Various Composers – Officium Novum – Jan Garbarek

Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935):
Hymn of the baptism of Christ
[Byzantine chant]:
Svjete tihij
Jan Garbarek (b.1947):
Allting finns
Nikolai N. Kedrov (1871-1940):
Litany
[from the Lipovan Old Belivers tradition]:
Otche nash
[anonymous]:
Dostoino est
Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935):
Surb, surb
Arvo Pärt (b.1935)
Most Holy Mother of God
[anonymous]:
Tres morillas m'enamoran
Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935):
Sirt im sasani (Hymn for Maundy Thursday)
Hays hark nviranats ukhti
Pérotin (c.1160-c.1240):
Alleluia. Nativitas
Jan Garbarek (b.1947):
We are the stars
Giorgos Seferis (1900-1971):
Nur ein Weniges noch

Jan Garbarek - saxophone
The Hilliard Ensemble

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Arvo Pärt – Symphony No.4 – Esa-Pekka Salonen

tribute to Arvo Pärt on his birthday

(born 11 September 1935)

Arvo Pärt (b.1935):
Symphony No.4 *
Fragments from Kanon Pokajanen +

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir +
Los Angeles Philharmonic *
Esa-Pekka Salonen - conductor *
Tönu Kaljuste - conductor +

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Arvo Pärt – Tabula Rasa – Various Artists

tribute to Arvo Pärt on his birthday

(born 11 September 1935)

Arvo Pärt (b.1935):
Fratres - for Violin and Piano *
Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - for Orchestra +
Fratres - for 12 Cellos #
Tabula rasa - for 2 Violins, prepared Piano and Orchestra §

Gidon Kremer - violin * §
Tatjana Grindenko - violin §
Keith Jarret - piano *
Alfred Schnittke - prepared piano §
The 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker #
Staatsorchester Stuttgart +
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra §
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor +
Saulius Sondeckis - conductor §

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Lemba, Tobias, Eller, Tormis, Pärt – Music from Estonia – N.Järvi

Artur Lemba (1885-1963):
Symphony in C sharp minor
Rudolf Tobias (1873-1918):
"Julius Caeser" overture
Heino Eller (1887-1970):
Tone poem "Videvik"
Veljo Tormis (b.1930):
Overture No.2
Arvo Pärt (b.1935):
Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten

The Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi - conductor

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Arvo Pärt – Simphony I; Choral works – VA

Arvo Pärt (b.1935):

CD 1:
Nekrolog *
I Süumfonia *
Stabat Mater +

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra *
Paavo Järvi - conductor *
Taverner Consort +
Fretwork +
Andrew Parrot - conductor +


CD 2:
Statuit ei Dominus
Missa Syllabica
Beatus Petronius
Magnificat Antiphons
De Profundis
Memento
Cantate Domino
Solfeggio

Christopher Bowers-Broadbent - organ
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste - conductor

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The Very Best of Arvo Pärt - VA

Arvo Pärt (b.1935):

CD 1:
Summa *
Seven Magnificat Antiphones *
Fratres (1980 version) +
Festina lente #
Spiegel im Spiegel +
Magnificat §
The Beatitudes §
Summa ∆
Fratres ∆
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten ∆

Vasari Singers *
Jeremy Backhouse - conductor *
Tasmin Little - violin +
Martin Roscoe - piano +
Bournemouth Sinfonietta #
Richard Studt - conductor #
Choir of King's College, Cambridge §
Stephen Cleobury - conductor §
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra ∆
Arvo Pärt - conductor ∆

CD 2:
Tabula rasa *
Summa +
Fratres +
De profundis #
Cantate Domino #
Beatus Petronius #
Solfeggio §
Missa syllabica §

Tasmin Little - violin *
Richard Studt - violin *
Robert Aldwinckle - harpsichord *
Bournemouth Sinfonietta *
Richard Studt - conductor *
The Chilingirian Quartet +
Cristopher Bowers-Broadbent - organ #
Ene Salumae - celesta #
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir §
Tönu Kaljuste - conductor §

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Pärt - Cello Concerto; Symphonies Nos. 1-3 - N.Järvi

Tribute to Arvo Pärt on his birthday.

"Arvo Pärt (born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian classical composer and one of the most prominent living composers of sacred music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-invented compositional technique, tintinnabuli. His music also takes inspiration from Gregorian chant."

(source: wikipedia - more infos on Arvo Pärt here)

Arvo Pärt (b.1935):
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra "Pro et contra) *
Perpetuum mobile, op.10
Symphony No.1 (Polyphonic)
Symphony No.2
Symphony No.3

Frans Helmerson - cello *
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi - conductor

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Arvo Pärt - Collage - N.Jarvi

Arvo Pärt (b.1935):
Collage sur B-A-C-H, for strings, oboe, harpsichord and piano
Summa, for strings
"Wenn Bach Bienen gezüchtet hätte", for piano, string orchestra and wind quintet
Fratres, for string orchestra and percursion
Symphony No.2
Festina Lente, for string orchestra and harp ad libitum
Credo, for piano solo, mixed choir and orchestra *

Boris Berman - piano *
Philharmonia Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Neeme Järvi - conductor

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