Music Review

Kanon Pokajanen

Arvo Part
Reviewed by Will Hermes | Sep 11, 1998
EW's GRADE
A

Details Lead Performance: Arvo Part; Genre: Classical

Championed by Björk, Michael Stipe, and discerning candle merchants worldwide, Arvo Pärt is a modern Estonian composer deeply influenced by Gregorian chant and other medieval sources. Kanon Pokajanen is a landmark a cappella choral work of brooding majesty based on the Russian Orthodox canon of repentance. Ambient-music fans may be a bit overwhelmed. But enter its exquisite polyphony and Christian pathology, and you will be utterly transported. A

Originally posted Sep 11, 1998 Published in issue #449 Sep 11, 1998 Order article reprints

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