#5048, Arvo Pärt: A New Sounds Primer
Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has his music programmed on the concert stage more than any other living classical composer. In the 1960's, Pärt was the first Estonian composer to write 12 tone serial music in the Soviet Union, which he later turned his back on for more conventional classical sounds. He eventually moved to Berlin and came up with the style of composition called tintinnabuli, from the Latin "little bells", inspired by the ringing of bells and by the chanting of Eastern Orthodox religious music, as well as his own study of medieval European religious music. “The simplicity, mysticism, and silence” in his music “does not instruct, but rather, like a mirror, compels reflection”, (WQXR Arvo Pärt Birthday Reflections).
Hear a selection of Pärt’s best-known pieces: “Fratres", “Spiegel im Spiegel”, and other representative works to mark his 90th birthday from the ECM recordings Tabula Rasa, Arbos, and Te Deum, featuring the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, British male vocal quartet Hilliard Ensemble, and Canadian violinist Angèle Dubeau (Analekta). - Caryn Havlik
ARTIST: Angele Dubeau & La Pieta
WORK: Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im spiegel [1:04]
RECORDING: Arvo Pärt Portrait
SOURCE: Analekta
INFO: Available at AppleMusic, Spotify, YouTube
ARTIST: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Tonu Kaljuste, conductor; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
WORK: Arvo Pärt: Berliner Mass - Agnus Dei [2:41]
RECORDING: Arvo Pärt: Te Deum
SOURCE: ECM Records
INFO: https://ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Angele Dubeau & La Pieta
WORK: Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im spiegel [8:21]
RECORDING: Arvo Pärt Portrait
SOURCE: Analekta
INFO: Available at AppleMusic, Spotify, YouTube
ARTIST: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Tonu Kaljuste, conductor; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
WORK: Arvo Pärt: Seven Magnificat - O Adonai [2:35]
RECORDING: Arvo Pärt: Te Deum
SOURCE: ECM Records
INFO: https://ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: 12 Cellos of the Berlin Philharmonic
WORK: Arvo Pärt: Fratres [11:58]
RECORDING: Tabula Rasa
SOURCE: ECM Records
INFO: https://ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Hilliard Ensemble; Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ
WORK: Arvo Pärt: De Profundis [5:37]
RECORDING: Arbos
SOURCE: ECM Records
INFO: https://ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Dennis Russell Davies
WORK: Arvo Pärt:Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten [5:06]
RECORDING: Tabula Rasa
SOURCE: ECM Records
INFO: https://ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Berlin Radio Symphony; Kristian Jarvi, conductor
WORK: Arvo Pärt: Stabat Mater [9:20]
RECORDING: Arvo Pärt: Cantique
SOURCE: Sony Classical
INFO: Available at Spotify, AppleMusic, Amazon.com, YouTube
