Part: The Symphonies – Tönu Kaljuste

Présentées dans l’ordre chronologique de leur conception, ces nouveaux enregistrements des symphonies révèlent le passionnant parcours musical et spirituel de Arvo Pärt.

Gepresenteerd in chronologische volgorde van hun conceptie, onthullen deze nieuwe opnamen van de symfonieën de muzikale en spirituele reis van Arvo Pärt.

   in Classical Music (Jun, 2018)
Some 45 years separate Arvo Pärt’s first and fourth symphonies; and a world separates them in terms of expression. The Wroc?aw orchestra traverses both languages with supreme confidence, caught in a demonstration standard recording. The first symphony (1964, when the composer was 28) concentrates on dissonant counterpoint: its two movements are ‘Canons’ and ‘Prelude and Fugue’. Astringency and Ivesian cacophony convey an underlying restlessness; the second symphony (1966), like the first, is fundamentally dodecaphonic, but quotes a Tchaikovsky piano piece towards the end to powerful effect.

The third symphony (1971) is a transitional work, far more tonal and Church-Slavonic influenced. The more recent fourth symphony, Los Angeles (2008), speaks in a …