popular music: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir ...     popular music:       Veljo Tormis: Litany to Thunder10 reviews Allan Vurma, Veljo Tormis, ... Ecm Records, 2000 Estonian Music Why anyone would expect Tormis to sound like Arvo Part just because they are both Estonian is beyond me. No one is surprised that Steve Reich sounds nothing like Aaron Copland. If anything, Tormis' music is more "ethnically" Estonian than Part's, whose music is structured more after the Eastern Orthodox Church and his own unique "tintinnabuli" style. Tormis works in the area somewhere between ...             In Principio10 reviews Arvo Part, Tonu Kaljuste, ... Ecm Records, 2009 Well done! The CD arrived in perfect condition and in a timely manner. Thank you for doing a wonderful job, amazon!             Scattered Rhymes1 review Tarik O' Regan, Guillaume de Machaut, ... Harmonia Mundi, 2008 Stunning and exhilarating! Wow! I guarantee most people will not have heard a disc like this before. The Machaut is sublime, gritty, unexpected and just excellently performed here by the Orlando Consort. However it's Tarik O'Regan's 'Scattered Rhymes', which opens the disc that will blow you away. For one thing it's FAST, something which most new choral music is not. For this piece, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber ...             Rachmaninov: Vespers & Complete All-Night Vigil [Hybrid SACD]2 reviews Rachmaninoff Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2008 Luminous and uplifting This offering by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is the most beautiful interpretation of Rachmaninoff's "All-Night Vigil" I have ever heard. Indeed, this work, also known as "Vespers", was one of Rachmaninoff's two favorite works, along with "The Bells", and it was the fifth movement of "All-Night Vigil" Rachmaninoff requested to have sung at his funeral. Up until I heard this recording, the ...             Arvo Pärt: Te Deum / Silouans Song / Magnificat / Berliner Messe1 review Arvo Part, Tonu Kaljuste, ... Ecm Records, 1993 High quality! A high-quality recording of some of Arvo Part's sacred works. Part himself had a say in the recording processes, conferring with the conductor and musicians to achieve the sound and quality Part desired. Though the works are reflective of Arvo Part's typical compositional style, they present unique snapshots of Part's compositional experimentation in instrumentation, tone color, and harmony. A ...             Arvo Part: Te Deum / Kaljuste, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir32 reviews Arvo Part Ecm Records, 1999 Amazing disc--and there is linkage between Part's Te Deum and Bruckner's 9th symphony The other reviewers have it 100% right on this one--this is one amazing disc. The Te Deum is a masterpiece, written in our times, which will likely withstand the test of time much as any of the great music from the past. But here's the real reason why I'm writing this review. While I have no reason to believe that this was Arvo Part's intention, the Te Deum uniquely compliments one of the ...             Sacred Music/Various (Ltd) (Box)5 reviews Bach, Beethoven, ... Harmonia Mundi, 2009 AN AMAZING COLLECTION AT AN AMAZING PRICE What follows is a listing of this 30 CD box's contents. I have copied this listing from another review on amazon.com/uk where you can purchase this box at a lower price with free shipping from amazon (see it here: [...]) I'm enjoying this set immensely - but you should note that while the discs contain complete works, some do not necessarily contain the complete contents of the original ...             Baltic Voices 1 / Kreek Sandstrom / Rautavaara / Part / Vasks6 reviews Arvo Part, Einojuhani Rautavaara, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2003 Ethereally amazing Many composers from Baltic countries round out this incredible compact disc, sung by a collection of excellent voices. The vocal blending is tremendous, despite isolation of the voices over several parts in, at times, serious dissonance. The music is so haunting, I must say I've listened to it nearly every day since I bought it. I witnessed their concert in Houghton, New York last fall, and ...             Kanon Pokajanen24 reviews Arvo Part Ecm Records, 2000 Shattering. Don't believe in transcendence? Listen. I told someone tonight that this is "music to commit suicide by." What I meant is that if dying were this beautiful, everyone who heard this music would be rushing toward an oncoming train. If I did nothing else important in my life, I turned a few people on to Arvo Part's 'Kanon Pokajanen,' people who never would have found it without me. That's a pretty heavy thing to say, but I've ...             Arvo Pärt: Da Pacem4 reviews Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2006 Transcendental Purity meets Slavonic Psalms Mastery Many things have been said about Arvo Part. Nevertheless, I will venture some words about this CD. Part's compositions evoke a meditative, deeply thoughtful atmosphere. When I played this CD for the first time, my visceral reaction was to close my eyes and let the sound "heal" those niches in my soul that Part has boldly decided to explore in himself. Not for the faint of heart, this living ...             Arvo Pärt: Beatus3 reviews Arvo Pärt, Tonu Kaljuste, ... Virgin Classics, 1997 A sublime experience The music of Arvo Part is one of the great consolations of our age. Often described as out of step with the times, his choral compositions display continuity with the great liturgical music of the 16th Century and earlier. Richly-textured, driven by what seems to be an unshakeable faith and commitment, his church music is certainly composed from an ethical standpoint which few these days can ...             Martin: Golgotha Martin, Daniel Reuss, ... Harmonia Mundi, 2010             Orthodox Chant of the 17th & 18th Centuries Paul Hillier Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2008             New Joy - Orthodox Christmas Music6 reviews Vasyl Barvinskyi, Georgiy Izvekov, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2006 A New(found) Joy in Orthodox music! I listened to the samples and decided that I must have the album for Christmas. Though it came after that, the music did not lose its power to convey the beauty of the Advent message. In fact, I was captivated by the beauty of the Orthodox choral rendition of the familiar Christmas story. I was especially moved by the accounts of how some of the composers lost their lives for the music I was ...             Baltic Voices 2 - Choral Works - Paul Hillier leads the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir [Hybrid SACD] Galina Grigorjeva, Per Norgard, ... 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