Arvo Part | Tabula Rasa, Symphony No 1, Collage, Etc (w/ Congress Orchestra) | Album

Arvo Pärt "Tabula Rasa, Collage, Symphony No 1, Pro et Contra"

LP (NEW) - Vinyl, Vinyl Passion, Europe, 2012, VP 80121, 8712177059911, 2xLP, First Issue, Gatefold Sleeve

The central work in Pärt’s instrumental music, the double concerto Tabula rasa has become one of the cult pieces in the music world and has prompted many composers and musicians, as well as concert audiences, to listen to and understand music in a completely new way. This composition also became a turning point in Arvo Pärt’s career, introducing the expressive possibilities of the tintinnabuli style for the first time in a large-scale musical composition. Violinist Gidon Kremer has described Tabula rasa as a declaration of silence, a manifesto of concentrating on important things. He has also admitted that this piece changed his life. Manfred Eicher, the head of the record label ECM, has recalled the first time he heard Tabula rasa: driving in a car, without knowing the name of the composer or the title of the piece. This experience became a trigger for creating the ECM New Series in 1984. Tabula rasa was the first record in the series and also brought wider recognition to Arvo Pärt.

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