Totus Tuus: Choral music by Gorecki, Part, Ciurlionis, Kilar, Ramins, Vasks and Schnittke

Totus Tuus: Choral music by Gorecki, Part, Ciurlionis, Kilar, Ramins, Vasks and Schnittke. Chamber choir Versija of Latvia, directed by Juris Vaivods. Jade, $12.00.

Gorecki's "Totus Tuns" and Part's "Seven Magnificat Antiphons" are the familiar pieces here. The other compositions are also attractive examples of northern European church music. The performances were recorded in the resonant Cathedral of Riga. The album commemorates the death of Pope John Paul II. One page of the booklet solicits charitable contributions to an orphanage in Latvia.

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