Παρουσίαση
"His music makes the basic human need for a link between aesthetics, ethics and spirituality clear and perceivable - a need so often subordinated to politics and economics in our society." Thus the words with which Arvo Part was awarded the International Bridge Prize of the twin cities Gorlitz and Zgorzelec in 2007. His new CD, 'In Principio', demonstrates the extent to which his more recent music manifests this very link. Twenty-five years ago ECM launched its New Series with Part's Tabula Rasa. Now its twelfth Part album, again produced by Manfred Eicher, presents six compositions of various lengths spanning a period of almost ten years. Four of the pieces appear here for the first time on disc. The meticulous performances were recorded by Estonian ensembles under the baton of Tonu Kaljuste, a conductor well-versed in Part's music for many years, and accompanied by the composer every step of the way.The range is wide: Part creates masterly syntheses of the expressive resources he has pursued ever since his personal style emerged in the mid-1970s. The intimate and the monumental co-exist; streams of chords flow towards dramatic eruptions. The inflection of his pieces is always based on their underlying emotive significance. In Principio is a five-movement setting of the opening verses of the Gospel of John: "In the beginning was the Word". The elegiac orchestral piece "La Sindone" conjures up the image of Christ on the Shroud of Turin. "Cecilia, vergine romana", written to celebrate the sacred year 2000 in Rome, is devoted to the martyrdom of the patron saint of music. A serene plea for peace, memories of a deceased friend and contemplation of the 'peaks and troughs' of life: these are the emotional way-stations of the three relatively short pieces here, encapsulating the magic of Part's music.
[Recorded June 2008 and May 2007]
Περιεχόμενα
In principio (2003) for mixed choir and orchestraI. In principio erat Verbum (John 1:1-5)
II. Fuit homo missus a Deo (John 1:6-8)
III. Erat lux vera (John 1:9-11)
IV. Quotquot autem acceperunt sum (John 1:12-13)
V. Et Verbum caro factum est (John 1:14)
La Sindone (2006) for orchestra
Cecilia, vergine romana (2000, rev. 2002) for mixed choir and orchestra
Da Pacem Domine (2004/07) for mixed choir and orchestra
Mein Weg (1989/99, rev. 2000) for 14 strings and percussion
Fur Lennart in memoriam (2006) for string orchestra
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tonu Kaljuste: conductor
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