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Arvo Part... Where have you been my whole life?

My interest in classical music didn't really develop until about five years ago, so I'm still a novice compared to many of the folks here on A'gon. I tend to listen to a lot of small scale chamber music and choral music.

I've had Part's Tabula Rasa for years and always liked it, but for some reason I never delved further. I guess it's because I tend to avoid modern classical. In any case, I just started listening to some of his other works -- Te Deum, De Profundis, Alina, Litany. They are beautiful.

Can anyone recommend other works, either by Part or by similar composers? Thanks.

Bryon
bryoncunningham
rbrowne
175 posts
 
A bit different from those already mentioned but definitely worth checking into is Valentin Silvestrov.

Good recommendation. I have a few Silvestrov recordings. A favorite is the Symphony No. 5/Posludium disc by Sony Records. David Robertson conducts the Deutches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin with Alexei Lubimov, piano.
richard_stacy
686 posts
 
You may also enjoy the work of Max Richter although some of his compositions can push toward experimental. I am just beginning to explore modern classical/avant garde and it seems it is a genre rich with incredibly talented artists like Arvo Part.

A couple of other modern classical records I really enjoy are Richard Skelton's Marking Time (Preservation) and the work of Olafur Arnalds, check out And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness (Erased Tape Records).
bryoncunningham OP
890 posts
 
Thanks for all the suggestions. I have a lot of listening to do. :-)

Bryon
lsd13
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There are a lot of exelent suggestions already but I would like to add Alfred Schnittke. He is different from Part, I would say more "experimental" for the lack of better word. His Concerto's and violin concerto's are among my absolut favorits in contemporary classic pieces.
Part's Miserere and Lamentante as well.

Sergey.
edorr
714 posts
 
Bryon, I "discovered" Arvo Part's Tabula Rasa, (albeit 20 years ago), and then ended up getting pretty much the entire catalogue. Your question got me thinking and the closest thing to Part I ever heard is the achingly beautiful composition "Carmina" by Terje Bjørklund, performed by the trondheimsolistine on the 2L album Divertimento. This album also has some Britten and Barton and is worth getting.

I never heard any other Terje Bjørklund (apparently he is originally a Jazz guy), but there is a "music for strings" album by Bjorkland that may be worth looking into.
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