Paert Arvo | Very Best Of Arvo Paert | 2CD

Arvo Pärt was born on 11 September 1935 in Paide, Estonia, and is often considered the main composer of contemporary sacred music. He is strongly influenced by minimalism and Gregorian chant, and is one of the most important composers of the mystical minimalist movement, alongside John Tavener.

The Very Best Of Arvo Pärt is a two-disc CD compilation released on the EMI Classics label in 2010. It includes performances by the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, the Bournemouth Sinfonietta and The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, with conductors including Paavo Järvi, Tõnu Kaljuste and Stephen Cleobury.

Track List

Disc 1

1. Summa
2. O Weisheit
3. O Adonai
4. O Sproß Aus Isais Wurzel
5. O Schlussel Davids
6. O Morgenstern
7. O Konig Aller Volker
8. O Immanuel
9. Fratres
10. Festina Lente
11. Spiegel Im Spiegel
12. Magnificat
13. The Beatitudes
14. Summa
15. Fratres
16. Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten

Disc 2

1. Ludus
2. Silentium
3. Summa
4. Fratres
5. De Profundis
6. Cantate Domino
7. Beatus Petronius
8. Solfeggio
9. Kyrie
10. Gloria
11. Credo
12. Sanctus
13. Agnus Dei
14. Ite, Missa Est