List of compositions by Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, 2008

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 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)
• Drei Hirtenkinder aus Fatima (2014)

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)
• Swansong (2013)

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 string quintet or wind quintet (original version)
  • 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
  • Fratres for cello/viola/guitar/trombone, string orchestra and percussion
  • Fratres for string quartet
  • Fratres for four percussionists
  • Fratres for 4, 8 or 12 cellos
  • Fratres for three recorder players, cello (or viola da gamba) and percussion
  • Fratres for wind octet and percussion
  • Fratres for chamber ensemble
• Annum per annum for organ (1980)
• Hymn to a Great City for two pianos (1984/2000)
• Festina lente for string section and harp (1988)
• 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