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For newcomers to the work of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, this generous two-disc collection of performances from EMI's archive would be a good place to start exploring. The authoritative Pärt performances would probably be the premiere releases on ECM, produced by Manfred Eicher, but these performances are all of a very high quality and there is a handful of works that ECM has never recorded. Pärt's most famous works are here; there are three versions each of the ever-popular Fratres (for violin and piano, string orchestra and harp, and string quartet) and Summa (for mixed voices, string orchestra, and string quartet), as well as the version of Spiegel in Spiegel for violin and piano, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten for string orchestra and bell, and the concerto for two violins and prepared piano, Tabula rasa. There is a good mix of choral, chamber, and orchestral music. English violinist Tasmin Little is featured prominently, in Fratres, Spiegel in Spiegel, and Tabula rasa, and the Chilingirian Quartet plays Summa and Fratres. The orchestral works are divided between the Bournemouth Sinfonietta led by Richard Studt and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra led by Paavo Järvi. The choral groups include the Vasari Singers led by Jeremy Backhouse, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, led by Stephen Cleobury, and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir led by Tönu Kaljuste. The performances are uniformly excellent; there's not a clunker among them. The sound, too, is top-notch, and perhaps surprisingly, given the variety of recording venues, it is remarkably consistent from track to track.
© TiVo
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Arvo Pärt, Composer - Jeremy Backhouse, Conductor, MainArtist - Vasari Singers, Choir, MainArtist - John H. West, Producer
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Limited
John West, Producer - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Jeremy Backhouse, Conductor, MainArtist - Vasari Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Engineer
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Limited
John West, Producer - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Jeremy Backhouse, Conductor, MainArtist - Vasari Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Engineer
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Limited
John West, Producer - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Jeremy Backhouse, Conductor, MainArtist - Vasari Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Engineer
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Limited
John West, Producer - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Jeremy Backhouse, Conductor, MainArtist - Vasari Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Engineer
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Limited
John West, Producer - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Jeremy Backhouse, Conductor, MainArtist - Vasari Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Engineer
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Limited
John West, Producer - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Jeremy Backhouse, Conductor, MainArtist - Vasari Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Engineer
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Limited
John West, Producer - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Jeremy Backhouse, Conductor, MainArtist - Vasari Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Engineer
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Limited
Andrew Keener, Producer - Tasmin Little, Violin, MainArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Martin Roscoe, Piano, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1994 Parlophone Records Limited
Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andrew Keener, Producer - Mike Hatch, Engineer - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Richard Studt, Conductor, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1994 Parlophone Records Limited
Tasmin Little, Violin, MainArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Martin Roscoe, Piano, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1994 Parlophone Records Limited
Simon Woods, Producer - Simon Rhodes, Engineer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1994 Parlophone Records Limited
Simon Woods, Producer - Simon Rhodes, Engineer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - Arvo Pärt, Composer - David Goode, Organ, FeaturedArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1994 Parlophone Records Limited
Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
DISC 2
Robert Aldwinckle, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andrew Keener, Producer - Tasmin Little, Violin, MainArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Richard Studt, Conductor, Violin, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1994 Parlophone Records Limited
Robert Aldwinckle, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andrew Keener, Producer - Tasmin Little, Violin, MainArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Richard Studt, Conductor, Violin, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1994 Parlophone Records Limited
Tryggvi Tryggvason, Producer - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Chilingirian Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1994 Parlophone Records Limited
Tryggvi Tryggvason, Producer - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Chilingirian Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1994 Parlophone Records Limited
Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, Organ, MainArtist - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Limited
Ene Salumae, Percussion, FeaturedArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Limited
Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Limited
Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Limited
Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Mati Turi, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Tiit Kogermann, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Limited
Evelin Saul, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Aarne Talvik, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Vilve Hepner, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Mati Turi, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Kaia Urb, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Tiit Kogermann, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Limited
Evelin Saul, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Aarne Talvik, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Vilve Hepner, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Mati Turi, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Kaia Urb, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Tiit Kogermann, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Limited
Evelin Saul, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Aarne Talvik, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Vilve Hepner, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Mati Turi, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Kaia Urb, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Tiit Kogermann, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Limited
Evelin Saul, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Vilve Hepner, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Kaia Urb, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Limited
Evelin Saul, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Aarne Talvik, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Vilve Hepner, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Mati Turi, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Kaia Urb, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Tiit Kogermann, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Limited
Album review
For newcomers to the work of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, this generous two-disc collection of performances from EMI's archive would be a good place to start exploring. The authoritative Pärt performances would probably be the premiere releases on ECM, produced by Manfred Eicher, but these performances are all of a very high quality and there is a handful of works that ECM has never recorded. Pärt's most famous works are here; there are three versions each of the ever-popular Fratres (for violin and piano, string orchestra and harp, and string quartet) and Summa (for mixed voices, string orchestra, and string quartet), as well as the version of Spiegel in Spiegel for violin and piano, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten for string orchestra and bell, and the concerto for two violins and prepared piano, Tabula rasa. There is a good mix of choral, chamber, and orchestral music. English violinist Tasmin Little is featured prominently, in Fratres, Spiegel in Spiegel, and Tabula rasa, and the Chilingirian Quartet plays Summa and Fratres. The orchestral works are divided between the Bournemouth Sinfonietta led by Richard Studt and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra led by Paavo Järvi. The choral groups include the Vasari Singers led by Jeremy Backhouse, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, led by Stephen Cleobury, and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir led by Tönu Kaljuste. The performances are uniformly excellent; there's not a clunker among them. The sound, too, is top-notch, and perhaps surprisingly, given the variety of recording venues, it is remarkably consistent from track to track.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 02:34:16
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Arvo Pärt
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2010 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ This compilation 2010 EMI Records Ltd.
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