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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I had previously bought Neemi Jarvi's recording with Gil Shaham, and very good it is too.
Did I need another six recordings? And how to explain in words that the answer was affirmative?
Mahler said music begins where language leaves off, and how right he was. The famous description - Gil Shaham's not Part's - about understanding Fratres for the first time when he was driving through the desert at night, exactly captures this music's total removal from a world of noise and light.
It is indeed something primal, but never sinister.
The six variations in instrumentation are like the differing views of the same mountain, seen at different times of day (or night) and adding to the totality of the experience of this haunting music.
You do actually get three other works - Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, Summa, and Festina Lente. They, too, are unmissable.
Do not hesitate!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Chankos
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The six versions of Fratres included on this wonderful disc are so wildly divergent they will keep even the most casual admirer of Arvo Pärt (if there is indeed such a thing) intrigued for countless listens. The final version, for cello and piano, was used to great effect in Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood".
The recordings of "Cantus", and particularly "Festina Lente" are performed at precisely the right tempo- not rushed through, as with some of the lesser arrangements available on other discs- allowing these pieces to ebb and flow in perfect harmony. This is not a clinical, bland recording- these performances have a distinctively natural, sometimes heavy sound. The strings resonate beautifully, and the ambience of the recording space is magnificently captured.
This is an essential purchase for any devotee of Arvo Pärt and his timeless music.
The recordings of "Cantus", and particularly "Festina Lente" are performed at precisely the right tempo- not rushed through, as with some of the lesser arrangements available on other discs- allowing these pieces to ebb and flow in perfect harmony. This is not a clinical, bland recording- these performances have a distinctively natural, sometimes heavy sound. The strings resonate beautifully, and the ambience of the recording space is magnificently captured.
This is an essential purchase for any devotee of Arvo Pärt and his timeless music.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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When I first listened to Fratres by Arvo Part, I was so taken by the music that I listened to it during practically the whole day. Wonderful !
It struck many emotions in me and I continue listening to it very frequently.
It struck many emotions in me and I continue listening to it very frequently.
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