Arvo Pärt, one of the world's most honored living composers, recently recorded and released two new works on a CD called Lamentate, conducted by Andrey Boreyko. Music critic Tom Manoff says the pieces ...

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Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has long been the recording darling of Manfred Eicher and ECM Records. The label has released no fewer than eleven volumes of his music, including the record under current ...

Since finding his artistic voice in the late 1960s, Arvo Pärt has opened a window into a world of spiritual ideals and aspirations, and attracted many fans along the way. The music on this new disc -- ...

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A new CD features two new works by one of the world's most honored composers. He is Arvo Part, an Estonian, and the new CD is called "Lamentate." Our music critic Tom Manoff has a review. TOM MANOFF ...