Part: Magnificat / Magnificat Anitphonen / Berliner Mass / De Profundis [Import]

Arvo Part (Composer), Stephen Layton (Conductor), Andrew Lucas (Performer), Polyphony (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Andrew Lucas, Polyphony
• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Composer: Arvo Part
• Audio CD (June 9, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B000007SZB
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #318,968 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Berliner Messe: Kyrie

2. Berliner Messe: Gloria

3. Berliner Messe: Erster Alleluiavers

4. Berliner Messe: Zweiter Alleluiavers

5. Berliner Messe: Veni Sancte Spiritus

6. Berliner Messe: Credo

7. Berliner Messe: Sanctus

8. Berliner Messe: Agnus Dei

9. The Beatitudes

10. Annum Per Annum- Einleitung

11. Annum Per Annum: K(yrie)

12. Annum Per Annum: G(loria)

13. Annum Per Annum: C(redo)

14. Annum Per Annum: Annu Per Annum - S(anctus)

15. Annum Per Annum: A(gnus)

16. Annum Per Annum: Coda

17. Magnificat

18. Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen: O Weisheit

19. Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen: O Adonai

20. Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen: O Spross aus Isais Wurzel

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Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging and Full-Blooded, May 2, 2001

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This review is from: Part: Magnificat / Magnificat Anitphonen / Berliner Mass / De Profundis (Audio CD)

Overall, this music drew me into modern composition like no other. Disappointed in other modern composers I was shocked at the simplicity and profundity of Arvo Part's compositions. Those chord structures!! I would like to focus on two of the works in this CD: the Beatitudes and Annum per Annum.

First, the Beatitudes song destroys me. Again! Part's chords are active, engaging, and full-blooded. This is humanity crying out for what is holy -- the words of Christ and the music answer.

Secondly, Annum per Annum, for which I purchased this album, I heard performed at ASU by Christina Bausman, an up-and-coming organist studying there. Hearing this live is a must -- it left me in a sweat as the soundwaves smashed against the shores of my mind. The recording is good, but does not use an electric pipe organ, which was Part's intention. Thus all you hear in the introduction is the register decreasing -- not the same thing as cutting-off the organ's air intake. The body of the work draws the listener into contemplation and prayer. Nevertheless, Annum per Annum makes you stand up and wait for Christ's return -- when the trumpet blasts for the last time, the intro to Annum is what it may sound like!