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Arvo Pärt: Odes of Repentance

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Catalogue numberCR428
Release date2023-10-13
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The Eastern Orthodox understanding of repentance doesn’t dwell on morose sorrow for past transgressions. Instead it focuses on deliverance and optimism: repentance, from the Greek metánoia, is a change of mind, a fundamentally positive redirection.

This recording presents Arvo Pärt’s Orthodox choral works for the first time as a service (or office) of supplication (Greek paráklesis, Slavonic molében). The office is built around the singing of a Byzantine poem called a kanon, on this occasion three odes from Pärt’s monumental Kanon Pokajanen (Kanon of Repentance). Compositions by Pärt likewise comprise the other elements of this office: a Gospel reading marks the center of the service (The Woman with the Alabaster Box) completed by psalmody, Orthodox hymns, and fervent prayers. Pärt’s transcendent “Prayer after the Kanon” eventually gives way to silence, to the prayer of the heart.

Cappella Romana transforms hearts and minds through encounters with the sacred musical inheritance of the Christian East and West, bringing to life these ancient and diverse traditions, especially of Byzantium, and their interactions with other cultures. Cappella Romana is devoted to the stewardship of this precious jewel of world culture. Arvo Pärt: Odes of Repentance is Cappella Romana’s 31st release.
 
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Extra material for download
 
 
  Composer: Arvo Part
  Triodion 16:04
01 Ode 1, O Jesus the Son of God, Have Mercy upon Us 05:31 $ 0.99 USD
 
 
  Composer: Arvo Part
  Zwei slawische Psalmen
02 No. 2, Psalm 130 - Doxology from No. 1, Psalm 116 03:51 $ 0.69 USD
 
 
  Composer: Arvo Part
  Kanon Pokajanen 47:43
03 Sedálen and Bogoródichen 04:22 $ 0.79 USD
04 Ode 6 08:48 $ 1.58 USD
05 Kontakion 03:24 $ 0.61 USD
06 Oikos 03:25 $ 0.62 USD
 
 
  Composer: Arvo Part
07 The Woman with the Alabaster Box 06:41 $ 1.20 USD
 
 
  Composer: Arvo Part
  Kanon Pokajanen 47:43
08 Ode 8 09:00 $ 1.62 USD
09 Ode 9 07:21 $ 1.32 USD
 
 
  Composer: Arvo Part
  Triodion 16:04
10 Ode 2, O Most Holy Birthgiver of God, save Us 05:06 $ 0.92 USD
 
 
  Composer: Arvo Part
  Kanon Pokajanen 47:43
11 Prayer after the Kanon 11:23 $ 2.05 USD
 
 
  Composer: Arvo Part
  Triodion 16:04
12 Ode 3, O Holy Saint Nicholas, Pray unto God for Us 05:27 $ 0.98 USD
 
  Album total 74:19
ComposerArvo Part
EnsembleCappella Romana
ConductorAlexander Lingas
SoloistKerry McCarthy
LyricistGospel of St. Matthew
Kanon of Repentance to Our Lord Jesus Christ
Orthodox Prayer Book
Psalm 131

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