Tabula rasa

by Arvo PĂ€rt

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Introducing Arvo PĂ€rt's revolutionary 'tintinnabuli' compositional style to a global audience, 'Tabula rasa' is a staggering achievement of holy minimalism. The album features incredibly sparse, slow-moving chamber music arrangements centered around intertwining violins and prepared piano. It constructs a profoundly spiritual, melancholic, and deeply mysterious acoustic atmosphere that redefined late-20th-century classical music.

Genres

  • Holy Minimalism

Tracklist

  1. Fratres
  2. Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
  3. Fratres (Version for 12 Cellos) - For 12 Celli
  4. Tabula rasa: I. Ludus. Con moto - Live
  5. Tabula rasa: II. Silentium. Senza moto - Live