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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... — The Times, 25th September 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 11th Sep 2015
Catalogue No: 4811905
Label: ECM
Series: New Series
Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

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Pärt: Es Sang vor Langen Jahren for alto, violin & viola

Work length6:02

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Susan Bickley (alto), Gidon Kremer (violin), Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola)
Recorded: 1987-01-31
Recording Venue: St. John's Church, London

Pärt: Für Alina

Work length10:42

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Alexander Malter (piano)
Recorded: 1995-07-25
Recording Venue: Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt/Main

1. Für Alina

Track length10:42

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Pärt: Mein weg hat Gipfel und Wennentaler

Work length6:22

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Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2015
Recording Venue: Niguliste Church, Tallinn

Pärt: Kanon pokajanen

Work length8:21

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Tõnu Kaljuste (chorus conductor)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 1997-06-30
Recording Venue: Niguliste Church, Tallinn

Ode VI

Track length8:21

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Pärt: Silouans Song

Work length5:38

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Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 1993-01-28
Recording Venue: Lohjan Kirkko

Pärt: Fratres

Work length11:29

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Gidon Kremer (violin), Keith Jarrett (piano)
Recorded: 1983-10-31
Recording Venue: Radiostudio, Basel

Pärt: Alleluja Tropus for choir and string orchestra

Work length2:45

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Sinfonietta Riga, Vox Clamantis
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2011-11-24
Recording Venue: Niguliste Church, Tallinn

Pärt: Trisagion

Work length11:50

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Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Saulius Sondeckis
Recorded: 2015
Recording Venue: Mozartsaal des Kultur- und Kongresszentrums Liederhalle, Stuttgart

Pärt: Beatus Petronius

Work length5:15

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Sinfonietta Riga, Latvian Radio Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2011-11-24
Recording Venue: Niguliste Church, Tallinn

Pärt: Ein Wallfahrtslied

Work length8:57

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Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2001-06-01
Recording Venue: Berwaldhallen, Stockholm

Pärt: Most Holy Mother of God

Work length5:00

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The Hilliard Ensemble (vocals), David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
Recorded: 2009-06
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten

Work length5:07

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Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Dennis Russell Davies
Recorded: 1984-01-31
Recording Venue: Liederhalle, Stuttgart

Pärt: Magnificat

Work length6:43

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Tõnu Kaljuste (chorus conductor)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 1993-01-28
Recording Venue: Lohjan Kirkko

Pärt: Festina Lente

Work length5:29

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Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn
Dennis Russell Davies
Recorded: 1990-12-31
Recording Venue: Beethovenhalle, Bonn

Pärt: Lamentate

Work length12:34

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Alexei Lubimov (piano)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Andrey Boreyko
Recorded: 2004-06-09
Recording Venue: Stadthalle Sindelfingen

Fragile

Track length1:05

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Pregando

Track length5:58

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Solitudine - stato d'animo

Track length5:31

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Pärt: Stabat Mater

Work length24:04

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Lynne Dawson (soprano), David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Gidon Kremer (violin), Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola), Thomas Demenga (cello)
Recorded: 1987-01-31
Recording Venue: St. John's Church, London

Pärt: Da pacem Domine

Work length4:57

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Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste
Recorded: 2015
Recording Venue: Niguliste Church, Tallinn

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Composer Arvo Pärt and producer Manfred Eicher have maintained their creative partnership for more than 30 years. Eicher launched ECM New Series in 1984 as a platform for Pärt's music, bringing the Estonian composer to the world's attention with 'Tabula Rasa'. Since that epochal release, all first recordings of Pärt's major works have been made for ECM, with the composer's committed participation.

In this special double album, issued on Pärt's 80th birthday, Eicher revisits episodes from their shared musical quest, evoking fresh associations from juxtapositions of pieces in his dramaturgical sequence, as listeners are invited to hear the music anew. Compositions heard here include the legendary ECM premiere recordings of Es sang vor langen Jahren, Für Alina, Mein Weg, Kanon Pokajanen, Silouans Song, Fratres, Alleluia-Tropus, Trisagion, Beatus Petronius, Wallfahrtslied/Pilgrims' Song, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, Magnificat, Festina Lente, Lamentate, Stabat Mater, Da Pacem Domine, and a previously unreleased version of Most Holy Mother of God.

As for the performers, documentation of Pärt on ECM started with the recording of Fratres with Gidon Kremer and Keith Jarrett joining forces for the only time and has expanded to embrace many musicians who have, in turn, become closely associated with Pärt's music. These have included the Hilliard Ensemble, the British vocal group whose pure approach to early music was to prove eminently adaptable to Pärt's timeless oeuvre.

"My contact with ECM is beyond categorization," Arvo Pärt has said. "It is a natural supplement to my composing. Manfred Eicher's instrument is sound, acoustics, the sounding space which can be heard only by him. He hears in a special way and his records are a result of this hearing. What I call a piece of art made by Manfred is actually a rich and sensitive complex of hearing, thinking, feeling, taste and artistic skill, a whole philosophy. It is also something very lively and in continuous formation. Our work together making new records is always a celebration."

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Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tallin Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonietta Rīga, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Hilliard Ensemble, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn, SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tönu Kaljuste, Dennis Russell Davies, Andrey Boreyko

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25th September 2015

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 from global hits...to lesser-known and more recent pieces.

Arvo Pärt - Musica Selecta

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