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Part: The Symphonies

Tönu Kaljuste Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Symphony No. 1 "Polyphonic" 1. Canons Wrocaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste 11:18
2 Prelude and Fugue Wrocaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste 07:56
3 Symphony No. 2 I Wrocaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste 03:36
4 II Wrocaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste 02:14
5 III Wrocaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste 04:47
6 Symphony No. 3 I Wrocaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste 06:29
7 II Wrocaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste 05:48
8 III Wrocaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste 08:05
9 Symphony No. 4 "Los Angeles" 1. Con Sublimità. Marcando Con Maestà. Pacato Wrocaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste 09:14
10 2. Affannoso. Un Poco Più Affannato Wrocaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste 11:47
11 3. Insistentemente. Con Intimo Sentimento Coda. Deciso Wrocaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste

Editorial Reviews

Each of Arvo P„rt's four symphonies is a world unto itself and are newly recorded here under the direction of one of P„rt's most trusted colleagues, Tonu Kaljuste. Heard in chronological order they also tell us much about the great Estonian composer's musical and spiritual journey, and the very different ways in which he has exercised his craft beginning with No. 1 written as a student in 1963 to No. 4 in 2008 by which time he was the world's most widely-performed contemporary composer.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.59 x 5.08 x 0.47 inches; 4.73 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ ECM New Series
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2018
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 17, 2018
  • Label ‏ : ‎ ECM New Series
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B078YDVZMW
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 57 ratings

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kinsellajr
5.0 out of 5 stars No surprises here
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2019
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His four symphonies. Nice to have them in one place. Love Los Angeles (No. 4). Great ECM sound.
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Thomas Nash
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent new recordings
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2018
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Excellent new recordings. Fresh takes on all 4 symphonies. Nice to finally have them all in a single volume and performed well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Arvo Part
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2018
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Really enjoyed the symphonies because I am a fan of Part's music.
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P ski
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, Good...
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2018
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If you like Gorecki and Rautavaara, you should like this. Worthwhile.
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David Keymer
5.0 out of 5 stars BEAUTY ABOVE ALL. BRILLIANCE OF MIND. PURITY. GROWTH
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2018
NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic. Tonu Kaljuste, cond.

This elegant album showcases four symphonies from the pen of Estonian composer Arvo Part, dated 1964 (subtitled “Polyphonic”), 1966, 1971 and 2008 (subtitled “Los Angeles”). They represent three periods in this interesting composer’s musical development but it isn’t a case of a composer becoming better, more sophisticated, so much as of a fully mature composer rethinking his musical principles and the tools he employed to bring them to life. They are astoundingly powerful, eminently listenable, examples of how fully modern composed music can engage the listener intellectually and emotionally all at once. Even more amazing, the first three emerged from a period of great artistic control –repression—in his native country, under the yoke of its Soviet Russian overlords.

All are short. Symphony #1, “Polyphonic,” runs a little over nineteen minutes in two movements, “Canons” and “Prelude and Fugue.” The three movements of Symphony #2 total ten minutes and 37 seconds; the three movements of Symphony #3, nineteen minutes and 23 seconds; and the longest, Symphony $4, “Los Angeles,” also three movements, 29 minutes and ten seconds.

The “Polyphonic Symphony,” the original title of Symphony #1, was written when Part was 28 and finishing formal study with Heino Eller at the State Conservatory in Tallinn. It has echoes of baroque structure but isn’t. Even that early in the composer’s career, he wasn’t interested in retrospection so much as working with modern musical techniques, in this case a twelve tone row, which is played, ornamented, reversed and inversed in many interesting and musically appealing ways. Four minutes into the second movement and with four minutes to go, a pulsing string beat takes over and the piece moves toward powerful propulsive dissonance resembling the sound universe of Part’s Russian predecessors.

The second symphony makes this affiliation even ,more evident, with a quotation from Tchaikovsky and echoes of Shostakovich, only more modern and directly dissonant. It’s the shortest of all these four pieces, compact and effective.

By 1971, Part had begun his swing toward medieval music –vocal polyphony and plainchant. The music reflects this though I’d be hard pressed to tell you in what sways. For one thing, this is the most lyrical of the four symphonies. Part had not yet rejected wholly the musical avant garde but he was on his way to doing so and the result is a complex musical palette that yet sounds simple and direct.

By 2008, he had written Fur Alina, and Spiegel Im Spiegel, his incredible violin-piano duet, and the sequence of powerful and direct choral works for which he is best known. The fourth symphony was a commission from multiple sources and received its premiere in Los Angeles in January 2009. It’s a big piece for a big orchestra (augmented by harp, tympani and multiple percussionists) but not Lisztian big but rather reflecting his Slavonic roots and the church music he had grown enamored of. When I listened to it, I was reminded of the eloquent, seraphically beautiful third symphony of his Polish contemporary, Henryk Gorecki. There are no voices in it, but as often with Gorecki as well, you can imagine themes from this rescored for chorus and vocal soloists. The great tenor sax player Lester Young counseled young players to listen to the words of the songs they played and they would play them better. You could imagine words for these songs too, so voice-like are they.

As always in classical music recordings by ECM, the sound is perfect.

(This review is for Esther, who is my forever love. dk)
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Augelli
5.0 out of 5 stars Valutazione CD
Reviewed in Italy on January 4, 2023
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CD in perfette condizioni
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Dr. Tim Parker
5.0 out of 5 stars From early 12-tone works to more in line with today's Part, this is an interesting CD.
Reviewed in Canada on August 4, 2018
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Most readers will know Part for his magnificent choral works, or pieces like Tintinabula, all of which are soothing, meditative, "pleasant" works to listen to. But before Part moved into those pieces, he was composing 12-tone works like his first symphonies. This CD of his symphonies starts in that world, and moves to the latter, showing the evolution of Part's compositional style. Be warned: some Part fans will find the early works not to their taste, but they are interesting works in and of themselves.

This CD starts, logically, with Symphony 1, written in 1963, and it starts with a noisy introduction followed by a variety of instruments all seemingly playing randomly (although there is underlying structure). The first symphony is quite short, but an interesting demonstration of Part's early musical thoughts. The Symphony 2, in three movements, is a bit different, but still discordant to most listeners. Again still in the 12-tone world, this symphony will make some listeners wonder what Part was aiming for, as it's quite a stretch from the first two symphonies to the post-1975 Part we all know and love. Symphony 3 is a work of a changing mind: moving from the early 12-tone world to the latter harmonious music Part is known for, but it still will not sit well with a lot of Part fans. But there is some lovely music in this symphony, especially the opening mivement. Symphony 4, written in 2008, is much more in the style Part fans expect, and its three movements are based on Orthodox music with parts where the orchestra emulates vocal performances quite effectively. Of the four symphonies, this one is the most like the Part most classical vocal fans expect, and yet it is still quite a departure.

So, these four symphonies on this CD, while well performed and engineered, are going to be a deviation for most Part lovers: these are not the Part you know and expect. Maybe that's good: you can understand the development of style that drove Part from his early experimental work in 12-tone through to today's popular works. And maybe it's bad: a lot of Part fans are not going to enjoy these works, especially the earlier ones. For those of us who love music, the CD is an interesting journey, especially when Part's later, loved works are considered. For the Part fan, this CD is a revelation (maybe not all good revelations!) and a journey, but don't expect the Part you think you will get!
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The did
5.0 out of 5 stars bien reçu
Reviewed in France on January 27, 2020
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parfait, merci.
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Bill Henderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great recording
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2019
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It's funny that different recordings all sound good
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Daniel y Norah
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in Spain on July 28, 2018
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Las cuatro sinfonías de Arvo Part se lanzan en un solo disco por primera vez, recientemente grabadas con la Filarmónica de Wroclaw de NFM bajo la dirección de uno de los colegas más confiables de Part, Tonu Kaljuste. Cada una de las sinfonías, como ha notado el gran compositor estonio, es un mundo en sí mismo. Escuchados en orden cronológico, también nos dicen mucho sobre el viaje musical y espiritual de Part, y las diferentes maneras en que ha ejercido su oficio. Cuarenta y cinco años separan su Sinfonía n. ° 1 ("Polifónica") escrita en 1963 cuando aún era estudiante de Heino Eller, de su Sinfonía n. ° 4 ("Los Ángeles") escrita en 2008, y para entonces ( y todavía lo es) el compositor contemporáneo más ampliamente interpretado del mundo, y uno cuyo ahora famoso "estilo tintinnabuli" se ha convertido en una firma artística identificable de inmediato.

Al presentar las obras en conjunto, Tonu Kaljuste las considera como "si fueran una sola gran sinfonía". Percibo las creaciones de Arvo Part como una narración biográfica, y espero que con el sonido de la totalidad de la música de este álbum podamos refrescar nuestra memoria del viaje de Part. Comenzó con una entrada en el mundo neoclásico y serialista, prosiguió con una composición que incorporaba el uso del collage, continuó bajo la influencia de la música sacra primitiva y - con la cuarta sinfonía - llegó a una música de confesión, con un mundo sano apoyado por la oración, la penitencia y el sufrimiento ".
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