Tabula Rasa (Audiophile Gold Disc)

Arvo Part | Format: Audio CD

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• Audio CD
• ASIN: B002BKHFQY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
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Editorial Reviews

This is NOT the same selection of music as featured on the 1999 by the same name!

Throughout Arvo Part's career, he has demonstrated a voracious musical curiosity and daring experimental spirit that has allowed him to move beyond a secure place as Estonia's premiere composer to become perhaps the best known choral and sacred music scorist of his time. 30 years of musical experimentation with influences as wide ranging as Russian neo-classicism, Western modernism, Schoenbergian dedecaphony, minimalism, polytonality, Gregorian chant and collage have led him to the creation of a distinctively sparse technique he calls "tintinnabulation." This method, which takes its name from the Latin word for bells, places unusual emphasis on individual notes and makes extensive use of silence. "I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played, " says Part. "This one note ... or a moment of silence, comforts me.... I build with the most primitive materials - with the triad, with one specific tonality. The three notes of a triad are like bells. And that is why I call it tintinnabulation."

Tabula Rasa Is An Concerto For Two Violins, Prepared Piano And Chamber Orchestra, Composed In 1964. Pro Et Contra Is An Concerto For Cello And Orchestra, Dedicated To Mstislav Rostropovich.

1. Ludus (Tabula Rasa)

2. Silentium (Tabula Rasa)

3. Canons (Symphony No.1)

4. Prelude & Fugue (Symphony No.1)

5. Toccata (Collage On The Theme Bach)

6. Sarabande (Collage On The Theme Bach)

7. Ricercar (Collage On The Theme Bach)

8. Maestoso (Pro Et Contra)

9. Largo (Pro Et Contra)

10. Allegro (Pro Et Contra