Part: Live / Bavarian Radio Choir, Munich Radio Orchestra
BR Klassik

Part: Live / Bavarian Radio Choir, Munich Radio Orchestra

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Details

Composer
PART, ARVO
Artist
Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Dijkstra, King, Schir
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
BR Klassik
Released
May 19, 2017
Catalog #
BRK900319
UPC
4035719003192

About

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935, Estonia) has succeeded in bringing sacred music back to a broader audience, and away from the confines of the church service, more than almost any other contemporary composer. The meditative character of his works, and his return to the simplest and most basic musical forms, convey moments of intense spirituality. Even before his emigration from the Soviet Union to Austria and then to Germany, Pärt had already invented what he termed the tintinnabuli style of composition (from the Latin word for a bell). He produced an early and important example of this style in 1977 with the "Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten", scored for string orchestra and bell, and it is also a key feature of the three great choral works that form the greater part of this new BR-KLASSIK CD "Arvo Pärt: Live", namely the "Seven Magnificat Antiphons" for mixed choir a capella, the large-scale oratorio "Cecilia, vergine romana" for mixed choir and orchestra, and the vocal work „Litany – Prayers of St John Chrysostom for Each Hour of the Day and Night” for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra. Also included on this CD is the "Collage on B-A-C-H" for strings, oboe, harpsichord and piano. Composed in 1964, before Pärt's aesthetic reorientation, it is one of his most famous works.

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REVIEW:

Despite the 11-year span of these live recordings and four different churches used as locations, the album’s aural impression is uniform, the sound very good, and the singing crisp and up to the high standards of this phenomenal professional chorus.

– ClassicsToday

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 I. Toccata: Preciso [Quarter Note = 120] 02:42
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Toccata: Preciso [Quarter Note = 120]
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    Yeon-Hee Kwak, Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Robert King
  2. 2 II. Sarabande: Lento [Half Note = 42] 03:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Sarabande: Lento [Half Note = 42]
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    Yeon-Hee Kwak, Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Robert King
  3. 3 III. Ricercar: Deciso [Quarter note = 126-132] 01:23
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Ricercar: Deciso [Quarter note = 126-132]
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    Yeon-Hee Kwak, Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Robert King
  4. 4 No. 1. O Weisheit 01:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 1. O Weisheit
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Peter Dijkstra
  5. 5 No. 2. O Adonai 02:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 2. O Adonai
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Peter Dijkstra
  6. 6 No. 3. O Spross 00:56
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 3. O Spross
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Peter Dijkstra
  7. 7 No. 4. O Schlüssel 01:53
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 4. O Schlüssel
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Peter Dijkstra
  8. 8 No. 5. O Morgenstern 01:35
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 5. O Morgenstern
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Peter Dijkstra
  9. 9 No. 6. O König 01:20
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 6. O König
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Peter Dijkstra
  10. 10 No. 7. O Immanuel 02:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 7. O Immanuel
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Peter Dijkstra
  11. 11 Cecilia, vergine romana 20:13
    Track
    11
    Title
    Cecilia, vergine romana
    Duration
    20:13
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Ulf Schirmer
  12. 12 Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten 07:42
    Track
    12
    Title
    Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
    Duration
    07:42
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Ulf Schirmer
  13. 13 Litany, "Prayers of St. John Chrysostom for Each Hour of the Day and Night" 23:09
    Track
    13
    Title
    Litany, "Prayers of St. John Chrysostom for Each Hour of the Day and Night"
    Duration
    23:09
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    David James, Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, Gordon Jones
    Ensemble
    Hilliard Ensemble, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Marcello Viotti