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Editorial Review:
Its a shame that, his ongoing series of choral works having made him famous, Arvo Pärt shows no sign of adding to the variable but always fascinating line of orchestral works in which he "found himself" as a composer. There's nothing here from the experimental years of the 1960s, and in the Third Symphony (1971), the archaic yet timeless world of Pärt as we know it today is largely in place. Only the obvious rhetoric--massive outbursts, thunderous pauses etc, readily emphasised by Neeme Järvi's expansive and hard-hitting account--stands in the way, and by the time of Tabula Rasa (1977), that's gone too. This two-part meditation, featuring the subtle timbres of a prepared piano alongside two violins and strings, is a modern classic: the faraway past filtered through the mindset of the "cold war" present. Atmospheric, often sheerly beautiful, and played here with real insight by Shaham and Anthony. An effective transcription of the endlessly rearranged Fratres (1977) makes for a suitable opening: spiritual music that anyone can enter the spirit of. --Richard Whitehouse
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Sublime and spine tingling! I'm making a real confession here - until we purchased this on Saturday September 8 2001 I had barely registered in my consciousness the name of Arvo Part, let alone these works.
I'm converted.
Wandering in a record store in Nottingham my partner picked this CD up and I asked him what it was. "I've not heard any of his stuff but...". I looked at the cover - it struck me as intriguing. I read some of the notes inside. Some mutterings about driving through the American mid-west and hearing "Tabula Rasa"... more info
Tracks:
Fratres for violin, string orchestra and percussion - Gil Shaham, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Järvi, Roger Carlsson
1. Ludus: Con moto - Gil Shaham, Adele Anthony, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Järvi, Erik Risberg
2. Silentium: Senza moto - Gil Shaham, Adele Anthony, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Järvi, Erik Risberg
1. Attacca - Göteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Järvi
2. Più mosso Attacca - Göteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Järvi
