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Arvo Pärt
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Arvo Pärt, from Estonia, first wrote twelve-tone and collage music, which brought him into conflict with the Soviet regime. After years of silence and study of Gregorian chant and early polyphony he found his own style in 1976, which he called tintinnabuli, after the Latin word for little bells. In it a melody moving in steps sounds together with the notes of a single triad. Spiegel im Spiegel from 1978, for violin and piano, lets you hear that principle in its simplest form.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to Spiegel im Spiegel and hear how the piano calmly keeps repeating triads, while the violin steps one note further each time and returns again.
Spiegel im Spiegel (Malin Broman, Simon Crawford-Phillips) · Arvo Pärt, 1978
Fratres (I Fiamminghi, Rudolf Werthen) · Arvo Pärt, 1977
Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten (Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Dennis Russell Davies) · Arvo Pärt, 1977
Spiegel im Spiegel (Vladimir Spivakov, Sergej Bezrodny) · Arvo Pärt, 1978
Discography
Studio albums
- 1966Pärt: Polüfooniline sümfoonia / Perpetuum mobile / Rääts: Sümfoonia nr. 4
- 1969Sinfonia n. 1 / Perpetuum mobile / Collage sur B-A-C-H / Musica sillabica / Pro et contra
- 1971Joseph Haydn / Paul Hindemith / Jaan Rääts / Arvo Pärt
- 1984Tabula Rasa
- 1987Amici Cantus sings Madetoja, Milhaud, Poulenc, Rautavaara and Pärt
- 1987Arbos
- 1988Passio
- 1989Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Symphony for Cello and Orchestra / Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes" / Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
- 1989Cello Concerto "Pro et contra" / Perpetuum Mobile / Symphony no. 1 "Polyphonic" / Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 3
- 1991In Croce
- 1991Miserere
- 1992Magnificat Antiphonen
- 1992Mozart / Scelsi / Pärt / Bärtschi / Busoni
- 1992Trivium
- 1993Collage
- 1993New Piano Works From Europe and the Americas
- 1993Pärt: Berliner Messe / Harrison: Mass to St. Anthony
- 1993Tubin: String Quartet / Elegy / Piano Quartet / Tüür: String Quartet / Pärt: Fratres
- 1994Fratres
- 1994Fratres
- 1994Rachmaninov, Schnittke: Cello Sonatas / Pärt: Fratres
- 1994Turku Ensemble
- 1994Zappa / Lutosławski / Lupone / Pärt
- 1995Annum per annum
- 1995Bridge: Two Poems for Orchestra / Britten: 'Gloriana' - Symphonic Suite / Passacaglia From 'Peter Grimes' / Sinfonia da Requiem / Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Britten
- 1995Górecki: Sonata no. 1 / Four Preludes / Pärt: Für Alina / Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinushka
- 1995Ikos
- 1996De Profundis
- 1996Litany
- 1996Pärt: Symphony no. 3 / Fratres / Kancheli: Symphony no. 3
- 1996Stabat Mater
- 1996Tavener / Pärt / Górecki
- 1997Beatus
- 1997Fratres
- 1997Schnittke: Concerto grosso no. 1 / Pärt: Tabula rasa / Górecki: Harpsichord Concerto
- 1997Searching for Roots
- 1997Summa
- 1997Symphony no. 2 "St. Florian" / Pas de Quatre
- 1998Berliner Mass / Magnificat / Seven Magnificat Antiphons / De Profundis / The Beatitudes
- 1998Kanon Pokajanen
- 1999Alina
- 1999Choral Works
- 1999Out of the Night
- 1999Tabula Rasa / Fratres / Symphony no. 3
- 2000I Am the True Vine
- 2000Shostakovich: Violin Sonata / Penderecki / Pärt / Schnittke
- 2000Tabula Rasa / Symphony no. 3 / Collage
- 2001Chormusik im 20. Jahrhundert
- 2001Johannes - Passion
- 2001Light
- 2001The Music for Organ
- 2002Annum per annum
- 2002Orient & Occident
- 2002Summa
- 2002Tabula Rasa / Symphony No. 1 / Collage on the Theme B-A-C-H / Pro et Contra
- 2002Trumpet Concertos
- 2003Holt: Neither Shadow nor Prey / Pärt: Hymn to a Great City
- 2003Passio
- 2003Triodion
- 2004Berliner Messe / Fratres / Collage uber B-A-C-H / Summa / Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten / Mozart-Adagio
- 2004Berliner Messe / Magnificat / Summa
- 2004Pro & Contra
- 2004Stabat Mater
- 2004Stabat Mater / Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis / Zwei Sonatinen for Piano, Op. 1 / Spiegel im Spiegel
- 2004Voices of Nature
- 2005Lamentate
- 2005Music for Flute and Percussion
- 2005Spiegel im Spiegel
- 2006Da Pacem
- 2006Misterioso
- 2006Spiegel im Spiegel
- 2006Triodion / Ode VII (Memento) / I Am the True Vine / Dopo la Vittoria
- 2007Surprised by Beauty: Minimalism in Choral Music
- 2008Contemporary Sacred Music from Estonia
- 2009A Place Between
- 2009In principio
- 2009Marshall: Out of the Darkness / Bryars: The Island Chapel / Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
- 2010Arvo Pärt: Portrait
- 2010Cantique
- 2010Pilgrim's Song
- 2010Symphony no. 4
- 2011In memoriam Pehr Henrik Nordgren
- 2011Külmkõlad: 9 heliloomingulist pühendust helilooja Arvo Pärdile
- 2011Piano Music
- 2012Adam’s Lament
- 2012Bach / Gould / Previn / Pärt
- 2012Creator Spiritus
- 2012Serenity: The Beauty of Arvo Pärt
- 2012Te Deum
- 2013Konzert für Chor
- 2013Poème mystique
- 2014Arvo Pärt
- 2014Bach & Contemporary Music
- 2014Road Movies
- 2014Stabat Mater
- 2015Babel
- 2015BBC Music, Volume 23, Number 12: Arvo Pärt - A Celebration
- 2015Complete Works for Violin and Piano and for Piano Solo
- 2015Lapsepõlve lood / Songs From Childhood
- 2015New Seasons
- 2015Organ Music / Choral Music
- 2015Orient - Occident
- 2015Passacaglia
- 2015Te Deum
- 2015Tintinnabuli
- 2016Da pacem Domine
- 2016Kanon Pokajanen
- 2016Organ Works
- 2016The Deer's Cry
- 2016The Deer’s Cry
- 2017Arvo Pärt
- 2017Company
- 2017Landscapes
- 2017Schnittke: Psalms of Repentance / Pärt: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis
- 2017Strung Up
- 2017William Walton / Max Bruch / Arvo Pärt
- 201820th Century Organ Masterworks
- 2018Arvo Pärt
- 2018Kaleidoscopic
- 2018Liszt / Pärt
- 2018The Symphonies
- 2019Liszt: Via crucis / Pärt: Sacred Choral Works
- 2019Magnificat / Stabat Mater
- 2019Recomposed: The Four Seasons
- 2020... and ...
- 2020Baltikum
- 2020Lamentate
- 2020Stabat
- 2020Stabat Mater
- 2020Works for Choir
- 2021Miserere
- 2021Passio
- 2021Schnittke: Choir Concerto / Three Sacred Hymns / Pärt: Seven Magnificat-Antiphons
- 2021Stabat mater
- 2021Tabula rasa
- 2022Bach & Pärt
- 2022Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future VI
- 2022Stabat Mater
- 2022Strauss: Metamorphosen / Pärt: Symphonie no. 4 « Los Angeles »
- 2022Wherever I Go
- 2023Bach & Pärt
- 2023Diagrams: Complete Piano Music
- 2023Für Alina
- 2023Lamentate
- 2023Odes of Repentance
- 2023Tractus
- 2024Duo Shum
- 2024Minimalist
- 2024Mozart: Violin Concertos / Arvo Pärt: Mozart-Adagio
- 2024Pärt über Bach
- 2024Shostakovich: Symphony no. 13 ‘Babiy Yar’ / Arvo Pärt: De profundis
- 2024Simple Music
- 2025...Lente
- 2025And I heard a voice
- 2025Credo
- 2025For Arvo
- 2025Kiss on Wood
- 2025Silentium
- 2026AREFA / Piano Chamber Works
- 2026Complete Symphonies
- 2026Prokofiev / Pärt / Schnittke
- ?Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Pärt: Für Alina / Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka
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In Soviet-era Estonia, Arvo Pärt found a sober style in 1976 that he called tintinnabuli, after the Latin word for little bells.