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I Am The True Vine
Arvo Part
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| Contemporary troubador Paul Hillier has been one of the key players
behind introducing Arvo Pärt's music to Western audiences, first through
recordings with the Hilliard Ensemble and later through his magnificently
innovative group Theatre of Voices. I Am the True Vine continues the collaboration
by bringing together some truly vintage Pärt compositions from the '90s.
Although it exists on disc in a more elaborate version for choir and strings,
the 1990 Berlin Mass was originally written for just four solo voices
and organ. Pärt later revised the score, returning to that original sonority,
which is the version offered here. The consummate preparation of the Theatre
of Voices, in which every line is lovingly unfurled, the whole building
into a memorable aural sculpture, only heightens a listener's admiration
for Pärt's ability to make the seemingly simple profound. We also hear
the composer in a more overtly joyful mood than usual in the short first
selection, while the title track--a setting of a text from the Gospel
of John and one of three world premiere recordings here--is a marvelously
organic example of word painting (representing Pärt's choral virtuosity
even when it comes to setting English text). On this CD: 1. Bogoróditse Djévo Composed by Arvo Pärt Performed by Pro Arte Singers Conducted by Paul Hillier 2. I am the True Vine Composed by Arvo Pärt Performed by Pro Arte Singers Conducted by Paul Hillier 3. Kanon Pokajanen: Ode IX Composed by Arvo Pärt Performed by Pro Arte Singers Conducted by Paul Hillier 4. The Woman with the Alabaster Box Composed by Arvo Pärt Performed by Pro Arte Singers Conducted by Paul Hillier 5. Tribute to Caesar Composed by Arvo Pärt Performed by Pro Arte Singers Conducted by Paul Hillier 6. Berliner Messe Composed by Arvo Pärt Performed by Theatre of Voices with Alan Bennett, Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, Paul Elliott, Ellen Hargis, Paul Hillier, Steven Rickards Conducted by Paul Hillier |
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