Kanon Pokajanen

Championed by Björk, Michael Stipe, and discerning candle merchants worldwide, Arvo Pärt is a modern Estonian composer deeply influenced by Gregorian chant and other medieval sources. Kanon Pokajanen is a landmark a cappella choral work of brooding majesty based on the Russian Orthodox canon of repentance. Ambient-music fans may be a bit overwhelmed. But enter its exquisite polyphony and Christian pathology, and you will be utterly transported. A