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As the title and subtitle imply, this is a kind of greatest-hits album, with music selected by ECM label producer Manfred Eicher from the 12 albums on the label devoted to the music of Arvo Pärt. Pärt's music is so malleable that people tend to make their own versions of it rather than collect it, but if you wanted an anthology as a starter box, this would be the one to choose. Eicher has worked closely with Pärt since the 1980s, and he has indeed made a sensible "sequence" out of works that do not have a lot of contrast among them. Several of the early works that led to Pärt's mature minimalist style are here, as well as most of the better-known pieces: there's a gorgeous reading of probably the most-played one of all, "Fratres," by Gidon Kremer on violin and jazzman Keith Jarrett, another ECM stalwart, on piano. The performances are all by musicians with deep sympathy for Pärt's music, and the two CDs take on a hypnotic quality after a while. The most impressive aspect, though, is the engineering. In Eicher's hands, Pärt's music seems to hang on the edge of silence: it is, in the prescient words of Federico Mompou, music that has fallen silent. The fact that Eicher managed to remaster tracks dating back as far as 1984 into a whole that is not only sonically coherent, but virtually seamless is testimony to how good the engineering was in the first place, and also to the remarkable care taken throughout the whole ECM Pärt project. A remarkable collection.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Arvo Pärt, Composer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Susan Bickley, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clemens von Brentano, Author - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Vladimir Mendelssohn, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Für Alina (Arvo Pärt)
Arvo Pärt, Composer - Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Alexander Malter, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Margo Kolar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Kanon Pokajanen (Arvo Pärt)
Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, Chorus Conductor, MainArtist - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Teije Van Geest, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Arvo Pärt, Composer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Jarrett, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Arvo Pärt, ComposerLyricist - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Vox Clamantis, Choir, MainArtist - Sinfonietta Riga, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Saulius Sondeckis, Conductor, MainArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Arvo Pärt, ComposerLyricist - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Latvian Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Sinfonietta Riga, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Swedish Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Jan B. Larsson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Traditional, Author - David James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Rogers Covey-Crump, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Jones, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - The Hilliard Ensemble, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Harrold, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Arvo Pärt, Composer - Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Arvo Pärt, Composer - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, Chorus Conductor, MainArtist - Bible, Adapter - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Arvo Pärt, Composer - Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Lamentate (Arvo Pärt)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Alexei Lubimov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dietmar Wolf, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Andrey Boreyko, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Alexei Lubimov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dietmar Wolf, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Andrey Boreyko, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Alexei Lubimov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dietmar Wolf, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Andrey Boreyko, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Lynne Dawson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David James, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bible, Author - Rogers Covey-Crump, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Demenga, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Vladimir Mendelssohn, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Arvo Pärt, ComposerLyricist - Tonu Kaljuste, Conductor, MainArtist - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Margo Kolar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Album review
As the title and subtitle imply, this is a kind of greatest-hits album, with music selected by ECM label producer Manfred Eicher from the 12 albums on the label devoted to the music of Arvo Pärt. Pärt's music is so malleable that people tend to make their own versions of it rather than collect it, but if you wanted an anthology as a starter box, this would be the one to choose. Eicher has worked closely with Pärt since the 1980s, and he has indeed made a sensible "sequence" out of works that do not have a lot of contrast among them. Several of the early works that led to Pärt's mature minimalist style are here, as well as most of the better-known pieces: there's a gorgeous reading of probably the most-played one of all, "Fratres," by Gidon Kremer on violin and jazzman Keith Jarrett, another ECM stalwart, on piano. The performances are all by musicians with deep sympathy for Pärt's music, and the two CDs take on a hypnotic quality after a while. The most impressive aspect, though, is the engineering. In Eicher's hands, Pärt's music seems to hang on the edge of silence: it is, in the prescient words of Federico Mompou, music that has fallen silent. The fact that Eicher managed to remaster tracks dating back as far as 1984 into a whole that is not only sonically coherent, but virtually seamless is testimony to how good the engineering was in the first place, and also to the remarkable care taken throughout the whole ECM Pärt project. A remarkable collection.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 02:21:18
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Arvo Pärt
- Label: ECM New Series
- Genre: Classical
© 2015 ECM Records GmbH This Compilation ℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
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