Choral, Magnificat & Nunc dimittis settings, Pärt (composer)
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Alfred Schnittke & Arvo Pärt: Choral Works
RecommendedRaul Mikson (tenor), Maria Melaha (soprano), Karolina Kriis (soprano), Marianne Pärna (alto), Ave Hännikäinen (alto), Toomas Tohert (tenor), Kaia Urb (soprano)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putniņš
The performance by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Kaspars Putiniņš is really impressive with a particularly rich and sonorous bass sound that is absolutely tailor- made for this... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Choral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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It's clear within minutes of this recording that Vox Clamantis are a leading interpreter of Pärt's music. They breathe it; they live it...Their tuning is so locked in that it produces an overtone-like... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2025, Choral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The Times, Best Classical Albums of 2025
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The centrepiece is a stunning performance of Peteris Vasks’s Plainscapes, three wordless linked movements…infused with a strong Pärtian flavour, with important roles for violin and cello, plated... —
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The Best Of Arvo Pärt
Tasmin Little & Martin Roscoe
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi, Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse
An admirable and enterprising collection. In the two works for violin and piano, Tasmin Little holds the listener's attention by the intensity of her commitment and the powerful projection of... —
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This is inspiring, immaculate music-making of the highest order – nothing less than you would expect from an ensembkle that can be counted among Britain’s great cultural treasures. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Pärt - Da Pacem
RecommendedChristopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier
The Estonian Chamber Choir under Paul Hillier sings everything with near miraculous precision and delicate dedication… an aural delight. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2006, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 49th Awards (2006), Best Choral Performance
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Stripping down the number of voices in Pärt has palpable benefits...Not that there's any sense of power missing: in the tutti of the Magnificat, the crescendos are ringing, and again one notes... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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You’ll be hard pushed to find a disc of Pärt choral music more enjoyable than this. —
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The Very Best of Arvo Part
Martin Roscoe (piano), Tasmin Little (violin), David Goode (organ), Robert Aldwinckle (harpsichord), Richard Studt (violin), Chilingirian Quartet (string quartet), Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ), Ene Salumäe (percussion), Mati Turi (tenor), Tiit Kogermann (tenor), Aarne Talvik (bass), Evelin...
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Equinox is an outstanding disc: the choice of music is inspired, the singing superb, and the interpretations stay long in the memory. The programme is based on composer-in-residence Jonathan... —
