Lebrecht Weekly | Album of the Year 2025
It has been a year of Goldberg Variations – Yunchan Lim, the end of Vikingur Olafsson’s world tour, Mahan Esfahani on harpsichord, a two-guitar version…
Browsing: Arvo Pärt
Lebrecht Weekly | Arvo Pärt: And I heard a voice (ECM)
Silenced by Communism in his prime, the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt delved into a personal religious faith whose musical language pre-dated the Reformation. He turned…
Lebrecht Weekly | Arvo Pärt, Poulenc, Stravinsky (BR Klassik)
Just how much we miss Mariss Jansons is manifest in this Munich concert of three sacred works. Jansons, who died in November 2019, aged 76,…
Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: Arvo Pärt – Works for Choir (Cugate Classics)
I chucked out a bunch of new releases this week, mostly solo recitals on esoteric instruments like the harp, the mandolin and the saxophone, though…
ECM Records – From Modern to Contemporary
If Blue Note’s main accomplishment was to define the shape of modern jazz by successfully negotiating its transition out of the classic era, ECM Records…
