo : Annum per Annum

• Performer: Kevin Bowyer (Organ)
• Running Time: 6 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1980

Pärt, Arvo : Fratres

• Performers: Antal Eisrich (Percussion); Miklos Kovacs (Percussion)
• Conductor: Tamás Benedek
• Ensemble: Strings of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (St
• Running Time: 9 min. sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1991

Pärt, Arvo : Collage sur B-A-C-H for Strings, Oboe, Harpsichord and Piano

• Conductor: Takuo Yuasa
• Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1964

Pärt, Arvo : Pro et contra, concerto for cello & orchestra

• Performer: Frans Helmerson (Cello)
• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Running Time: 8 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1966

Pärt, Arvo : Symphony no 3 :: Third Movement

• Conductor: Takuo Yuasa
• Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1971

Pärt, Arvo : Cantate Domino

• Performer: Jurgen Petrenko (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Elora Festival Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1977-1996

Pärt, Arvo : Spiegel im Spiegel

• Performers: Daniel Hope (Violin); Simon Mulligan (Piano)
• Running Time: 9 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1978

Pärt, Arvo : Triodion, for chorus

• Performer: Peter Davis (Organ)
• Conductor: Neil Cox
• Ensemble: Choir of Lancing College
• Running Time: 15 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1998

Pärt, Arvo : Tabula rasa, concerto for 2 violins (or violin & viola), prepared piano & string orchestra :: Ludus

• Performers: Lesley Hatfield (Violin); Rebecca Hirsch (Violin)
• Conductor: Takuo Yuasa
• Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
• Running Time: 9 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1977

Pärt, Arvo : Passio, for tenor, bass, vocal quartet, chorus, oboe, bassoon, violin, cello & organ :: Et ex illa hor

• Conductor: Antony Pitts
• Ensemble: Tonus Peregrinus
• Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1982