Arvo Part - Symphony No. 3 · Fratres ~ Giya Kancheli - Symphony No. 3 / LPO

1. Symphony No.3 Movement 1
Composed by Arvo Part
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Franz Welser-Most

2. Symphony No.3 Movement 2
Composed by Arvo Part
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Franz Welser-Most

3. Symphony No.3 Movement 3
Composed by Arvo Part
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Franz Welser-Most

4. Symphony No. 3
Composed by Giya Kancheli
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra with David James
Conducted by Franz Welser-Most

5. Fratres, for strings & percussion
Composed by Arvo Part
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Franz Welser-Most

Tracks:

Symphony No. 3 - Movement 1
Symphony No. 3 - Movement 2
Symphony No. 3 - Movement 3
Symphony No. 3
Fratres (Version VI, 1991, For String Orchestra And Percussion)

Customer Reviews:

Loses Structure.......2005-08-16

Part's Third Symphony is a masterpiece of power and beauty, building and releasing tension through its own structure, yet free of any conventional "development." This version, especially the first movement, sounds too slow and contains many inexplicable pauses, breaking the continuity and rendering the piece difficult to follow. The feeling of forward momentum, of buildup and release of which Part is a master, is lost. A much more coherent reading may be heard on Naxos 8.554591 with Takuo Yuasa and the Ulster Orchestra.

Not having heard any other versions of Kancheli's Third Symphony, I can't compare this one to any others. The extreme dynamic variations probably come off better in live performance. Haydn's "Surprise" Symphony employs sudden bursts of sound for humor; here they seem gratuitous -- as the liner notes say, an exploitation of the dynamic range possible with compact disk.

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