Pärt - Da pacem Domine
-
As ever, Antonini and his crack period band are attuned both to the spirit and the fine details of Haydn's music. For sheer rhythmic vitality these performances are hard to beat. There are no... —
-
Arvo Pärt: Choral Music
Rachel Ambrose Evans (soprano), Richard Bannan (bass)
Polyphony, Stephen Layton
Alleluia-Tropos (2008) originally included eight cellos (a favourite sonority for Pärt has always loved cello ensembles) but Polyphony's sound is, as always, so rich and beautiful that there... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, October 2014, Editor's Choice
-
-
This excellent German vocal quintet presents seven of Martin Luther’s chorales in many versions, typically changing composers from one verse to the next... instrumental chorale preludes appear... —
Awards:
-
The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
-
-
Arvo Pärt: The Deer’s Cry
Mari Poll (violin), Johanna Vahermägi (viola), Heikko Remmel, Taavo Remmel (double basses), Robert Staak (lute), Toomas Vavilov (clarinet), Susanne Doll (organ)
Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve
The level of artistry necessary to achieve the kind of living, breathing performance given here by the Estonian choir Vox Clamantis is a rarity…conductor Jaan-Eik Tulve [is able] to infuse the... —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Choral
-
-
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. —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2006, Editor's Choice
-
Grammy Awards, 49th Awards (2006), Best Choral Performance
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Arvo Pärt: Credo
RecommendedEstonian Festival Orchestra, The Estonian National Male Choir, Ellerhein Girls' Choir, Ellerhein Alumni Choir, Kalle Randalu, Paavo Järvi
All get fine performances from Järvi and his orchestra, including the most familiar, the grieving Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten and radiant Fratres. Here is the essence of Pärt, simple,... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
Purchase product
2 Vinyl Records
$42.75 -
-
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. —
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
-
-
You’ll be hard pushed to find a disc of Pärt choral music more enjoyable than this. —
-
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... —
-
Pärt: Lamentate
Alexei Lubimov (piano)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart & The Hilliard Ensemble, Andrey Boreyko
After a subterranean rumble, a sorrowful fanfare makes way for an ascent of the solo piano keyboard, and a shuddering orchestral climax that sets the tolling of alarm bells against a Mahlerian... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2005, Editor's Choice
-
