The Hilliard Ensemble: Part – Passio (APE)

Orchestra: The Hilliard Ensemble
Composer: Arvo Pärt
Audio CD
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: APE (image+cue)
Label: ECM
Size: 249 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: no

01. Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem

This is an outstanding modern pice, with depth and quiveringly moving harmonies. I heard it many years ago, and have now rediscovered it, and would unhesitatingly recommend it to those who wish to explore their spiritual side and are not afraid to lay it bare in all its rawness. That may sound a bit weird, but you will understand what I mean when you sit and listen in candlelight or the light of a late evening sun. Don’t listen on headphones though – in this instance the voices need to surround you.
This is powerful stuff.