Arvo Pärt - A Tribute - Paul Hillier & Theatre of Voices
Classical | APE (single tracks) dBPoweramp | 1CD/254MB | RS.com

“No living composer draws more meaning from key religious texts, and these particular performances honour Pärt’s intentions with consummate musicianship.” Gramophone

Arvo Pärt - I Am The True Vine - Paul Hillier & Theatre of Voices
Classical | APE (single tracks) dBPoweramp | 1CD/215MB | RS.com

"I Am the True Vine is a genuine masterpiece…This is a piece that you want to hear again immediately after it ends…Paul Hillier's Pro Arte Singers are simply faultless in these works, demonstrating at every turn their mastery of the aspects of vocal technique, tone, expression, phrasing, blend, and ensemble unity and musicianship that determine choral supremacy. The sound, too, is ideal, benefiting both from masterful engineering and first-rate locations, including England's Ely Cathedral." David Vernier - Classics Today.com

Arvo Pärt - De Profundis - Paul Hillier & Theatre of Voices
Classical | APE (single tracks) dBPoweramp | 1CD/277MB | RS.com

"Marx and Lenin probably would not have appreciated the irony, but after decades of Communist repression of religion, the former Soviet bloc is the source of a profound outpouring of explicitly Christian expression. This is manifested in the music of such composers as Henryk Gorecki, a Pole, and Arvo Pärt, an Estonian. Part, a refugee from serialism, here writes in a quasi-minimalist style that he calls "tintinnabuli," a sound that echoes medieval composition. A fan of vocal music ("The human voice is the most perfect instrument of all"), he uses choruses to superb effect. This disc includes some of his best work, including the popular Magnificat, beautifully rendered by the Theatre of Voices under Paul Hillier."

Sarah Bryan Miller - Amazon.com