Release Date: 31 December 2008
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 028945783420
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Part
Description
World premiere recordings of music for choir by Arvo Pärt, based on the canon of repentance of the Russian Orthodox Church. The canon had long fascinated the Estonian composer who finally decided to set it in its entirety in music written to mark the 750th anniversary of Cologne Cathedral. Pärt: It took over two years to compose the Kanon pokajanen, and its hold on me did not abate until I had finished the score...That may explain why this music means so much to me." As writer Uwe Schweikert has noted, it is "music full of austere, painful beauty.""
Tracklisting
Vladimir Spivakov; Sergej Bezrodny; Alexander Malter; Dietmar Schwalke
Steve Swallow; Michael Rodriguez;Chris Cheek; Steve Cardenas; Gil Goldstein; Adam Nussbaum
Ensemble Modern Orchestra; Rob Rutman; Peter Eotvos
Joe Lovano; Julian Lage; Asante Santi Debriano; Will Calhoun
Tomasz Stanko; Tomasz Szukalski; Dave Holland; Edward Vesala
Bill Connors; Jan Garbarek; Gary Peacock; Jack DeJohnette
Mick Goodrick; Fred Hersch
Judith Berkson; Trevor Dunn; Gerald Cleaver
Arvo Part
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Eva Ollikainen
Vox Clamantis; Ene Salumae; Jaan-Eik Tulve
Vox Clamantis & Jaan-Eick Tulve
The Hilliard Ensemble
Gidon Kremer, Keith Jarrett, & Dennis Russell Davies
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tonu Kaljuste
Arvo Part
