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The Estonian Chamber Choir under Paul Hillier sings everything with near miraculous precision and delicate dedication… an aural delight. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 4th Sep 2006
Catalogue No: HMU907401
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 64 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

Awards Issue 2006

Editor's Choice
Grammy Awards

49th Awards (2006)

Best Choral Performance

Pärt: Da pacem Domine

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Pärt: Salve Regina

Work length12:52

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Pärt: Zwei slawische Psalmen: I. Psalm 117

Work length3:46

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Pärt: Zwei slawische Psalmen: II. Psalm 131

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Pärt: Magnificat

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Pärt: An den Wassern zu Babel

Work length7:14

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Pärt: Dopo la vittoria

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Pärt: Nunc dimittis

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Pärt: Littlemore Tractus

Work length5:25

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Nine sacred pieces by Arvo Pärt including some of his newest compositions alongside works from earlier in his career. Pärt's longtime collaborator and biographer Paul Hillier leads the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and organist Christopher Browers-Broadbent in a third recording devoted to the Estonian composer.

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September 2006

The Estonian Chamber Choir under Paul Hillier sings everything with near miraculous precision and delicate dedication… an aural delight.

2010

This collection showcases four compositions from this decade alongside some earlier works, most of which have been revised, as is Pärt's habit, within the past 15 years. While his methodology has remained much the same, Pärt admitted a greater harmonic and textural richness over that period, and this relative lushness is superbly realised by the EPC Choir without ever betraying the fundamental asceticism of Pärt's sound.
The album opens with the most recent piece, Da pacem Domine (2004), a typical work not least because of its slow harmonic speed coupled with increasingly intense light and colour. It contrasts with Salve regina (2001-2) which, as Hillier comments, could almost be 'a dream sequence from a film about a peasant community' in the early passages. Indeed, at first hearing one could almost confuse it with something Preisner might have written for Kieslowski, although there are enough characteristic chords and intervals to mark it out as Pärt. The Psalms (1984), with their unusually strong Slavonic tinge, again show the variety Pärt can achieve within restricted means. As always, Hillier and his colleagues have done Pärt proud. This beautiful release is another compelling illustration of the emotional and textural intensity central to the composer's art.

Awards 2006

Given the strict limits on the material and techniques that Pärt permits himself, it is remarkable that his work continues to sound fresh and original. This beautiful release is another compelling illustration of the emotional and textural intensity central to his art. As always, Hillier and his colleagues have done Pärt proud.

Pärt - Da Pacem

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