{"product_id":"arvo-part-silentium-green-vinyl","title":"Arvo Pärt - Silentium (Green Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSilentium continues Mississippi Records' fascination\n\u003cbr\u003ewith this great contemporary composer. High-quality, heavy vinyl pressed at Smashed Plastic in Chicago, presented in deluxe reverse-\n\u003cbr\u003eboard jacket with artwork by Pärt's holy-minimal contemporary, Eduard Steinberg. Four pieces by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, a\n\u003cbr\u003epioneer of \"holy minimalism.\" The album centres around a never-before-released rendition of 'Silentium,' the second movement of\n\u003cbr\u003ePärt's most famous concerto, Tabula Rasa, performed by Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry. The group plays 'Silentium' at\n\u003cbr\u003enearly half the speed of the best-known version, released on ECM in 1984. The piece, known for its healing properties for the dying\n\u003cbr\u003eand often used in palliative care facilities (one patient famously called it \"angel music\"), is breathtaking at half speed, seemingly stilling\n\u003cbr\u003etime itself. The album compiles some of the most stunning renditions of Pärt's music ever recorded. 'Vater Unser (Arr. for trombone \u0026amp;\n\u003cbr\u003estring ensemble)\" is somehow warm and austere at once. A miniature epic. Pianist Marcel Worm's solo version of 'Variationen zur\n\u003cbr\u003eGesundung von Arinuschka' is as beautiful as anything we've ever heard. 'Fratres for Strings and Percussion' is one of Arvo Pärt's\n\u003cbr\u003emost celebrated works. The Hungarian State Opera Orchestra's version is iconic, filled with emotional playing right on the verge of\n\u003cbr\u003eoverly romantic, but never tipping over. Pärt's approach to both music and life is as sparse as the compositions he creates. He once\n\u003cbr\u003esaid, \"I have nothing to say… Music says what I need to say. And it is dangerous to say anything, because if I've said it already in\n\u003cbr\u003ewords there might be nothing left for my music.\" Silentium continues Mississippi Records' fascination with this great contemporary\n\u003cbr\u003ecomposer. Also Available From Arvo Pärt: Für Alina LP\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mississippi Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55248722297206,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/6450\/6005\/files\/silentium.webp?v=1739213227","url":"https:\/\/www.stickyblacktarmac.com\/products\/arvo-part-silentium-green-vinyl","provider":"Sticky Black Tarmac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}