List of compositions by Arvo Pärt
This is an incomplete list of works by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
Compositions
Vocal and choral works
- Our Garden for children's chorus and orchestra (1959/2003)
- Solfeggio for chorus (1964/1996)
- Credo for chorus, orchestra, and piano solo (1968)
- An den Wassern zu Babel saßen wir und weinten for voices or choir and organ or ensemble (1976/1984)
- Missa syllabica for chorus and organ (1977)
- Summa for chorus (1977)
- Sarah Was Ninety Years Old for three voices, percussion and organ (1977/1990)
- De profundis for men's voices, percussion (ad lib.) and organ (1980)
- Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem for soloists, vocal ensemble, choir and instrumental ensemble (1982)
- Es sang vor langen Jahren for alto, violin and viola (1984)
- Wallfahrtslied for tenor or baritone and string quartet or string orchestra (1984/2000)
- Te Deum for chorus, string orchestra and tape (1984–1985/1992)
- Stabat Mater for 3 voices and string trio (1985)
- Magnificat for chorus (1989)
- Miserere for soloists, choir, ensemble and organ (1989/1992)
- Bogoróditse Djévo (rus. Богородице Дево) for chorus (1990)
- The Beatitudes (1990)
- Berliner Messe for SATB soloists or chorus with organ or string orchestra (1990/1992)
- 7 Magnificat-Antiphonen for chorus (1991)
- And One of the Pharisees for three voices (1992)
- Litany for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1994)
- Cantate Domino canticum novum for chorus or soloists and organ (1996)
- Dopo la Vittoria for chorus (1996)
- I Am the True Vine for chorus (1996)
- The Woman with the Alabaster Box for chorus (1997)
- Tribute to Caesar for chorus (1997)
- Kanon Pokajanen for chorus (1997)
- 2 Slawische Psalmen for chorus or soloists (1997)
- Triodion for chorus (1998)
- Como cierva sedienta for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1998)
- Cantiques des degrés for chorus and orchestra (1999/2002)
- Cecilia, vergine romana for chorus and orchestra (1999/2002)
- My Heart is in the Highlands for countertenor and organ (2000)
- Which Was the Son of... (2000)
- Littlemore Tractus for chorus and organ (2001)
- Nunc Dimittis for chorus (2001)
- Salve Regina for chorus and organ (2001)
- Zwei Wiegenlieder for two women's voices and piano (2002)
- Peace upon you, Jerusalem for female chorus (2002)
- Most Holy Mother of God for four voices (2003)
- In Principio for chorus and orchestra (2003)
- Da pacem Domine for four voices (2004)
- L'Abbé Agathon for soprano, four violas and four celli (2004/2005)
- Anthem of St John the Baptist written for St John's College, Oxford (2005)
- The Deer's Cry written for chorus for Louth Contemporary Music Society, Ireland (2008)
- Adam's Lament for mixed choir and string orchestra (2009)
- Vater unser (Our Father) (2011)
Orchestral works
- Nekrolog for orchestra op.5 (1960)
- Symphony No. 1: Polyphonic op.9 (1963)
- Perpetuum mobile for orchestra op.10 (1963)
- Symphony No. 2 for orchestra (1966)
- Symphony No. 3 for orchestra (1971)
- Wenn Bach Bienen gezüchtet hätte ... for piano, wind quintet, string orchestra and percussion (1976)
- Fratres for chamber ensemble (1976 and on, many versions)
- Arbos for eight brass instruments and percussion (1977/1986/2001)
- Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten for string orchestra and bell (1977)
- Psalom for string orchestra (1985/1995/1997)
- Festina Lente for string orchestra and harp (1988)
- Summa for string orchestra (1991)
- Silouan's Song for string orchestra (1991)
- Trisagion for string orchestra (1992)
- Mein Weg for 14 string players and percussion (1999)
- Orient & Occident for string orchestra (2000)
- Lennartile / Für Lennart for string orchestra (2006)
- La Sindone for orchestra and percussion (2006)
- Symphony No. 4: Los Angeles (2008)
- Silhouette (Hommage à Gustave Eiffel) for orchestra and percussion (2009)
Works for solo instruments and orchestra
- Collage sur B-A-C-H, for oboe, string orchestra, harpsichord, and piano (1964)
- Pro et Contra, concerto for cello and orchestra (1966, for Mstislav Rostropovich)
- Credo for chorus, orchestra, and piano solo (1968)
- Tabula Rasa, double concerto for two violins, string orchestra, and prepared piano (1977)
- Fratres for violin, string orchestra and percussion (1992)
- Concerto piccolo über B-A-C-H for trumpet, string orchestra, harpsichord and piano (1994)
- Darf ich ... for violin, bells and string orchestra (1995/1999)
- Lamentate for piano and orchestra (2002)
- Passacaglia for violin, string orchestra and vibraphone (2003/2007, for Gidon Kremer's 60th birthday)
- "Fratres" for guitar and orchestra (2005 recorded; Manuel Barreuco & Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia)
Instrumental works
- Four Easy Dances for Piano, "Music for a Children's Theatre": Puss in Boots, Red-Riding-Hood and Wolf, Butterfly, Dance of the Ducklings, for piano (1956/1957)
- Partita, Op. 2 (1958)
- 2 Sonatinen op.1, for piano (1958/1959)
- Quintettino op.13, for wind quintet (1964)
- Collage über B-A-C-H for oboe and strings (1964)
- Ukuaru valss (1973)
- Für Alina for piano (1976)
- Pari Intervallo for organ (1976/1981)
- Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka for piano (1977)
- Spiegel im Spiegel for violin or viola or cello and piano (1978)
- Fratres (1977–1992)
- Fratres for violin and piano; or cello and piano; or viola and piano; or double bass and piano
- Fratres for string orchestra and percussion
- Fratres for violin, string orchestra and percussion (original version)
- Fratres for cello/viola/guitar, string orchestra and percussion
- Fratres for string quartet
- Fratres for four percussionists
- Fratres for eight cellos
- Fratres for three recorder players, cello and percussion
- Fratres for wind octet and percussion
- Annum per annum for organ (1980)
- Hymn to a Great City for two pianos (1984/2000)
- Trivium for organ (1988)
- Mein Weg hat Gipfel und Wellentäler for organ (1989)
- Summa for string quartet (1990)
- Psalom for string quartet (1991/1993)
- Mozart-Adagio for violin, cello and piano (1992/1997, from Mozart's Piano Sonata in F major (K 280))
- Passacaglia for violin and piano (2003)
- Für Anna Maria for piano (2006)
Selected discography
- Tabula Rasa (ECM New Series, CD/LP 1984)
- Arbos (ECM New Series, CD/LP 1987)
- Passio (ECM New Series, CD/LP 1988)
- Miserere (ECM New Series, CD/LP 1991)
- Te Deum (ECM New Series, CD/LP 1993)
- Collage (Chandos Records, CD 1993)
- Litany (ECM New Series, CD/LP 1996)
- Beatus (Virgin Classics/EMI, CD 1997)
- De Profundis (Harmonia Mundi, CD)
- Kanon Pokajanen (ECM New Series, 2xCD 1998)
- Sanctuary (Virgin Classics/EMI, CD 1998)
- I Am The True Vine (Harmonia Mundi, CD 1999)
- Alina (ECM New Series, 1999)
- Orchestral Works (Naxos, CD 2000)
- Te Deum (Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Classics, CD 2000)
- Orient & Occident (ECM New Series, CD 2002)
- Summa (Virgin Classics/EMI, CD 2002)
- Passio (Naxos, CD 2003)
- Triodion (Hyperion, CD 2003)
- Pro & Contra (Virgin Classics/EMI, CD 2004)
- Summa (Naxos, CD 2004)
- Arvo Pärt: A Portrait (Naxos, Compilation CD 2005)
- Lamentate (ECM New Series, 2005)
- Da Pacem (Harmonia Mundi, CD 2006)
- Triodion • Ode VII • I Am The True Vine • Dopo La Vittoria (Naxos, CD 2006)
- In Principio (ECM New Series, CD 2009)
- Symphony No. 4 (ECM, New Series CD 2010)
- Cantique (Sony Classical Records, SACD 2010)
- Adam's Lament (ECM New Series 2012)
External links
- Arvo Pärt biography and work list on the Universal Edition website
- Complete listing of Arvo Pärt's works - Internet edition compiled by Onno van Rijen