Arbos

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Composer : Arvo Part
Conductor : Dennis Russell Davies
Performer : Hilliard Ensemble
Performer : Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
Performer : Susan Bickley
Performer : Gidon Kremer
Performer : Vladimir Mendelssohn
Performer : Rogers Covey-Crump
Performer : Lynne Dawson
Performer : Thomas Demenga

Product Details

Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0042283195929
Label : Universal Music Group
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2000-03-14
Running Time : 59minutes
UPC : 042283195929

ASIN : B0000260TR

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Arbos
2. An den Wassern zu Babel
3. Pari Intervallo
4. De Profundis
5. Er sang vor langen Jahren
6. Summa
7. Arbos
8. Stabat Mater

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording

This CD features some great performances by Pärt specialists of a variety of shorter works. The clamorous Arbos for brass makes a startling opening for those who expect abstracted reverence; the lament, An den Wassern, has a startling ending that builds in intensity and volume only to break off midphrase. The static Pari Intervallo for organ leads into De Profundis, with its sense of slow but unstoppable movement (every note the same length, every measure the same rhythm). Es Sang has an unexpectedly lilting tune for solo alto, punctuated by string exclamations; Summa is a straightforward Pärt-style setting of the Credo. Arbos is repeated (this is oddly satisfying), and the disc closes with a masterpiece, the unbearably sad Stabat Mater for three voices and three strings. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews

Some gems (2002-02-10)

All of this music was new to me before listening to this disc. I assume the performances are definitive, so the issue is, how attractive is the music itself? To me the winner on this CD is track 4, De Profundis, almost 7 minutes of austere beauty for organ, small choir and remarkably effective percussion (bell and gong). Track 6, the Summa (Credo) is nice, but the music seems to be content to create a somewhat mystical mood, and does not reflect the text (like many mass Credos do). The major work on the disc is track 8, the Stabat Mater, a very austere piece. It has not won me over yet.

A must have (2000-07-11)

This is one of the best albums I have ever heard. Its exceptional quality comes from the way it speaks to your soul. It is simply impossible not to like it, whichever your musical taste. Buy it for you and for that very special gift you want to give, you will love the results!

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