Release Date: 10 November 2023
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028948591664
Genres: Classical  Choral  
Composer/Series: Tractus
Release Date: 10 November 2023
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028948591664
Genres: Classical  Choral  
Composer/Series: Tractus
Description
Tractus emphasises Arvo Part 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 Tonu 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 degres, Sequentia, L'abbe 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 Part albums begun on ECM New Series with the epochal Tabula rasa in 1984.
Maria Listra: soprano (L'Abbe Agathon)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tonu Kaljuste: conductor
Tracklisting
Wu Wei; Martin Stegner; Janne Saksala
John Scofield; Dave Holland
Anouar Brahem; Jan Garbarek; Shaukat Hussain
Zehetmair Quartett
Meredith Monk; Ellen Fisher; Katie Geissinger; Joanna Lynn-Jacobs; Allison Sniffin; John Hollenbeck
Sokratis Sinopoulos; Yann Keerim
Steve Tibbetts; Marc Anderson; J.T. Bates
Tord Gustavsen; Harald Johnsen; Jarle Vespestad
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
Arvo Part