Arvo Pärt - The Collection (9CD)

Arvo Pärt

The Collection

CD1 46’55

1. Spiegel im Spiegel for violin & piano 10’22

2. Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka for piano solo 5’36

3. Für Alina for piano solo 3’31

4. Spiegel im Spiegel for viola & piano 10’04

5. Mozart-Adagio for violin, cello & piano 7’45

6. Spiegel im Spiegel for cello & piano 9’33

Benjamin Hudson violin/viola

Sebastian Klinger cello

Jürgen Kruse piano

Recording: 2006, Bauer Studios

CD2 52’35

Tabula Rasa *

1. Ludus 9’50

2. Silentium 14’41

Collage über Bach

3. Toccata 2’47

4. Sarabande 3’07

5. Ricercare 1’44

Symphony No.3

6. First Movement 6’29

7. Second Movement 6’09

8. Third Movement 7’44

Leslie Hatfield & Rebecca Hirsch violins *

Ulster Orchestra

Takuo Yuasa conductor

Recording: 21-22 April 1999, Ulster Hall, Ilster, Ireland

CD3 79’06

1. Fratres for strings and percussion 8’54

2. Fratres for violin, strings and percussion 10’44

3. Festina lente for strings and harp ad libitum 7’50

4. Fratres for string quartet 8’41

5. Fratres for cello and piano 11’52

6. Summa for strings 3’45

7. Fratres for eight cellos 11’50

8. Fratres for wind octet and percussion (arr. Beat Brinner) 7’45

9. Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten for strings and bell 7’39

Hungarian State Opera Orchestra · Tamás Benedek conductor

Antal Eisrich percussion instruments (1,2,8,9)

Miklós Kovács percussion instruments (1,2,8)

Béla Nagy violin (2,4) · Márta Haraszti harp (3) · Katalin Schneider violin

Rezső Hajna viola · Judit Kis Domonkos cello (4) · Tibor Párkányi cello (5,6)

Sándor Falvai piano (5) · Tibor Wambach, Ágnes Fodor, Eszter Kendi, Béla Melis, Judit Faludi, Péter Arató, Katalin Aldobólyi Nagy cello (7) · József Erős oboe, English horn

Béla Horváth oboe · Géza Bánhegyi clarinet · László Kiss Gy. clarinet, bass clarinet

Károly Ambrus, Antal Szuromi horn · István Hartenstein, László Hunyadi bassoon (8)

Strings of Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (1,3,6,9) · Tamás Benedek conductor

Recording: 10-16 December 1995, Festerich Castle, Budapest

CD4 50’08

1. Maginficat (1989)

2. Nunc dimittis (2001) 7’15

Maria Antifonen (1988, 1991)

3. O Weisheit 1’04

4. O Adonai 2’03

5. O Spross aus Isias Wurzel 0’56

6. O Schüssel Davids 1’41

7. O Morgenstern 1’40

8. O König aller Völker 1’29

9. O Immanuel 2’24

Ensemble Le Nuove Musiche

Wendy Roobol, Mónica Monteiro sopranos · Hugo Naessens, Kaspar Kröner altos

Falco van Loon, Emilio Aguilar tenors · Berend Eijkhout, Bas Ramselaar bass

Krijn Koetsveld conductor

10. Stabat Mater (1985) 25’11

Ensemble Le Nuove Musiche

Wendy Roobol soprano · Hugo Naessens alto · Falco van Loon tenor

Kees Hulsman violin · Bernadette Verhagen viola · Sanne de Graaf cello

Krijn Koetsveld conductor

Recording: February 2008 (1-9) Mijnsheerenland; October 2016 (10), St. Martinuskerk, Hoogland, The Netherlands

CD5 61’50

Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (1982)

(The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to John)

1. Jesus is betrayed and arrested in Gethsemane (exordium; John 18:1-12) 9’38

“Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem.... ...et ligaverunt eum:”

2. Jesus is interrogated by the high priest and denied by Peter (John 18:13-27) 11’28

“Et adduxerunt eum ad Annam primum... ...et statim gallus cantavit.”

3. Jesus is judged by Pilate and reviled by the people (John 18:28-19:15) 26’18

“Adducunt ergo Jesum a Caipha in praetorium... ...Non habemus Regem, nisi Caesarem.”

4. Jesus is crucified at Golgotha (John 19:16-30; conclusio) 14’27

“Tunc ergo tradidit eis illum ut crucifigeretur... ...Qui passus es pro nobis, miserere nobis. Amen.”

Tonus Peregrinus

Robert Macdonald bass (Jesus) · Mark Anderson tenor (Pilate)

Joanna Forbes soprano · Rebecca Hickey soprano (Evangelist Quartet)

Kathryn Oswald alto (Evangelist Quartet) · Alexander L’Estrange countertenor

Alexander Hickey tenor · Benjamin Rayfield tenor (Evangelist Quartet)

Francis Brett bass (Evangelist Quartet) · Nick Flower bass · Elizabeth Hodson violin

Geoffrey Coates oboe · Augusta Harris cello · Gwyn Parry-Jones bassoon · Paul Ayres organ

Antony Pitts director

Recording: 15-18 May & 28 June 2001, Abbey Church of St Peter & St Paul, Dorchester-on-Thames, UK

CD6 79’56

1. The Beatitudes 7’49

Berliner Messe

2. Kyrie 3’09

3. Gloria 4’01

4. Erster Alleluiavers (First Alleluia) 1’22

5. Zweiter Alleluiavers (Second Alleluia) 1’26

6. Veni Sancte Spiritus 6’50

7. Credo 4’28

8. Sanctus 3’17

9. Agnus Dei 1’58

10. Cantate Domino 3’59

11. Annum per Annum Einleitung – K – G – C – S – A – Coda 11’54

12. Mein Weg hat Gipfel und Wellentäler 8’27

13. Pari Intervallo 5’27

14. Trivium 7’37

15. Spiegel im Spiegel 8’11

Daniel Justin organ (1-10) · Thomas Leech organ (11-15)

Leeds Cathedral Choir

Benjamin Saunders conductor

Recording: 30-31 March, 1 April and 18 May 2014, Leeds Cathedral, UK

CD7 57’26

Music for Unaccompanied Choir

Triodion (1998)

1. Introduction: ad libitum – Ode I: ‘O Jesus the Son of God, Have Mercy upon Us’ 4’20

2. Ode II: ‘O Most Holy Birth-giver of God, Save Us’ 4’10

3. Ode III: ‘O Holy Saint Nicholas, Pray to God for Us’ Coda: ad libitum 5’10

4. Tribute to Caesar (1997) St Matthew 22, 15-22 5’33

5. Nunc dimittis (2001) St Luke 2, 29-32 6’12

6. Ode VII (Memento) from Kanon Pokajanen (1994) 7’37

7. I Am the True Vine (1996) 6’50

8. The Woman with the Alabaster Box (1997) St Matthew 26, 6-13 5’28

9. Dopo la vittoria (After the Victory) (1996/1998) 10’34

10. Bogoróditse Djévo (Mother of God and Virgin) (1990) 1’23

Elora Festival Singers

Sheila Dietrich, Heather Fleming, Merry-Anne Hutton, Linda Kemp, Catherine Robertson,Jill Ross, Robin Vaillancourt sopranos · Meghan Prescott, Nellie Scholtes, Susan Suchard,Sara-Lynn Weiler altos · Brian Emery, Bryan Rankine, David Rogers, Steve Szmutni tenors

Kevin Bradshaw, Kirk Lackenbauer, Neil McLaren, John McLean,Michael Tansley, Mike Uloth, Michael York bass

Noel Edison conductor

Recording: 19-21 May 2006, St John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

CD8 69’14

1. Für Alina (1976) 20’18

2. Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka (1977) 5’56

3. Ukuaru valss (1973, rev. 2010) 2’54

4. Für Anna Maria (2006) 1’21

5. Für Alina (1976) 2’41

6. Pari intervallo* (1976, rev. 2008) 5’26

7. Hymn to a Great City* (1984, rev. 2004) 5’08

(dedicated to Mirjam and William Miesse)

8. Für Anna Maria (2006) 1’07

9. Für Alina (1976) 3’15

10. Fratres† (1977, rev. 1980) 11’52

11. Spiegel im Spiegel† (1978) 9’10

Jeroen van Veen piano

*played on two pianos with Sandra van Veen

†Bonus tracks: Douw Fonda cello

Recording: March 2013, Van Veen Productions, Studio 1, Culemborg;

March 2014, Zeeuwse Concertzaal, Middelburg (10 & 11)

CD9 51’09

Vier leichte Tanzstücke ‘Musik für Kindertheater’ (1956–57)

1. I. Der gestiefelte Kater 0’43

2. II. Rotkäppchen und der Wolf 2’15

3. III. Schmetterlinge 2’06

4. IV. Tanz der Entenküken 2’34

Sonatina No.1 (for Bruno Lukk) (1959)

5. I. Allegro 2’32

6. II. Larghetto 4’18

7. III. Allegro 0’25

Sonatine No.2 (for Bruno Lukk) (1959)

8. I. Allegro energico 1’52

9. II. Largo 2’03

10. III. Allegro 1’47

Partita Op.2 (for Bruno Lukk) (1958)

11. I. Toccatina 0’50

12. II. Fughetta 1’04

13. III. Larghetto 3’16

14. IV. Ostinato 2’08

15. Für Alina (1976) 23’07

Jeroen van Veen piano

*played on two pianos with Sandra van Veen

†Bonus tracks: Douw Fonda cello

Recording: March 2013, Van Veen Productions, Studio 1, Culemborg