The time of eternity. The Kanon Pokajanen (Canon of Repentance), premiered in March 1998, is Arvo Pärt’s most monumental composition. Its prolonged genesis, a meticulous process of assimilation of the text in Church Slavonic, the austerity and subtlety of its style embody the same sincerity, the same spiritual and contemplative radiance as icon painting. A dialogue with the Sacred in which time stands still.
ARVO PÄRT [1935-] · Ode I (7'19) · Ode III (11'22) · Ode IV (6'49) · Ode VI (8'11) · Kontakion (2'25) · Ikos (2'39) · Ode VIII (4'28) · Ode IX (6'16) · Prayer after the canon (10'11)
