Northbay

No need to cry. Pärt is still alive, he celebrated his 70th birthday on September 11th this year.

Pärt is, in my opinion, really amazing with 'De profundis' and 'Berliner Messe'. The 'Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen' is, as someone earlier mentioned, most definitely enjoyable.

My favorites, in no specific order: Arvo Pärt - Berliner Messe + De profundis Palestrina - Missa aeterna christi munera + Sicut cervus Morten Lauridsen - Lux aeterna (especially 'O nata lux') Steve Dobrogosz - Mass Nobuo Uematsu - Song of Prayer (variations) Eric Whitacre - Sleep + Lux aurumque Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, especially 'Pie Jesu' Frank Martin - Messe pour double choeur a cappella Ingvar Lidholm - Laudi Maurice Duruflé - Requiem + Ubi caritas et amor (from Quatre motets) Händel - Zadock the Priest Felix Mendelsohn - Hear My Prayer (the soprano solo is stunning)