CD Review of Arvo Pärt's The Deer's Cry
Arvo Part - The Deer's Cry Vox Clamantis; Jaan-Elk Tulve ECM New Series ECM 2466 A mixture of the new and old recorded here by Estonian choir Vox Clamantis, this CD includes the world recording premiere of Habitare fratres in unum and the largely plainchant And One of the Pharisees , which had its world premiere in California in 1992. There is a variety of Pärt’s music here: from the innocence-evoking Drei Hirtenkinder aus Fátima to the ode to a gittern, Sei gelobt, du Baum . (Read the info about the latter here .) Serendipitously, I started my day reading St. Patrick’s 4th-century prayer, The Deer’s Cry , and the title track contains a purity comparable to Lang’s I Lie . The Alleluia-Tropus is different than my recording by Vox Clamantis with Sinfonietta Riga: at a decade’s distance, this a c...