I Am the True Vine

by Arvo Pärt

I Am the True Vine cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Harmonia Mundi
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 57:26
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Paul Hillier conducts the Pro Arte Singers in Arvo Pärt's choral works, including the title setting of Christ's words from the Gospel of John. The performances apply Hillier's long experience with Pärt's tintinnabuli style.

Genres

Descriptors: choral, polyphonic, vocal, a-cappella, minimal

Tracklist

  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 (5:07)
  4. Tribute To Caesar (1997) (5:33)
  5. Nunc Dimittis (2001) (6:16)
  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) (5:26)
  9. Dopo La Vittoria (After The Victory) (1996/1998) (10:39)
  10. Bogoróditse Djévo (Mother Of God And Virgin) (1990) (1:28)

Credits

  • Arvo Pärt - primary artist, composed by
  • Noel Edison - primary artist, conductor
  • Saint Matthew - text by [22, 15-22], text by [26, 6-13]
  • Saint Luke - text by [2, 29-32]
  • Saint John - text by [15, 1-14]
  • Bonnie Silver - edited by [editing], producer
  • Norbert Kraft - engineer, producer
  • Richard Whitehouse - liner notes [booklet notes]
  • Matthias Lehmann - liner notes [deutsche fassung]
  • Gedeon Peteri - photography by [cover photo: chalice (2005) by - http://gedeonp.com (by kind permission)]

More from Arvo Pärt: full discography