Coming soon. Arvo Pärt: Credo
Estonian Festival Orchestra, The Estonian National Male Choir, Ellerhein Girls' Choir, Ellerhein Alumni Choir, Kalle Randalu, Paavo Järvi
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
All get fine performances from Järvi and his orchestra, including the most familiar, the grieving Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten and radiant Fratres. Here is the essence of Pärt, simple,...
Coming soon. Arvo Pärt: Credo
Estonian Festival Orchestra, The Estonian National Male Choir, Ellerhein Girls' Choir, Ellerhein Alumni Choir, Kalle Randalu, Paavo Järvi
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Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
All get fine performances from Järvi and his orchestra, including the most familiar, the grieving Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten and radiant Fratres. Here is the essence of Pärt, simple,...
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Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra pay tribute to Arvo Pärt, who celebrates his 90th birthday in 2025. The Estonian composer has been part of Paavo Järvi's life since childhood: "Arvo was my sister's and my father's supercool friend. He wore a baseball cap, jeans and a denim jacket". The history of the Järvi family is intimately linked to Pärt's work, since it was the now legendary concert in which Neeme Järvi — Paavo's father — conducted Pärt's Credo in 1968 that caused the Soviet regime to blacklist the Järvi family and precipitate their departure from Estonia. Credo is also included in this vast programme that covers 45 years of composing. What lies behind this music’s simplicity and depth? One answer possibly lies in a remark that Pärt made in London during a rehearsal with Paavo: "I have the impression that the orchestra doesn't like this chord enough". The transformation that then occurred was incredible; the same notes, when played "with love", sounded completely different.
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Paavo Järvi on Arvo Pärt
27th Oct 2025
In the wake of an album celebrating Pärt's ninetieth birthday, the Estonian conductor discusses his long relationship with the man and his music, how his father Neeme's early advocacy of the Credo led to both composer and conductor being blacklisted by the Soviet authorities, and his own 'holy mission' to champion the work of his compatriots.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2025
15th September 2025
All get fine performances from Järvi and his orchestra, including the most familiar, the grieving Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten and radiant Fratres. Here is the essence of Pärt, simple, sublime, profound.
Awards Issue 2025
There is nothing mawkish or selfabsorbed about these performances by Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra...Less familiar works such as Swansong, which draws on the words of Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-90), or the wistful Für Lennart in memoriam speak to the range and depth of expression in the Estonian composer's musical language.
