Part: Live / Bavarian Radio Choir, Munich Radio Orchestra

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Label
BR Klassik
Release Date
May 19, 2017
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PART, ARVO
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Hilliard Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Dijkstra, King, Schir
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 19, 2017
    • UPC
      4035719003192
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRK900319
    • LABEL
      BR Klassik
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Toccata: Preciso [Quarter Note = 120]

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Yeon-Hee Kwak, Max Hanft

      Conductor: Robert King

    2. II. Sarabande: Lento [Half Note = 42]

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Yeon-Hee Kwak, Max Hanft

      Conductor: Robert King

    3. III. Ricercar: Deciso [Quarter note = 126-132]

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Yeon-Hee Kwak, Max Hanft

      Conductor: Robert King

    4. No. 1. O Weisheit

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    5. No. 2. O Adonai

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    6. No. 3. O Spross

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    7. No. 4. O Schlüssel

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    8. No. 5. O Morgenstern

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    9. No. 6. O König

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    10. No. 7. O Immanuel

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    11. Cecilia, vergine romana

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Ulf Schirmer

    12. Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Ulf Schirmer

    13. Litany, "Prayers of St. John Chrysostom for Each Hour of the Day and Night"

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: David James, Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, Gordon Jones

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti


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