I heard a Voice

The Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and conductor Jaan-Eik Tulve have established themselves over the course of their now 25-year close collaboration as leading interpreters of Arvo Pärt's music – a relationship built around the nearly five-year artistic collaboration between Pärt and producer Manfred Eicher. BBC Music Magazine wrote about the ECM New Series recording "The Deer's Cry" by the ensemble: "The artistic calibre required to achieve such a vibrant and breathtaking interpretation as that of Vox Clamantis is rarely encountered. This enchantingly authentic and sublimely sung recording is perhaps one of the most convincing introductions to Arvo Pärt's music on cd." "And I heard a voice", recorded in Haapsalu Cathedral in Estonia and released on the occasion of Arvo Pärt's 90th birthday, demonstrates how the close bond between choir and composer, supported by a shared sense of both Gregorian and contemporary music, deepens ever further.