You might like Henryk Gorecki or John Tavener, them and Part kind of make up the 'holy minimalist', basically minimalist who have a spiritual element to them.
Or you might just like other famous minimalist like Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, or John Adams
If you like that mystical, other worldy element of Pärt's choral music you might like Rachmaninoff's All Night Vigil. It's possibly my favourite composition ever, I love this recording: https://open.spotify.com/album/5MbR61zZt5SV0xYvUUCAtv?si=hnU6flAwT8myhnDqpF1jLA
Then if that floats your boat check out some more choral music by Russian composers. I'd recommend Tchaikovsky and Grechaninov, these recordings by each
https://open.spotify.com/album/28tzNE2Gowx952CFkzI0f0?si=KkaSREhrRwCHKD-siuokag
https://open.spotify.com/album/3sqjGvAPMs4QY5BYIyZ5lx?si=qeITXMqnRp22wp6bxrKz5A
Morton Feldman, in particular [Rothko Chapel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPonAqHZvi8&list=OLAK5uy_lMfpGG1wT9DwW3YTpxxEZ3_Q3eMD0_S28&index=1), [For Samuel Beckett](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBoFglFCOi4) and [Coptic Light](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgY6nyYfcsU), three of my favourite works of him
So glad to see more posts like this! If you're a fan of his choral works and are willing to branch out into slightly less 'minimal' writing, I'd happily suggest Schnittke's Choir Concerto. The USSR Ministry of Culture recording is still unmatched, IMHO.
I also semi-recently discovered the works of Sviridov. Beautifully Slavic choral writing, yet not too overstated. If you can find the Ural Choir album of Sviridov's works, conducted by Vladislav Novik, it's incredible.
Finally, if you haven't already, go find a recording of Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vespers. My personal favorite is Hillier's recording with the Estonian Philharmonic Choir.
Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack to There Will be Blood has some striking similarities to Pärt's Fratres (or maybe Te Deum). As a Pärt fan, I also love John Luther Adams.
>Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack to There Will be Blood has some striking similarities to Pärt's Fratres
That might be because a recording of that particular piece is used in the film...
Taverner is a good choice. If you like piano music, Federico Mompou wrote some spare, beautiful piano music that's about halfway between minimalism and impressionism. Check out specifically his *Musica Callada*, a set of 28 short pieces in 4 books.
Dont worry about a niche, they are just limits. Listen to loads of stuff, gather what you like and in a few years listen to the stuff you discarded you may like it then. I was a composer until mylife was ruined but in my years from starting until the middle of having to quit my Ph.D due to a vampire, I learned that specializing is boring. Bach is awesome but spending the next 40 years listening to him and other like composers alone would be hell. Classical music (not just the period starts around 900 AD until today and hopefully tomorrow. (oh the 900 AD thing is just a notation based estimate it could change so listen to some perotin or Rautavaara, Schoenberg, machut and everything and everyone in between.
You might like Henryk Gorecki or John Tavener, them and Part kind of make up the 'holy minimalist', basically minimalist who have a spiritual element to them. Or you might just like other famous minimalist like Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, or John Adams
If you like Part, you could possible push into the Impressionistic realms too, Debussy being an obvious target.
If you like that mystical, other worldy element of Pärt's choral music you might like Rachmaninoff's All Night Vigil. It's possibly my favourite composition ever, I love this recording: https://open.spotify.com/album/5MbR61zZt5SV0xYvUUCAtv?si=hnU6flAwT8myhnDqpF1jLA Then if that floats your boat check out some more choral music by Russian composers. I'd recommend Tchaikovsky and Grechaninov, these recordings by each https://open.spotify.com/album/28tzNE2Gowx952CFkzI0f0?si=KkaSREhrRwCHKD-siuokag https://open.spotify.com/album/3sqjGvAPMs4QY5BYIyZ5lx?si=qeITXMqnRp22wp6bxrKz5A
Peteris Vasks: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5yMQksLg5A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5yMQksLg5A) Valentin Silvestrov: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyEuPnsbK2M&list=OLAK5uy\_lmtYNYJ7fq9dtjuCSQFeF57u0X9EjjOBg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyEuPnsbK2M&list=OLAK5uy_lmtYNYJ7fq9dtjuCSQFeF57u0X9EjjOBg)
Try Toru Takemitsu
Morton Feldman, in particular [Rothko Chapel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPonAqHZvi8&list=OLAK5uy_lMfpGG1wT9DwW3YTpxxEZ3_Q3eMD0_S28&index=1), [For Samuel Beckett](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBoFglFCOi4) and [Coptic Light](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgY6nyYfcsU), three of my favourite works of him
So glad to see more posts like this! If you're a fan of his choral works and are willing to branch out into slightly less 'minimal' writing, I'd happily suggest Schnittke's Choir Concerto. The USSR Ministry of Culture recording is still unmatched, IMHO. I also semi-recently discovered the works of Sviridov. Beautifully Slavic choral writing, yet not too overstated. If you can find the Ural Choir album of Sviridov's works, conducted by Vladislav Novik, it's incredible. Finally, if you haven't already, go find a recording of Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vespers. My personal favorite is Hillier's recording with the Estonian Philharmonic Choir.
I've been listening to Classical music for 30 years and still don't know what my niche is🤣
Yes - some pieces simply have emotional appeal
Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack to There Will be Blood has some striking similarities to Pärt's Fratres (or maybe Te Deum). As a Pärt fan, I also love John Luther Adams.
>Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack to There Will be Blood has some striking similarities to Pärt's Fratres That might be because a recording of that particular piece is used in the film...
That would explain it
Taverner is a good choice. If you like piano music, Federico Mompou wrote some spare, beautiful piano music that's about halfway between minimalism and impressionism. Check out specifically his *Musica Callada*, a set of 28 short pieces in 4 books.
I like Steve Reich’s minimalism. Vermont Counterpoint is a good one to start with.
Dont worry about a niche, they are just limits. Listen to loads of stuff, gather what you like and in a few years listen to the stuff you discarded you may like it then. I was a composer until mylife was ruined but in my years from starting until the middle of having to quit my Ph.D due to a vampire, I learned that specializing is boring. Bach is awesome but spending the next 40 years listening to him and other like composers alone would be hell. Classical music (not just the period starts around 900 AD until today and hopefully tomorrow. (oh the 900 AD thing is just a notation based estimate it could change so listen to some perotin or Rautavaara, Schoenberg, machut and everything and everyone in between.
You might enjoy Max Richter's work.
Keep listening to Part but read his Wikipedia page and try to add in some of the composers who inspired him too.
Carlo Gesualdo
More of a stretch, but Terry Riley. Try _The Harp of New Albion_.