Part - Tractus (Vinyl LP) | ECM New Series 4859167

Part - Tractus (Vinyl LP)

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Label: ECM New Series

Cat No: 4859167

Format: LP

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 17th October 2025

Contents

Artists

Maria Listra (soprano)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Tonu Kaljuste

Works

Part, Arvo

Cantique des degres
Greater Antiphons
L'Abbe Agathon
Littlemore Tractus
Sequentia
These Words...
Vater unser
Veni creator

Artists

Maria Listra (soprano)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Tonu Kaljuste

About

Tractus emphasises Arvo Part compositions that blend the timbres of choir and string orchestra, new versions predominate, with focused performances from the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tonu Kaljuste's direction that invite alert and concentrated listening.

From the opening composition Littlemore Tractus, which takes as its starting point consoling reflections from a sermon by John Henry Newman, the idea of change, transfiguration and renewal resonates, setting a tone for a recording whose character is one of summing up, looking inward, and reconciling with the past.

Compositions included are Littlemore TractusGreater AntiphonsCantique des degresSequentiaL'abbe Agathon, These Words... and Veni creator. An evocative reworking of Vater unser for choir, strings and piano concludes this album.

Recorded in Tallinn last year and produced by Manfred Eicher, Tractus extends the line of definitive Arvo Part albums begun on ECM New Series with the epochal Tabula rasa in 1984.

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