Arbos
by Arvo P盲rt
- Type: Album
- Released: May 1987
- Label: ECM New Series
- Country: Soviet Union
- Length: 58:51
- Community rating: 3.98/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This ECM release provides essential recordings of the Estonian composer's 'tintinnabuli' technique, utilizing profound space and bell-like harmonic structures. Featuring sublime performances by the Hilliard Ensemble and Gidon Kremer, the collection helped establish P盲rt as a leading figure in contemporary spiritual minimalism.
Genres
Descriptors: christian, choral, a-cappella, spirituality, polyphonic, vocal
Tracklist
- Arbos (2:25)
- An den Wassern zu Babel sa脽en wir und weinten (6:30)
- Pari intervallo (Version for Organ) (5:42)
- De profundis (6:51)
- Es sang vor langen Jahren (5:50)
- Summa (5:11)
- Arbos (2:25)
- Stabat Mater (23:54)
Credits
- Arvo P盲rt - primary artist, composed by
- The Hilliard Ensemble - primary artist, ensemble
- Gidon Kremer - primary artist, violin
- Vladimir Mendelssohn - primary artist, viola
- Thomas Demenga - primary artist, cello
- Staatsorchester Stuttgart - primary artist, ensemble [brass]
- Dennis Russell Davies - primary artist, conductor
- Volker Hensiek - bass trombone
- Martin Wieland - Engineer [Recording Engineer]
- Albert Bowen - Percussion
- Karl-Heinz Himstedt - Percussion
- Bernhard Leitz - Tenor Trombone
- Martin Hueber - Tenor Trombone
- Ulrich Pf枚rtsch - Tenor Trombone
- Frank Greiner - Trombone [Contrabass Trombone]
- Bertram Schwarz - Trumpet
- Fritz Neher - Trumpet
- Heribert Rosenthal - Trumpet
- Werner Heckmann - Trumpet
- Paul Hillier - Baritone Vocals [Baritone]
- David James - Countertenor Vocals [Counter Tenor]
- Christopher Bowers-Broadbent - Organ
- Lynne Dawson - Soprano Vocals [Soprano]
- John Potter - Tenor Vocals [Tenor]
- David Bevan - Bass Vocals [Bass]
- Susan Bickley - Alto Vocals [Alto]
- Andreas Neubronner - Engineer [Recording Engineer]
- Peter Laenger - Engineer [Recording Engineer]
- Clemens Brentano - Lyrics By [Poem]
- Alban-Berg-Foundation - Commissioned By
- Rogers Covey-Crump - Tenor Vocals [Tenor]