Arvo Pärt
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Biography
Celebrated as one of the greatest contemporary composers, Arvo Pärt (b. 1935, Estonia) had a difficult start to his career under Communist rule. Winner of the USSR Young Composers' Competition in 1963, the neoclassically-influenced musician went through various phases (dodecaphony, serialism, collages), creating controversy with his religiously-inspired Credo and Symphony No. 3. Despite censorship, he continued his research and developed a style he called "tintinnabuli". This aesthetic, inspired by the sound of bells, is based on a simple, slow melody with notes in perfect chords, creating a resonant effect. The medieval-inspired Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten, Fratres, Tabula Rasa and Spiegel im Spiegel were written between 1977 and 1978. Exiled to Vienna and then Berlin, Arvo Pärt is published by ECM, which releases his works such as Passio and Te Deum. Arvo Pärt's growing reputation reached out to fans of new age and minimalist music. In the 2000s, the composer returned to Estonia and continued to enrich a body of work played around the world with The Deers Cry and Symphony No. 4 (2008), followed by Adam's Lament (2012).
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- Jõuluvana * Santa Claus
- Las vihistab * Let the Snow Swish
- Jaaniussi laul * Firefly´s Song
- Nukul pole nime * The Doll Has No Name
- Memme musi * Mommy´s Kiss
- Tere, raamat! * The Book
- Koolitee * Road to School
- Fratres featuring Arvo Pärt
- Okasroosike * Sleeping Beauty
- Väike motoroller * The Little Motor-Scooter
- Aatomiku laul * The Song of Atom-Boy
- Suvine valss * Summer Waltz
- Statuit ei Dominus featuring Arvo Pärt
- Tabula rasa~2. Silentium by Arvo Pärt
- Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel featuring Arvo Pärt
- Festina lente for string orchestra and harp featuring Vernon Handley
- Pärt: Annum Per Annum featuring Arvo Pärt
- Pärt: Trivium featuring Arvo Pärt
- Pärt: Mein Weg Hat Gipfel Und Wellentaler featuring Arvo Pärt
- Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem... (Jesus is betrayed and arrested in Gethsemane)
- Mina olen juba suur (Käin juba lasteaias) * I Am Already Big
- Silouans Song
- Lepatriinu laul * Ladybird´s Song
- Konnad * Frogs
