Fur Anna Maria

Fur Anna Maria
- Shrink-wrapped
Jeroen Van Veen has released a series of acclaimed recordings on Brilliant Classics of music by the masters of Minimalism, that 1960s-derived aesthetic in which it is not so much the case that more can be said with less as that less seems to be necessary in an increasingly noisy and chaotic world. The Estonian composer Arvo PÃ¤rt has never counted himself as among the minimalist number, nor indeed was he schooled in their new traditions, but emerged in the 1960s as an angry and dissonant voice whose musically expressed anger against Communist oppression of his native country could barely be contained within the tumultuous textures of works such as the Third Symphony, but a combination of personal circumstances and aesthetic decisions led him to pare back his style to the world of eerie calm and yet underlying melancholy that has made works such as the _ Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten such an enduring favourite even among audiences who would not otherwise count themselves as aficionados of the European contemporary music scene. But then PÃ¤rt has never fitted into any one stylistic box, and alongside the quiet rapture of FÃ¼r Alina we may find the student-era tinkling of the intriguing early Dance Pieces, as well as arrangements of classics such as Fratres and Spiegel im Spiegel that seem to preserve their special mood no matter what the instrumental forces; a quality they share with works of PÃ¤rt's compositional idol, J.S. Bach. Other information: Recorded March 2013. Booklet note by Jeroen van Veen. Including new recordings, of Fratres and Spiegel im Spiegel for cello and piano.
Country USA
Brand Brilliant Classics
Manufacturer Brilliant Classics
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 2014-09-30
UnitCount 2
EANs 5028421950532

Country	USA
Brand	Brilliant Classics
Manufacturer	Brilliant Classics
Binding	Audio CD
ReleaseDate	2014-09-30
UnitCount	2
EANs	5028421950532

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