Arvo P?rt's : Johannes Passion_音乐专辑
Arvo P?rt's : Johannes Passion
表演者: Candomino Choir, Tauno Satomaa (director)
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2001-08-07
唱片数: 1
出版者: Finlandia
条形码: 0685738718221
专辑简介
Arvo P?rt作品《圣约翰受难曲》
Amazon.co.uk Review
by Edith Eisler
Written in 1982, Johannes-Passion represents Arvo P?rt's late style, whose central elements are medieval and Renaissance modes and triads. Its static quality, narrow melodic compass and repetitiousness make the music an acquired taste. But its monastic austerity, solemnity and stark simplicity seem to offer an oasis of calm in a restless world. Those who associate the "Passion" with Bach's version are in for several surprises. P?rt uses the familiar text but in Latin, which has the effect of putting listeners at a distance from the events described. The Evangelist's narration is delivered by four soloists, alternately or together; the part of Pilate is given to a tenor; the Chorus represents the multitude as well as certain characters; and the accompanying group consists of instrumental soloists. Only Jesus remains a baritone. The piece begins, and essentially remains, in A minor, revolving around and returning to the A-minor triad. The rhythmic motion is consistently in unison; there is no counterpoint or independence of voices. Contrast is created by changes in vocal register and instrumental timbre. The music is slow and homophonic; motion and dissonance are reserved for climactic moments: the striking of Jesus, the flagellation and, especially, the Crucifixion. Pilate's lyrical tenor voice adds fervour to his pleading for Jesus and his refusal to pass judgment on him, thus reinforcing the old contention that St John's Gospel is tainted by anti-Semitism. Jesus' words upon the cross have an otherworldly feeling; the piece ends with his death on a sudden, brilliant D-major chord. The performance could not be better. The singers are all splendid, and Jorma Hynninen as Jesus makes one wish to hear him in Bach's Passions.
曲目
1. Coro: "Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi..."
2. Jesus: "Dixi vobis, quia Ego sum..."
3. Jesus: "Ego palam locutus sum mundo..."
4. Evangelisti: "Et misit eum Annas ligatum..."
5. Pilatus: "Quam accusationem affertis adversus..."
6. Jesus: "Regnum meum non est de hoc mundo..."
7. Pilatus: "Ecce adduco vobis eum foras..."
8. Evangelisti: "Et exinde quaerebat Pilatus..."
9. Jesus: "Mulier, ecce filius tuus..."
10. Coro: "Qui passus es pro nobis..."
