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Track(s) taken from CDH55408

Seven Magnificat-Antiphons

composer
Arvo Pärt (b1935)
1988/91; composed for the RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin
author of text
Anonymous - liturgical

Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Recording details: January 1997
Romsey Abbey, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: May 1998
Total duration: 14 minutes 58 seconds

Cover artwork: Illustration by Jennie Cockram.
 

Other recordings available for download

The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor)

Reviews

„Das vielgepriesene britische Ensemble Polyphony widmet sich auf dieser CD unter der fachkundigen Leitung von Stephen Layton erneut dem Oeuvre des estnischen Komponisten Arvo Pärt“ (Klassik.com, Germany)» More
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Composed in 1988 and revised in 1991, written for the RIAS Chamber Choir in Berlin (Pärt’s city of residence since 1982), these antiphons, each endowed with a very particular personality by Pärt, are assigned in the liturgy to the seven days leading up to Christmas Eve.

from notes by Meurig Bowen © 1998

Écrites en 1988 pour le RIAS Kammerchor de Berlin (ville où Pärt réside depuis 1982) et révisées en 1991, ces antiennes—que le compositeur dota chacune d’une personnalité bien particulière—sont assignées dans la liturgie aux sept jours conduisant à la veille de Noël.

extrait des notes rédigées par Meurig Bowen © 1998
Français: Hypérion

Dieses Werk wurde 1988 komponiert und 1991 überarbeitet. Auftraggeber war der RIAS-Kammerchor in Berlin, Pärts Wahlheimat seit 1982. Die Antiphone, die Pärt alle mit einem sehr besonderen Charakter ausgestattet hat, sind in der Liturgie für die sieben Tage vor dem Heiligen Abend vorgesehen.

aus dem Begleittext von Meurig Bowen © 1998
Deutsch: Anke Vogelhuber

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