ARVO PÄRT - Silentium LP

Vater Unser (Arr. for trombone & string ensemble) Performers: Jörgen Van Rijen, Camerata RCO Courtesy of: BIS Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka Performer: Marcel Worms Courtesy of: Zefir Records Fratres for Strings and Percussion Performers: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Tamás Benedek Courtesy of: Naxos Silentium Performers: A Far Cry with soloists Alexi Kenney and Stefan Jackiw Courtesy of: A Far Cry Mississippi Records MRI-208 Ajna Offensive FLAME126 Four pieces by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, a pioneer of “holy minimalism.” “One of the most haunting, beautiful pieces of music I’ve heard this year.” - Monorail The album centers around a never-before-released rendition of “Silentium,” the second movement of Pärt’s most famous concerto, Tabula Rasa, performed by Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry. The group plays “Silentium” at nearly half the speed of the best-known version, released on ECM in 1984. The piece, known for its healing properties for the dying and oft