Paavo Järvi & Estonian Festival Orchestra — Arvo Pärt: Credo

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What is truth? The question, posed rhetorically by Pontius Pilate to Jesus, preoccupied Arvo Pärt long before his conversion to Orthodox Christianity in the early 1970s. The Estonian composer’s profound faith in God has informed answers reflected in his mature compositions. Paavo Järvi, who has known Pärt since childhood, offers a 90th-birthday tribute that encapsulates how that quest for spiritual understanding has played out in the man’s music. His choice of pieces includes <i>Credo</i>, a work of searing power and faith condemned by Soviet officials following its premiere in 1968. While more complex than Pärt’s later “tintinnabuli” compositions, its central message is simple: love one’s enemies. Järvi’s Estonian Festival Orchestra and a fine mixed chorus capture <i>Credo</i>’s shuddering contrasts of stillness and violence. The tracklist contains immaculate performances of <i>Fratres</i> and <i>Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten</i>, timeless Pärt classics, and the captivating <i>Silhouette</i>, a soaring evocation of the transparent structure of the Eiffel Tower. Most touching of all is the transition from the sublime conclusion of <i>Credo</i>, with its monumental chords and lingering echoes of J.S. Bach’s Prelude in C Major, to the haunting innocence of <i>Estonian Lullaby</i>.

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Paavo Järvi & Estonian Festival Orchestra

Треки

  1. La Sindone 9:01
  2. Fratres (Version for String Orchestra and Percussion) 9:28
  3. Swansong 5:43
  4. Für Lennart in memoriam 8:54
  5. Da pacem Domine (Version for String Orchestra) 5:07
  6. Silhouette 8:38
  7. Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten 6:14
  8. Mein Weg (Version for String Orchestra and Percussion) 6:25
  9. Credo 12:35
  10. Estonian Lullaby (Version for Choir and String Orchestra) 2:02