CD REVIEW: Part - Pro et Contra
Joe McLellan, Classical Music Critic Emeritus of The Washington Post, offers a good review in webzine Red Ludwig.com's March 20, 2005 edition for Paavo's CD with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and Ellerhein Girls Choir, Arvo Part: Pro et Contra.
"The later works of Arvo Pärt have a sublime calmness that might be very comforting for a child awaiting birth, but I think expectant mothers would do well to avoid Arvo Pärt: pro & contra (Virgin), a disc dedicated to his early works in which he cultivated tension, violence and atonality. On the other hand, for those with more developed tastes, this highly spiced music has a strong impact and the performances have lots of color and energy, with Paavo Järvi conducting the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and the Ellerhein Girls' Choir, and cellist Truls Mork an eloquent soloist in Pro et Contra, which is a concerto for cello and orchestra. Besides the title work, the disc includes Symphonies 1 and 2, the Collage über B_A-C-H, Perpetuum Mobile and a choral work, Meie aed (Our Garden)."
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"The later works of Arvo Pärt have a sublime calmness that might be very comforting for a child awaiting birth, but I think expectant mothers would do well to avoid Arvo Pärt: pro & contra (Virgin), a disc dedicated to his early works in which he cultivated tension, violence and atonality. On the other hand, for those with more developed tastes, this highly spiced music has a strong impact and the performances have lots of color and energy, with Paavo Järvi conducting the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and the Ellerhein Girls' Choir, and cellist Truls Mork an eloquent soloist in Pro et Contra, which is a concerto for cello and orchestra. Besides the title work, the disc includes Symphonies 1 and 2, the Collage über B_A-C-H, Perpetuum Mobile and a choral work, Meie aed (Our Garden)."
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