Arvo Pärt: Stabat Mater
Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, Christopher Jackson, Quatuor Franz Joseph, Daniel Taylor
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Psalom, Summa (choir), Summa (strings), Fratres, Es sang vor langen Jahren
Hmm... What qualifies a composer as great? What make the works of a run of the mill composer important? And what kind of merits are music lovers judging on?
Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, Christopher Jackson, Quatuor Franz Joseph, Daniel Taylor
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Psalom, Summa (choir), Summa (strings), Fratres, Es sang vor langen Jahren
I’m not sure that Arvo Part is a great composer in the sense that he could join the pantheon of the great classical composers however his music is still important. [...] We are a judgemental lot music lovers... but sometimes in the telling of the story there is a simple great virtue. [...]
Hmm... What qualifies a composer as great? What make the works of a run of the mill composer important? And what kind of merits are music lovers judging on?