Pärt: Passio / Schweckendiek, Helsinki Chamber Choir

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Release Date
September 3, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PART, ARVO
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Helsinki Chamber Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Schweckendiek
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 03, 2021
    • UPC
      7318599926124
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2612
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi (Chorus) [Fig. 1]

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    2. Haec cum dixisset Jesus (Jesus, Evangelists) [Fig. 2]

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Performer: Sampo Haapaniemi, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Sirkku Rintamäki, Mats Lillhannus, Jussi Linnanmäki, Anni Haapaniemi, Mikko-Pekka Svala, Laura Vikman, Marko Ylönen, Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    3. Jesum Nazarenum (Jesus, Evangelists, Chorus) [Fig. 23]

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Sampo Haapaniemi, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Sirkku Rintamäki, Mats Lillhannus, Jussi Linnanmäki, Anni Haapaniemi, Mikko-Pekka Svala, Laura Vikman, Marko Ylönen, Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    4. Quia expedit, unum hominem mori (Jesus, Evangelists, Chorus) [Fig. 37]

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Sampo Haapaniemi, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Sirkku Rintamäki, Mats Lillhannus, Jussi Linnanmäki, Anni Haapaniemi, Mikko-Pekka Svala, Laura Vikman, Marko Ylönen, Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    5. Numquid et tu ex discipulis ejus es? (Pilate, Evangelists, Chorus) [Fig. 57]

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Martti Anttila, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Sirkku Rintamäki, Mats Lillhannus, Jussi Linnanmäki, Anni Haapaniemi, Mikko-Pekka Svala, Laura Vikman, Marko Ylönen, Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    6. …et vocavit Jesum, et dixit ei… (Jesus, Pilate, Evangelists, Chorus) [Fig. 77]

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Sampo Haapaniemi, Martti Anttila, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Sirkku Rintamäki, Mats Lillhannus, Jussi Linnanmäki, Anni Haapaniemi, Mikko-Pekka Svala, Laura Vikman, Marko Ylönen, Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    7. Crucifige, crucifige eum (Jesus, Pilate, Evangelists, Chorus) [Fig. 111]

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Sampo Haapaniemi, Martti Anttila, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Sirkku Rintamäki, Mats Lillhannus, Jussi Linnanmäki, Anni Haapaniemi, Mikko-Pekka Svala, Laura Vikman, Marko Ylönen, Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    8. Erat autem Parasceve Paschae (Pilate, Evangelists, Chorus) [Fig. 130]

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Martti Anttila, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Sirkku Rintamäki, Mats Lillhannus, Jussi Linnanmäki, Anni Haapaniemi, Mikko-Pekka Svala, Laura Vikman, Marko Ylönen, Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    9. Noli scribere, Rex Judaeorum (Jesus, Pilate, Evangelists, Chorus) [Fig. 149]

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Sampo Haapaniemi, Martti Anttila, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Sirkku Rintamäki, Mats Lillhannus, Jussi Linnanmäki, Anni Haapaniemi, Mikko-Pekka Svala, Laura Vikman, Marko Ylönen, Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    10. Postea sciens Jesus quia omnia consummata sunt (Jesus, Evangelists) [Fig. 168]

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Sampo Haapaniemi, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Sirkku Rintamäki, Mats Lillhannus, Jussi Linnanmäki, Anni Haapaniemi, Mikko-Pekka Svala, Laura Vikman, Marko Ylönen, Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    11. Qui passus es pro nobis (Chorus) [Fig. 173]

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek


Composed in 1982, Arvo Pärt’s Passio has retained its place as one of the foremost works of sacred music of the late 20th century. It has been called a minimalist masterpiece, and is a seminal work in the composer’s oeuvre – the culmination of his so-called tintinnabuli style, and the first in a line of large-scale choral works on religious themes. Passion settings have a long history, with polyphonic settings for choral performance beginning in the 15th century and continuing up until the high baroque and the monumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach. In his Passion, Pärt looks back to an older tradition, however – the medieval one of a single voice chanting the text. As a result, the narrative – chapters 18 and 19 of the Gospel of St. John – becomes the basis for sustained spiritual contemplation rather than the drama of Bach’s Passions. Another important distinction from earlier Passion settings is Pärt’s treatment of the Evangelist, who narrates the story. Rather than a single voice, he employs a quartet: soprano, alto, tenor and bass, accompanied by an ensemble of four instruments. The only other instrument used in the work is the organ, again in contrast to the larger instrumental forces of the Bach Passions. This contemplative work is here performed by the Helsinki Chamber Choir under Nils Schweckendiek.

REVIEW:

Arvo Pärt's Passio (1982), also known as the St. John Passion, is sometimes grouped with the large pieces of the time in which Pärt developed his tintinnabuli technique. The technique is present in the work, but Passio is unlike anything else Pärt ever wrote. The Passio has rarely been recorded, and that's reason enough to welcome this reading by the Helsinki Chamber Choir. More reason is provided by the performers, who offer expressive interpretations with a fine sense of the functions of the many pauses in the music. This performance diverges somewhat from the stark version by Paul Hillier and the Hilliard Ensemble some years ago, and BIS' sound, from a Helsinki church, is warmer than that of ECM on the Hillier version, allowing in some ambient noise such as organ machinery. This is an extraordinary performance of an underrated work by one of the major composers of our time.

-- AllMusic.com (James Manheim)