And I heard a voice (ECM NEW SERIES)

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Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and their leader Jaan-Eik Tulve have established themselves among the leading interpreters of Arvo Pärts music over a quarter-century of close collaboration with the composer a relationship that builds on the almost half a decade long artistic partnership between Pärt and producer Manfred Eicher. Of the ensembles ECM New Series recording The Deers Cry, the BBC Music Magazine wrote that the level of artistry necessary to achieve the kind of living, breathing performance given here by Vox Clamantis is a rarity This grippingly authentic and superbly sung collection may now be the finest single-disc introduction to Pärts music. And I heard a voice, recorded in Haapsalu Cathedral, Estonia, and released as Arvo Pärt turns 90, shows that the rapport between choir and composer, rooted in a shared feeling for both ancient plainchant and contemporary music, continues to deepen.