Christopher Bowers - Arvo Part : Creator Spiritus (2012)

Thanks to the warmth and pin-sharp clarity of this SACD production one is enveloped by the rich intensity of Theatre Of Voices and Ars Nova Copenhagen, who between them serve Pärt s yearning harmonies with a telling precision...Throughout the ten pieces there's an uncluttered fragility gently flickering like a candle flame caught between the winds of sound and silence. It s this inexorable journey to stillness, and the stunning economy by which it gets there which makes Pärt s music compelling, timeless and moving. --sidsmith.blogspot.co.uk

Yet another brilliant Arvo Pärt programme from Paul Hillier and Theatre of Voices. --The Independent, Friday 30 March 2012

This collection of choral chamber pieces by Arvo Pärt (b 1935) conjures that mood of stillness which has given the Estonian composer near cult status, the vocal writing inspired more by medieval and Orthodox chant than by any of the musical fads or revolutions of the intervening centuries. It is no surprise that the virtuosic singers in Theatre of Voices and Ars Nova Copenhagen are often to be found in early music ensembles. The 10 works span more than two and a half decades, opening with the Pentecostal hymn "Veni creator" (2006) and including Pärt's musically symmetrical setting of the Stabat Mater (1985). The NYYD Quartet and organist Christopher Bowers-Broadbent add sonic variety to this pure, minimalist enterprise. --The Observer