Title: Arvo Pärt: Adam's Passion
Release year: 2015
Genre: Classical, Choral
Director: Robert Wilson
Conductor: Tõnu Kaljuste
Cast: Michalis Theophanous, Lucinda Childs, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Description:

Adam's Passion is the moving first collaboration between two "masters of slow motion who harmonizes with each other" (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). In the spectacular setting of the former submarine factory, the American director and the general artist Robert Wilson creates a poetic visual world in which the mystical musical language of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt can cast its meditative spell. Three of Pärt's major works - Adam's Lament, Tabula rasa, and Miserere, as well as Sequentia, a new work in particular for this production. Gesamtkunstwerk in which the -.... Thumbnail mirror of each other.

"You see, this story is your story, one that questions me. And this story is my story, one that responds to you. This is our common story. The story of Adam is the story of all mankind. And it is one of tragedy. "--Arvo Pärt

Recorded from Noblessner Foundry, Tallinn, 12 May 2015.

Tracklist
Arvo Pärt (b.1935)
Adam's Passion

  - Adam's Lament
  - Tabula rasa
  - Miserere
  - Sequentia


Issued: United States | Accentus
Duration: 1:34:08