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Tonus Peregrinus is a British vocal ensemble specialising in early music and contemporary sacred music, especially that of founder and director, Antony Pitts. Established in 1990, the ensemble have recorded numerous CDs for
Naxos Naxos (; , ) is a Greek island belonging to the Cyclades island group. It is the largest island in the group. It was an important centre during the Bronze Age Cycladic Culture and in the Ancient Greek Archaic Period. The island is famous as ...
, their first winning the Cannes Classical Award (
Arvo Pärt Arvo Pärt (; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in p ...
's '' Passio''), and two albums of Antony Pitts' music for Hyperion Records – '' Seven Letters'' and '' Alpha and Omega''. Their latest album, ''Music from the Eton Choirbook'' (Naxos 8.572840), was recorded using a new microphone technique developed by NRK engineer Geoff Miles. The ensemble sang at the memorial for Alexander Litvinenko.


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