If you’ve heard Arvo Pärt, you’ve probably heard Tabula Rasa. The best-known recording of the 1977 concerto, performed by the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra (with Alfted Schnittke on prepared piano), was released by ECM way back in 1984, and helped bring Pärt’s holy minimalism to a new audience, firmly establishing his status as a living legend. This unreleased 20+ minute long-form version of Silentium, the second movement of Tabula Rasa makes perfect sense. Rendered at almost half the speed of the ECM version by Boston’s Grammy-nominated A Far Cry chamber orchestra, it sounds even more intensely celestial, giving us all the time we need to dwell on each mournful, beautiful note.
‘Fratres’, which was included on ECM’s…

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