New Album Releases: ARVO PART - TRACTUS (Maria Listra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra)

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Artist:
Maria Listra
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
67:01

Record Label:
ECM New Series

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music

Release Date
November 10, 2023




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Product Description: Tractus emphasizes Arvo Pärt compositions that blend the timbres of choir and string orchestra. New versions predominate, with focused performances from the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tõnu Kaljuste’s direction that invite alert and concentrated listening. From the opening composition Littlemore Tractus, which takes as its starting point consoling reflections from a sermon by John Henry Newman, the idea of change, transfiguration and renewal resonates, setting a tone for a recording whose character is one of summing up, looking inward, and reconciling with the past. Compositions included are Littlemore Tractus, Greater Antiphons, Cantique des degrés, Sequentia, L’abbé Agathon, These Words… and Veni creator. An evocative reworking of Vater unser for choir, strings and piano concludes this album. Recorded in Tallinn last year and produced by Manfred Eicher, Tractus extends the line of definitive Arvo Pärt albums begun on ECM New Series with the epochal Tabula rasa in 1984.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Pärt: Littlemore Tractus Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt (07:29)

2 . Pärt: Greater Antiphons - I. O Wisdom Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt (01:19)

3 . Pärt: Greater Antiphons - II. O Adonai Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt (02:35)

4 . Pärt: Greater Antiphons - III. O Root of Jesse Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt (00:52)

5 . Pärt: Greater Antiphons - IV. O Key of David Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt (01:46)

6 . Pärt: Greater Antiphons - V. O Morning Star Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt (02:00)

7 . Pärt: Greater Antiphons - VI. O King of all People Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt (01:31)

8 . Pärt: Greater Antiphons - VII. O Emmanuel Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt (03:03)

9 . Pärt: Cantique des degrés Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt (09:26)

10 . Pärt: Sequentia Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt (03:59)

11 . Pärt: L'abbé Agathon Maria Listra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt (13:55)

12 . Pärt: These Words… Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt (12:33)

13 . Pärt: Veni creator Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt (02:58)

14 .Pärt: Vater unser Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt (03:43)

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