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Arvo Pärt: Drei Hirtenkinder; Kleine Litanei; Virgencita; Habitare fratres in unum; Alleluia tropus; And I heard a voice...; Caroline Shaw: and the swallow; Julia Wolfe: Guard my tongue; Anon: Laude di Cortona (arr. Paul Hillier)

Ars Nova Copenhagen/ Paul Hillier

Naxos 8.574281 62:48 mins

This beautifully conceived recording opensfrom Cortona in Tuscany. The , drawn from a 13th-century manuscript which was only discovered in the 19th century, are imaginatively arranged by Paul Hillier.

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