Description

In 1984, ECM brought a new sound into the musical world with the release of Arvo Pärt‘s „Tabula rasa“, the first album on the label‘s New Series imprint.
Now, on the occasion of Pärt‘s 75th birthday, this special edition with enclosed CD has been produced by ECM in collaboration with Universal Edition. It includes manuscript scores of „Tabula rasa“ and „Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten“, published for the first time, and study scores of the album‘s four works. Rounding off the volume is a discography of Arvo Pärt‘s works on ECM with corresponding publishing details, as well as an essay by Paul Griffiths.

Contents

Pärt, Arvo: Tabula rasa

Pärt, Arvo: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten

Pärt, Arvo: Fratres

Pärt, Arvo: Fratres

Reviews

This extremely handsome production is a worthy tribute to what is without any shadow of a doubt one of the great recordings of the last century.
Gramophone Magazine 01/2011 

"A handsome ...