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The record is
chosen as one of the top six of the year 1998 by The
Gramophone's critic Marc Rochester.
...Compare the magical, ethereal quality of the singing in the
divine Gloria from the Missa Sillabica which
Tõnu Kaljuste draws from his singers with the rather studied and
measured approach of Hillier. And while in my original review I
thought the Theatre of Voices' account of the magical Magnificat
Antiphons "singilarly compelling", the Estonian
choir reveal an even greater depth of feeling.
Virgin have created a gloriously atmospheric recording to support
these stirring performances and while Pärt's music, with its
spiritual intensity often subverting musical purpose, is not to
everyone's taste. I would recommend this new disc unreservedly:
and not just to those already converted to this opaque sound
world.
GRAMOPHONE - January 1998 /Marc Rochester/
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