Goeyvaerts String Trio
Stabat Mater / Simeron
- Type CD
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917261622
- Catalog number CC 72616
- Release date 28 March 2014
About the album
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Pure pitches of just intonation penetrate the soul and dissolve deep sadness into consolation... a moving and intimate experience of Sublime beauty.
Arvo Pärt and Ivan Moody have both turned to Orthodox Christianity at some point in their lives and this has permeated the work of both of them in a particular way. Pärt’s relationship with the icon has already been examined by Paul Hillier in his musicological monograph about the composer. Moody himself makes a comparison to the icon in his score.
The icon is a representation of God or a saint, a reference to the transcendent truth. Pärt’s Stabat Mater and Moody’s Simeron each refer in their own way to a truth that unfolds in their music – and specifically in these performances. The listener (Orthodox or not) will be affected by the particular tonal texture which, in Pärt’s case at least, far transcends the text and exposes a truth of human existence.
text by: Philippe Grisar
Happy Birthday Arvo Pärt - a special single by Goeyvaerts Stringtrio
09-09-2015
On September 11th Arvo Pärt turns 80! A magnificent age for the greatest composer alive today!
Especially for this lovely occassion the Goeyvaerts String Trio recorded a single, which will be released on September 11th. The proceeds of this single will be used for a very good cause: Musicfund!
Goeyvaerts String Trio was awarded with a prestigious Edison Award last year, together with the singers Zsuzsi Tóth, Barnabás Hegyi and Olivier Berten, ...
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