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Serenity: The Beauty of Arvo Pärt

2 CD / Decca / 2012-08-21

Works: Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Für Alina; My Heart's in the Highlands, for chorus (or alto or countertenor) & organ; Canta...
Performers: Anderson, Mark; Anthony, Adele; Bax, Alessio [Piano]; Benedetti, Nicola; Carlsson, Roger; Grynyuk, Alexei; Kremer, Gidon; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Owens, Matthew; Risberg, Erik; Shaham, Gil; W...
Conductors: Short, Nigel; Järvi, Neeme; Owens, Matthew; Christophers, Harry; Pitts, Anthony

An album of peace and tranquility that will set you in complete bliss. 9 beautiful and relaxing tracks that will compliment the perfect day or...continue...

The Very Best Of Arvo Pärt

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Arvo Pärt: Summa, for SATB chorus or soloists; Magnificat Antiphons (7), for chorus; Fratres, for violin & piano; Festina lente; Spiegel im Spiegel; Magnificat; The Beatitudes, for chorus & orga...
Performers: Aldwinckle, Robert; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Goode, David; Hepner, Vilve; Kogermann, Tiit; Little, Tasmin; Roscoe, Martin [Piano]; Studt, Richard; Talvik, Aarne; Turi, Mati; Urb, Kaia
Conductors: Backhouse, Jeremy; Studt, Richard; Cleobury, Stephen; Paavo, Järvi; Kaljuste, Tönu

Arvo Part will celebrate his 75th birthday on September 11, 2010. Part was born in Estonia during a short period of independence from its more...continue...

20th Century Classics - Pärt: Stabat Mater, Magnificat Antiphons, etc / Parrott, Järvi, Urb, Kogerman, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Arvo Pärt: Nekrolog, for orchestra, Op. 5; Symphony no 1 ("Polyphonic"), Op. 9; Stabat Mater, for soprano, alto, tenor, violin, viola & cello; Statuit ei Dominus, for 2 choruses & 2 organs (or o...
Performers: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Hepner, Vilve; Kogermann, Tiit; Salumae, Ene; Talvik, Aarne; Turi, Mati; Urb, Kaia
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi; Parrott, Andrew; Kaljuste, Tönu
Ensemble: ; Fretwork

BBC Music Magazine
An excellent survey, particularly valuable for its inclusion of startling and controversial early pieces such as Nekrolog (1960) and I Sumfoonia (1963) which...continue...

The Silence of Being - The Music of Arvo Pärt

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Festina lente; Fratres, for cello & piano; Summa, for string orchestra; Fratres, for wind octet & percussion; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bel...
Performers: Ambrus, Karoly; Anderson, Mark; Arato, Peter; Banhegyi, Geza; Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Domonkos, Judit Kis; Eisrich, Antal; Eros, Jozsef; Faludi, Judit; Falvay, Sandor; Fodor, Agnes; Gunn, Nat...
Conductors: Benedek, Tamás; Yuasa, Takuo; ; Edison, Noel; Alsop, Marin; Wit, Antoni; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum; Tonus Peregrinus

An elegant 6 CD package containing the complete Naxos recordings of Arvo Part including: Fratres, Tabula Rasa, Collage uber Bach, Symphony No. 3, Berliner Messe,...continue...

Discover - Choral Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-08-28

Works: Gregorian Chant: Crux fidelis, inter omnes, hymn (GR 182); Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; John Taverner: Missa "Gloria tibi Trinitas"; Christe Jesu, pastor bone; Thoma...
Performers: Bentch, Timothy; Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Drabowicz, Wojciech; Kubiak, Barbara; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Nowacki, Piotr
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang; Antal, Mátyás; Oberfrank, Géza; Christophers, Harry; Halász, Michael; Drahos, Béla; Spering, Andreas; Rilling, Helmuth; Rahbari, Alexander; Talmi, Yoav; Wi...
Ensemble: ; Alsfeld Vocal Ensemble; I Febiarmonici (Baroque Orchestra); The Sixteen

Discover Choral Music surveys and explains the development of choral music from medieval plainchant to contemporary favorites like John Rutter and Arvo Part, via Renaissance...continue...

Century Vol 20 - Music of Today

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-02-14

Works: Edgard Varèse: Density 21.5; Olivier Messiaen: Cinq Rechants; Pierre Boulez: Sonatine for Flute and Piano; György Ligeti: Sonata for viola; Maurice Ohana: Etudes d'interprétation f...
Performers: Bernold, Philippe; Bertrand, Emmanuelle; Boyd, Doug [Vocals]; Coryell, Lark; Faust, Isabelle; Jude, Marie-Josephe; Kupiec, Ewa; Lipsitt, Eric; Longinotti, Kathie; Mainetti, Pablo; Power, Lawrence; Ro...
Conductors: Berio, Luciano; Masson, Diego; ; Nagano, Kent; Pons, Josep
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Musique Vivante; Les Percussions de Strasbourg; Pacific Mozart Ensemble

Arvo Pärt - A Portrait

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: Arvo Pärt: Für Alina, for piano; Symphony no 1 ("Polyphonic"), Op. 9; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Passio, for tenor, bass, vocal quartet, chorus, oboe...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin; Davis, Peter R.; Eisrich, Antal; Falvay, Sandor; Hatfield, Lesley; Helmerson, Frans; Hirsch, Rebecca; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Kovacs, Miklos; Lubimov, Alexei [Piano]; Mulligan, Simon; P...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Benedek, Tamás; Pitts, Antony; Edison, Noel; Yuasa, Takuo; Cox, Neil
Ensemble: ; Choir of Lancing College; Elora Festival Orchestra; Elora Festival Singers; Strings of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (St; Tonus Peregrinus; Ulster Orchestra

This absorbing, two-CD anthology combines quality performances . . . Certainly, there is no more contextual way of getting to know the composer than this...continue...

Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel, etc / Järvi, Kalijuste, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-06-01

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Dopo la vittoria; Bogoroditse Devo; I am the True Vine; Annum per Annum; Spiegel im Spiegel; Variations for Arinuschka's Recuperation; Für Alina; Quintettino; Concerto p...
Performers: Ericsson, Hans-Ola; Gluzman, Vadim; Hardenberger, Håkan; Järvi, Teet; Kuusk, Viljar; Lubimov, Alexei; Nestor, Toomas; Vulp, Urmas; Yoffe, Angela
Conductors: Kalijuste, Tonu; ; Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Winds; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Swedish Radio Chorus; Tallinn String Quartet

The musical world of Arvo Part has fascinated listeners and performers for several decades. The astonishing, breathtaking musical landscape he presents brings us to another...continue...

Pärt: Berliner Messe, Magnificat, Summa, etc / Edison, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-10-19

Works: Arvo Pärt: Cantate Domino; Berliner Messe, for SATB chorus & string orchestra; De profundis; Summa, for SATB chorus or soloists; The Beatitudes, for chorus & organ; Magnificat
Performers: Petrenko, Jurgen
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: Elora Festival Orchestra; Elora Festival Singers

"Honest and beautiful" - Barry Witherden, Gramophone...continue...

Pärt: Berliner Messe, Magnificat, Summa, etc / Edison, et al

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2004-10-19

Works: Arvo Pärt: Cantate Domino; Berliner Messe, for SATB chorus & string orchestra; De profundis; Summa, for SATB chorus or soloists; The Beatitudes, for chorus & organ; Magnificat
Performers: Petrenko, Jurgen
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: Elora Festival Orchestra; Elora Festival Singers

Schnittke: Voices of Nature, etc; Pärt / Rönnlund, Kaljuste

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-08-20

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for Chorus; Voices of Nature; Arvo Pärt: Dopo la vittoria; Bogoroditse Devo; I am the True Vine
Performers: Rönnlund, Jonny
Conductors: Kaljuste, Tönu
Ensemble: Swedish Radio Chorus

Pärt: De Profundis / Paul Hillier, Theatre of Voices

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1997-03-01

Works: Arvo Pärt: De profundis; Missa sillabica, for chorus; Solfeggio; And One of the Pharisees, for 3 voices or chorus; Cantate Domino; Summa, for SATB chorus or soloists; Magnificat Antiphons (7), f...
Performers: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Kennedy, Dan
Conductors: Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: Theatre of Voices

"Theatre of Voices produce the kind of soft-grained and angelic choral sound I could listen to until the Book with Seven Seals is opened." -...continue...