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)
• 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