Arvo Pärt, the Sacro Minimalist

Arvo Pärt

11 September 1935
Estonia.

"mi música es similar a la luz blanca, solo cuando pasa a través de un prisma se divide y aparecen todos los colores. Este prisma es el espíritu de cada oyente".
-Arvo


Pärt works in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabulation and hypnotic repetitions influenced by the intellectual counterpoint elements of European jazz, and is generally placed within European-American classical post-modernism.


Continuing struggles with Soviet officials led him to emigrate in 1980 with his wife and their two sons. Pärt lived first in Vienna, Austria, where he took Austrian citizenship, and then re-located to Berlin, Germany, where he still lives.

His most familiar works are Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten for string orchestra and bell (1977) and the string quintet "Fratres I" (1977, revised 1983), which he orchestrated for string orchestra and percussion, the solo violin "Fratres II" and the cello ensemble "Fratres III" (both 1980).

Pärt is often identified with the school of minimalism and, more specifically, that of mystic minimalism or holy minimalism. He is considered a pioneer of this style, along with contemporaries Henryk Górecki and John Tavener. Although his fame initially rested on instrumental works such as Tabula Rasa and Spiegel im Spiegel, his choral works have also come to be widely appreciated.

Pärt's musical education began at age seven. He began attending music school in Rakvere, where his family lived. By the time he reached his early teen years, Pärt was writing his own compositions. While studying composition with Heino Eller at the Tallinn Conservatory in 1957, it was said of him that "he just seemed to shake his sleeves and notes would fall out."



In this period of Estonian history, Pärt was unable to encounter many musical influences from outside the Soviet Union except for a few illegal tapes and scores. Although Estonia had been an independent Baltic state at the time of Pärt's birth, the Soviet Union occupied it in 1940 as a result of the Soviet-Nazi Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact; and the country would then remain under Soviet domination—except for the three-year period of German wartime occupation—for the next 51 years.

Arvo Pärt's oeuvre is generally divided into two periods.

His early works ranged from rather severe neo-classical styles influenced by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Bartók. He then began to compose using Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique and serialism. This, however, not only earned the ire of the Soviet establishment, but also proved to be a creative dead-end. When early works were banned by Soviet censors, Pärt entered the first of several periods of contemplative silence, during which he studied choral music from the 14th to 16th centuries. In this context, Pärt's biographer, Paul Hillier, observed that "He had reached a position of complete despair in which the composition of music appeared to be the most futile of gestures, and he lacked the musical faith and will-power to write even a single note."

The spirit of early European polyphony informed the composition of Pärt's transitional Third Symphony (1971); and thereafter, he immersed himself in early music, re-investigating the roots of Western music. He studied plainsong, Gregorian chant, and the emergence of polyphony in the European Renaissance. The music that began to emerge after this period was radically different. This period of new compositions included Fratres, Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten, and Tabula Rasa.

Pärt describes it as tintinnabuli—like the ringing of bells. The music is characterized by simple harmonies, often single unadorned notes, or triads which form the basis of western harmony. These are reminiscent of ringing bells. Tintinnabuli works are rhythmically simple, and do not change tempo. The influence of early music is clear. Another characteristic of Pärt's later works is that they are frequently settings for sacred texts, although he mostly chooses Latin or the Church Slavonic language used in Orthodox liturgy instead of his native Estonian language. Large-scale works inspired by religious texts include St. John Passion, Te Deum, and Litany. Choral works from this period include Magnificat and The Beatitudes.

His best-known works mostly date from this period. Of his popularity, Steve Reich has written:"Even in Estonia, Arvo was getting the same feeling that we were all getting. [...] I love his music, and I love the fact that he is such a brave, talented man. [...] He's completely out of step with the zeitgeist and yet he's enormously popular, which is so inspiring. His music fulfills a deep human need that has nothing to do with fashion." —Steve Reich Arvo Pärt's music came to public attention in the West, largely thanks to Manfred Eicher who recorded several of Pärt's compositions for ECM Records starting in 1984.

Pärt has said that his music is similar to light going through a prism: the music may have a slightly different meaning for each listener, thus creating a spectrum of musical experience, similar to the rainbow of light.

A new composition, Für [for] Lennart, written for the memory of the Estonian President Lennart Meri, was played at his funeral service on 2 April 2006.

In response to the murder of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow on 7 October 2006, Pärt declared that all his works performed in 2006-2007 would be in commemoration of her death:

"Anna Politkovskaya staked her entire talent, energy and – in the end – even her life on saving people who had become victims of the abuses prevailing in Russia."— Arvo Pärt

Pärt was honoured as the featured composer of the 2008 RTÉ Living Music Festival in Dublin, Ireland. He was also commissioned by Louth Contemporary Music Society to compose a new choral work based on St. Patricks Breastplate, which premiered in 2008 in Louth, Ireland. The new work is called The Deers Cry. This is the composer's first Irish commission, having its debut in Drogheda and Dundalk in February 2008.

Also a new composition in 2008 is Pärt's Symphony No. 4, named 'Los Angeles' and dedicated to Mikhail Khodorkovsky. It is his first symphony written for over 37 years, since 1971's Symphony No. 3. It premiered in Los Angeles, California, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on January 10, 2009.

Filmography

Pärt's music has been featured in over 50 films, from Väike motoroller (1962) to Promised Land (2004).

• Elements from the Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten was used in Léos Carax's film Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991); and a part of the composition was heard in Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 while the audience confronts the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York City.
• Segments from Spiegel im Spiegel were incorporated in Mike Nichols's film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit (2001); in the mountain-climbing documentary Touching the Void (2003); in Tom Tykwer's film Heaven (2002); in Shona Auerbach's Glasgow based film Dear Frankie (2004); in Gus Van Sant's film Gerry (2003) which also included a small segment from Für Alina ; and in the film Elegy (2008).
• Tabula Rasa was used in the opening scenes of the award-winning 2001 documentary War Photographer, about photojournalist James Nachtwey.
• His soundtrack for Reha Erdem's Times and Winds (in Turkish Beş Vakit), 2006, underscored Erdem's subject, the endlessly repeating seasonal and human rhythms of Turkish village life.
• Annum per Annum was used in the 1998 film The Thin Red Line.
• Fratres for Cello and Piano was used in the soundtrack for the 2007 film There Will Be Blood.
• Silouans Song was used in the 2006 movie The Good Shepherd.
• Dorian Supin, an Estonian filmmaker, made a full-length documentary on Pärt titled 24 Preludes for a Fugue, which was released in 2002.

• There Will Be Blood (2007) ("Fratres for Cello and Piano")
• Izgnanie (2007) ("Für Alina")
  ... aka Изгнание (Russia)
  ... aka The Banishment (International: English title)
• The Good Shepherd (2006) (writer: "Litany", "Salve Regina", "Silouans Song")
• Candy (2006) ("Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten")
• The Giant Buddhas (2005) ("Für Alina")
  ... aka Im Tal der grossen Buddhas (Switzerland: German title: TV title)
• Le temps qui reste (2005) (writer: "Symphony no.3", "Für Alina, for Piano")
  ... aka Time to Leave (Canada: English title: festival title) (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
• Phantom Limb (2005) ("Silentium" (from Tabula Rasa))
• Hawaii, Oslo (2004) (performer: "Für Alina")
• Dead Man's Shoes (2004) ("De Profundis")
• Dag och natt (2004) (writer: "Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten")
  ... aka Day and Night (International: English title) (USA: festival title)
  ... aka Dag og nat (Denmark)
• "P.O.V." (1 episode, 2004)
  - A Family Undertaking (2004) TV episode ("Spiegel im Spiegel")
• Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) (writer: "Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten" (1977), "Crete Petit") (performer: "Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten" (1977))
• Dear Frankie (2004) (music: "Spiegel im Spiegel" (1978))
• Feux rouges (2004) (writer: "Für Alina")
  ... aka Red Lights (International: English title) (USA: literal English title)
• Les invasions barbares (2003) (music: "Wallfahrtslied / Pilgrim's Song", "Psalom", "Trisagion")
  ... aka Invasion of the Barbarians (International: English title)
  ... aka The Barbarian Invasions (International: English title)
• Swept Away (2002) ("Spiegel im Spiegel" (1999))
  ... aka Travolti dal destino (Italy)
• Heaven (2002/I) ("Für Alina", "Spiegel im Spiegel", "6 Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinushka")
  ... aka Heaven (France) (Germany)
• Gerry (2002) ("Spiegel im Spiegel", "Für Alina")
• C'est la vie (2001) ("Für Alina")
• Bella Martha (2001) (writer: "Für Alina")
  ... aka Mostly Martha (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
  ... aka Ricette d'amore (Italy)
• Wit (2001) (TV) (writer: "Spiegel im Spiegel")
• War Photographer (2001) ("Silouans Song", "Psalom")
• "Aleph, lectures contades" (1 episode, 2000)
  - Franz Kafka (2000) TV episode (writer: "Simfonia N.3", "Collage sur B. A. C. H.", "Festina Lente", "Silouans Song")
  
  
• The Insider (1999) (writer: "Litany") (performer: "Litany")
• A Kind of Hush (1999) ("Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten", "Untitled for Saxophone and Keyboard")
• The Thin Red Line (1998) ("Annum per Annum")
• Winterschläfer (1997) (writer: "Fratres", "For Piano and Violin", "For Strings and Percussion", "For Eight Cellos", "Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten")
  ... aka Winter Sleepers (USA)
  ... aka Wintersleepers (Europe: English title)
• Mother Night (1996) ("Spiegel Im Spiegel", "Fratres", "Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten", "Tabula Rasa")
• Elossa (1990) ("Fratres")
  ... aka Alive (International: English title)

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Arvo Part - In Principio (2009)


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1 In Principio: I - In Principio Erat Verbum 3:09
2 In Principio: II - Fuit Homo Missus A Deo 1:43
3 In Principio: III - Erat Lux Vera 7:15
4 In Principio: IV - Quotquot Autem Acceperunt Sum 3:37
5 In Principio: V - Et Verbum Caro Factum Est 3:56
6 La Sindone 15:53
7 Cecilia, vergine romana 16:39
8 Da Pacem Domine 5:00
9 Mein Weg 6:23
10 Für Lennart in memoriam 7:22

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De profundis 1997

Music: Arvo Pärt

Conductor: Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: Theatre of Voices
Performer: Bowers-Broadbent, C. Instrument: Organ
Performer: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher Instrument: Organ
Performer: Kennedy, Daniel Instrument: Percussion
Performer: Bennett, Alan Instrument: Tenor
Performer: Hillier, Paul Instrument: Bass
Performer: Engan, Elisabeth Instrument: Soprano




De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine;
Domine, exaudi vocem meam.
Fiant aures tuae intendentes
in vocem deprecationis meae.
Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine,
Domine, quis sustinebit?
Quia apud te propitiatio est,
ut timeamus te.
Sustinui te, Domine,
sustinuit anima mea in verbo eius;
speravit anima mea in Domino
magis quam custodes auroram.
Magis quam custodes auroram
speret Israel in Domino,
quia apud Dominum misericordia,
et copiosa apud eum redemptio.
Et ipse redimet Israel
ex omnibus iniquitatibus eius.


Hillier's Theatre of Voices gives an absolutely wonderful rendering of Pärt's work. The music is amazing, recalling medieval choral music as well as contemporary ideas in musical composition. Pärt manages to touch on a wide range of feeling throughout all of these compositions, conveying emotion while maintaining the kind of austerity of sound found in medieval chant. Ultimately, the CD provides a moving and enjoyable listening experience. I would recommend it to both seasoned fans of choral music and neophytes alike.
-L.D.

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Track

1. De Profundis (Psalm 129)
2. Missa Sillabica: Kyrie
3. Missa Sillabica: Gloria
4. Missa Sillabica: Credo
5. Missa Sillabica: Sanctus
6. Missa Sillabica: Angus Dei
7. Missa Sillabica: Ite missa est
8. Solfeggio
9. 'And One Of The Pharisees'
10. Cantate Domino (Psalm 95)
11. Summa (Credo)
12. Seven Magnificat Antiphons: O Weisheit
13. Seven Magnificat Antiphons: O Adonai
14. Seven Magnificat Antiphons: O Spross
15. Seven Magnificat Antiphons: O Schlussel
16. Seven Magnificat Antiphons: O Morgenstern
17. Seven Magnificat Antiphons: O Konig
18. Seven Magnificat Antiphons: O Immanuel
19. The Beatitudes
20. Magnificat



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Arvo Part: Orient- Occident (2002)


Un álbum en el que Arvo Part regresa --de modo parcial--a la experimentación de la música atonal, quedando mas cerca de su obra contenida en los volúmenes Nekrolog , Collage y Pro et Contra y un poco mas lejos de las creaciones estructuradas bajo el código "tinitannabuli", que encontramos en obras como Fratres ,Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, Alina, y Tabula Rasa. Quien ha escuchado a Part y gustado de su música no puede perderse este giro creativo, que ensancha los sonidos de este venerado creador del minimalismo sacro. Dirige Tonu Kaljuste frente a la Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra en grabación DDD realizada para Ecm Records.
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1. Ein Wallfahrtslied (8:49)
Composer Arvo Pärt (1935
Conductor Tonu Kaljuste
Genre 20th Century Period / Psalm
Date Written 1984
Ensemble: Swedish Radio Chorus
Language German
Recording Studio Venue Swedish Radio, Stockholm, Sweden
Recording Date 2001
Notes Ver: 2001 (for men's choir and string orchestra)
2. Orient & Occident (7:05)
Composer Arvo Pärt
Conductor Tonu Kaljuste
Genre 20th Century Period
Date Written 2000
Ensemble Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Recording Studio Venue Swedish Radio, Stockholm, Sweden
Recording Date 2001
Notes "Orient & Occident" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition.
3. Como cierva sedienta (31:21)
Composer Arvo Pärt
Conductor Tonu Kaljuste
Performer Helena Olsson (Soprano)
Genre 20th Century Period / Psalm
Date Written 1999 Ensemble Swedish Radio Chorus
Language Español
Recording Studio Venue Swedish Radio, Stockholm, Sweden
Recording Date 2001



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Triodion (2003)

Arvo Part

Triodion recoge obras de Arvo Part compuestas entre 1996 y 2002, la ejecución es del conjunto vocal Polyphony, dirigido por Stephen Layton. Esta es la primera grabación de cinco* de las 8 piezas incluidas.
Nos permitimos destacar dos aspectos de esta compilación: uno, que aquí Arvo Part se instala en la vertiente Inglesa de su obra, usa por primera ocasión el idioma Ingles y graba con un conjunto muy distinto a nuestros conocidos coros Bálticos.El resultado es sorprendemente hermoso. Dos, en el conjunto Polyphony concurren voces (David James, Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, Elin Manahan Thomas) que merecen una atención y seguimiento individual, en particular Elin Manahan Thomas que tiene un registro único en el panorama de las voces femeninas.( Atenti: solo en Nunc Dimittis).

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1.- Dopo Victoria (1996)
2.-Nune Dimitis (2001)
3...which was the son of...(2000)
4.-I am the true vine (1996)
5.- Littlemore Tractus (2001)
6.-Triodion (1998)
7.-My heart´s in the highlands (2000)
8.-Salve Regina (2002)


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Symphony no.4 "Los Angeles", European premiere.

Arvo Part

La nueva Sinfonía de Arvo Part ha sido estrenada en Europa en un Concierto realizado en Finlandia el 16 de abril pasado, con ejecución de la Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra bajo la dirección de Cem Mansur. Como se recordara, el estreno mundial de esta sinfonía, comisionada por Los Angeles Philharmonic, se realizo con dirección de Essa-Pekka Salonen, recién el 10 de enero pasado, marcando el regreso de Arvo Part al formato sinfónico abandonado por el autor por casi 40 años, como resultado de la persecución que genero su tercera sinfonía. Esta es una grabación tomada de la transmisión en radio bajo el titulo Live in Helsinki, es de una limpieza extraordinaria y supera, por mucho, la calidad del primer registro también en vivo, que aqui compartimos como primicia en la red (libroslibresmusicalibre blog). Ahora entregamos esta nueva grabación--en formato mp3--para su descarga gratuita, y quedamos a la espera de la primera edición en estudio que --hasta donde sabemos--aun no se realiza.

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01. Part, Sym 4 "L.A.", Helsinki LIVE.


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Arvo Part - Lamentate (2005)



The brief opening piece for chorus on this new release, "Da Pacem Domine," is based on a 9th century Gregorian work and has the usual, familiar--and very beautiful--Pärt-ian characteristics: a soft, endless stream of easy tritones and harmonies that make this plea for peace immensely moving. The major work, Lamentate, is scored for large orchestra and solo piano--a very unusual combination for Pärt. Even his fans will be surprised. In ten brief sections, it begins with a quiet drum roll, immediately followed by horn calls. There are forte explosions for full orchestra and piano, with heavy percussion. At times the only thing we hear is a hushed piano part with strings supporting very quietly. The effect is dark yet alluring. It ends peacefully. This is another stunning CD of Pärt's music for his fans--old and new.
--Robert Levine

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01 - Da pacem Domine
Composed by Arvo Part
with Hilliard Ensemble

02 - Minacciando
03 - Spietato
04 - Fragile
05 - Pregando
06 - Solitudine-Stato D'Animo
07 - Consolante
08 - Stridendo
09 - Lamentabile
10 - Risolutamente
11 - Fragile E Conciliante
Lamentate, for piano & orchestra (Hommage to Anish Kapoor and his sculpture 'Marsyas')
Composed by Arvo Part
Performed by Stuttgart SWR Radio-Symphony Orchestra
with Aleksei Lubimov
Conducted by Andrey Boreyko

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Arvo Part: Pro et Contra / Symphonies 1 + 2 (2004)

Seis obras tempranas de Arvo Part dirigidas por Paavo Järvi frente a la Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, con la participación de los solistas Kalev Kuljus (oboe), Arvo Leibur (violin). Virgin Classics, DDD, julio 2004. Este volumen recoge las composiciones de Arvo Part, de su periodo de búsqueda y experimentación con las técnicas de la música atonal. La obra aquí presentada es, junto a Nekrolog (1960), la obra por la que fue aislado y perseguido por los censores Soviéticos y la burocracia cultural de la Estonia dominada. Esta música es previa --y distinta-- a los trabajos del minimalismo sacro que son reconocidos como la gran aportación de Part a la música universal.

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1.- Pro et contra, concerto for cello & orchestra (1966)
Composed by Arvo Part
Performed by Estonian National Symphony Orchestra with Truls Moerk
Conducted by Paavo Jarvi
2.- Symphony No. 1 ("Polyphonic"), Op. 9, (1964)
Composed by Arvo Part
Performed by Estonian National Symphony Orchestra with Arvo Leibur
Conducted by Paavo Jarvi
3.- Collage over B-A-C-H, for strings, oboe, harpsichord & piano, (1964)
Composed by Arvo Part Performed by Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Paavo Jarvi
4.- Perpetuum mobile, for orchestra, Op. 10, (1963)
Composed by Arvo Part
Performed by Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Paavo Jarvi
5.- Meie aed (Our garden), cantata for children's choir & orchestra, Op. 3, (1959)
Composed by Arvo Part
Performed by Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Paavo Jarvi
6.- Symphony No. 2, (1966)
Composed by Arvo Part Performed by Estonian National Symphony Orchestra with Kalev Kuljus
Conducted by Paavo Jarvi

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Arvo PART: Tabula Rasa / Symphony No. 3



Arvo Part (Composer), Neeme Järvi (Conductor), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Roger Carlsson (Performer), Adele Anthony (Performer), Gil Shaham (Performer)

DG's beautifully packaged and produced 20/21 series here pays homage to Arvo Pärt, presenting a new interpretation of two of his most familiar works--already indisputable classics--Tabula Rasa and Fratres. For all of their "minimalist" technique, there's a fathomless--call it timeless, if you will--beauty to these scores the deeper you plunge into their hypnotic sound world. The best place to discover them remains ECM's breakthrough release Tabula Rasa. Unlike Gidon Kremer (the superb interpreter of that recording), and despite an epiphany he mentions in the booklet--likening this music to the desert landscape of Utah--Gil Shaham doesn't seem to grasp one of the key components of that beauty: its austerity, its distance, as through a glass. There's an exquisite finish to his tone, to be sure, but Shaham essentially overromanticizes this music, coating it with a lovely but undifferentiated sheen, although he does hint at the vocal character of his lines. Passages of Fratres thus sound curiously tamed, as if we could be listening to such pastoral blandishments as The Lark Ascending or, in Tabula Rasa, to a Vivaldi andante. Despite this disappointment, the disc offers a thoroughly compelling account of the Third Symphony (1971) by its dedicatee, Neeme Järvi. It's fascinating to hear Pärt's points of origin--Soviet music, chant from the Orthodox Church, the fascination with bell sounds--so clearly delineated and transmogrified as in this work. Järvi molds its colorful but somber scoring into vividly dramatic shapes, hinting at Shostakovich in the chasm-deep bass lines tugging against the piercing treble or--as in the haunting opening solo--at the bleak majesty of a Sibelius landscape. The very success of Pärt's better-known works has tended to obscure the quality of such earlier pieces, but this performance helps widen the perspective to a more inclusive one.
--Thomas May

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1. Fratres, for chamber ensemble
Composed by Arvo Part
with Roger Carlsson, Gil Shaham

2. Tabula rasa, concerto for 2 violins (or violin & viola), prepared piano & string orchestra
Composed by Arvo Part
with Gil Shaham, Erik Risberg, Adele Anthony

3. Symphony No. 3
Composed by Arvo Part
Performed by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Neeme Jarvi


Credo (2004)


Performed by Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
with Helene Grimaud
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

This surprising program is a joy through and through. It begins with a 1985 work by John Corigliano (Fantasia on an Ostinato) that uses the slow-movement theme from Beethoven's Seventh Symphony and then later flies off into wonderfully emotion-filled directions. Next come Beethoven's "Tempest" sonata, played with just the right drama, and his fabulous "Choral Fantasy," op. 80, which is part sonata, part study for the 9th symphony. Pianist Grimaud plays the Fantasy with alternating delicacy and power, and the CD ends with Arvo Pärt's Credo, scored for piano solo, mixed chorus, and orchestra. This last piece is rich and complex, and in some ways encompasses the previous works' emotions and textures; those who think of Pärt as the quiet, holy minimalist, are in for a treat, and perhaps shock. Grimaud is simply magnificent regardless of the century or style; the beauty of her tone is surpassed only by its expressiveness. Esa Pekka Salonen leads the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir handsomely. This is a very special disc, a must for your collection.

--Robert Levine

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1 Fantasia on an Ostinato for piano (or orchestra)
Composed by John Corigliano
with Helene Grimaud

2 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor ("Tempest"), Op. 31/2
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
with Helene Grimaud

3 Fantasia for piano, chorus, and orchestra ("Choral Fantasy"), Op. 80
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
with Helene Grimaud
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

4 Credo, for piano, chorus & orchestra
Composed by Arvo Part
Performed by Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
with Helene Grimaud
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen