Arvo Part - The Four Symphonies

Arvo PART (b.1935)

The Four Symphonies

Synphony No.1 "Polyphonic" (1964)

Symphony No.2 (1966)

Symphony No.3 (1971)

Symphony No.4 "Los Angeles" (2008)

NFM Wrocław Philharmonic

Tõnu Kaljuste

Recorded: October 2015 & August 2016, Main Hall of the National Forum of Music, Wroclaw

All four of Arvo Pärt’s symphonies, newly recorded with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic under the direction of one of Pärt’s most trusted colleagues, Tõnu Kaljuste. Each of the symphonies, as the great Estonian composer has noted, is a world unto itself. Heard in chronological order they also tell us much about Pärt’s musical and spiritual journey, and the very different ways in which he has exercised his craft. Forty-five years separate his Symphony No. 1 (“Polyphonic”) written in 1963 while he was still a student of Heino Eller, from his Symphony No. 4 (“Los Angeles”) written in 2008, by which time he was the world’s most widely-performed contemporary composer.