This two-disc EMI set presents early and mature works by Estonian post-modernist Arvo Pärt. The early works are represented by the Nekrolog from 1960 and the I Sümfoonia (Symphony No. 1) from 1963 performed by Paavo Järvi and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. These are standard-issue hyper-expressive serial works in the post-Second Viennese School mold that would be unremarkable except for their origins in the Soviet-ruled Estonia. Järvi and the musicians of the Swedish capital turn in dedicated and determined but ...
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This two-disc EMI set presents early and mature works by Estonian post-modernist Arvo Pärt. The early works are represented by the Nekrolog from 1960 and the I Sümfoonia (Symphony No. 1) from 1963 performed by Paavo Järvi and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. These are standard-issue hyper-expressive serial works in the post-Second Viennese School mold that would be unremarkable except for their origins in the Soviet-ruled Estonia. Järvi and the musicians of the Swedish capital turn in dedicated and determined but not always totally together performances that make a strong case for these not yet wholly stylistically secure works. The mature works are represented by the Stabat Mater from 1985 performed by the Taverner Consort and Fretwork under Andrew Parrott and by all the works but on the second disc performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Tönu Kaljuste. At first, the gap between the two Pärts may seem...
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