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Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) is a professional choir based in Estonia. It was founded in 1981 by Tõnu Kaljuste, who was its conductor for twenty years. In 2001, Paul Hillier followed Kaljuste's tenure, becoming the EPCC's principal conductor and artistic director until September 2008, when Daniel Reuss took over the task. Since 2014 the choir's principal conductor has been Kaspars Putniņš. The repertoire of the EPCC ranges from Gregorian Chant to modern works, particularly those of the Estonian composers Arvo Pärt and Veljo Tormis. The group has been nominated for numerous Grammy Awards, and has won the Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance twice: in 2007 with Arvo Pärt's Da pacem and in 2014 with Pärt's Adam's Lament, the latter was shared with Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu, Sinfonietta Rīga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis. In 2018 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir won the prestigious Gramophone Award with its recording of Magnificat and Nunc dimittis by Arvo Pärt and Psalms of Repentance by Alfred Schnittke (conductor Kaspars Putniņš).

/Erkki-Sven Tüür/Brett Dean (2015)

Gesualdo

: Danse macabre (2015)

Gregory Rose

: Complete Works for Mixed Choir (2015)

Sibelius

Siin on Ilus Elada (2014)

Baltic Runes (2010)

: In Principio (2009)

Arvo Pärt

: Songs (2008)

Toivo Tulev

Scattered Rhymes: & Guillaume de Machaut (2008)

Tarik O'Regan

A New Joy (2006)

Arvo Pärt: Da pacem (2006) - won 2007

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

Baltic Voices 3 (2005)

: Mushroom Cantata (2005)

Lepo Sumera

: All-Night Vigil (2005)

Rachmaninov

Baltic Voices 2 (2004)

The Powers of Heaven (2003)

: Gloria, Settings from the Mass and Vespers (2003)

Antonio Vivaldi

Baltic Voices 1 (2002)

Antonio Vivaldi: Salmi a due cori (2002)

: Litaniae (2000)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae et Litania (2000)

Veljo Tormis: Laulu palju (Liederhaufen) (2000)

: Ignis (2000)

Paul Giger

Veljo Tormis: Litany to Thunder (1999)

Raimo Kangro, Leelo Tungal: Eesti lauleldused (Estonian Singspiels) (1999)

Karl August Hermann

Arvo Pärt: (1998)

Kanon Pokajanen

Arvo Pärt: Beatus (1997)

Veljo Tormis: Casting a Spell (1996)

Arvo Pärt: Litany (1996)

: Crystallisatio (1996)

Erkki-Sven Tüür

Kaunimad laulud (The Most Beautiful Songs) (1994)

Arvo Pärt: (1993)

Te Deum

Veljo Tormis: Forgotten Peoples (1992)

Official website

discography at MusicBrainz

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

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