05.09

Arvo Pärt Days. ALBUMS: KANON POKAJANEN • LITANY

VIII KANON POKAJANEN (1998, ECM New Series 1654/1655)

Kanon pokajanen

VII LITANY (1996, ECM New Series 1502)

Litany 
Psalom 
Trisagion

Soloists in „Kanon pokajanen“: Kadri-Liis Kukk (soprano), Galina Morozova-Iljenko (alto), Indrek Jurtšenko (tenor), Alvar Tiisler (bass)
Soloists in „Litany“: Marianne Pärna (alto), Madis Enson (tenor), Valter Soosalu (tenor), Andreas Väljamäe (bass)
Chamber choir Voces Musicales 
Choirmaster Galina Morozova-Iljenko
Nargenfestival orchestra 
Conductor Stephen Layton (UK)

The chamber choir Voces Musicales led by the highly acknowledged British conductor Stephen Layton will perform Arvo  Pärt's most essential works of the 1990s from the albums 'Kanon Pokajanen' and 'Litany'.

ECM's 8th album of Arvo Pärt's music 'Kanon Pokajanen', recorded by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tõnu Kaljuste, was nominated for Grammy's best classical contemporary composition award and recognised by eminent music magazines Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine.