Messiah
Georg Friedrich Händel
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AllMusic
2012
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Stephen Eddins
2012
"The 2012 Decca compilation, Serenity: The Beauty of Arvo Pärt, is not likely to be of special interest to listeners who are already fans of the composer. While none of these performances can be faulted, most of them do not represent the most satisfying, authoritative version of the pieces ... A version of Spiegel in Spiegel for violin and harp that is well-suited to these instruments, played sensitively and idiosyncratically by Pärt specialist Gidon Kremer and Noako Yoshino. The three performances by Harry Christophers and the Sixteen are also standouts, as is a high-energy reading of Tabula rasa, featuring violinist Gil Shaham and Neeme Järvi leading Göteborgs Symfoniker, which has more life than the ECM premiere recording ... With that exception, listeners looking for authoritative performance of Pärt would do best to seek out the recordings on ECM".
Presto classical
2012
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2012
"Celebrating the serene mysticism of the music of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, this 2CD collection brings together his best known works (such as the ever-popular Spiegel im Spiegel), with lesser known masterpieces (such as the haunting Burns setting My Heart's in the Highlands). Largely drawn from the Decca and Deutsche Grammophon catalogues, this collection includes seven brand new recordings with Nigel Short conducting the award-winning Tenebrae in Cantate Domino and the English Chamber Orchestra in orchestral works including the famous Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten - an outstanding example of Pärt's 'tintinnabulation' style".