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) | Label: MDR Klassik Catalog: V5425 Format: CD KRISTJAN JÄRVI (COND.) ANNE AKIKO MEYERS (VIOLIN) MDR LEIPZIG RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAThis is the fourth volume in the Kristjan Järvi Sound Project series. The Estonian-born American conductor is using this album as a tribute to Arvo Pärt, a close friend of Järvi. | This volume celebrates Pärt's eightieth birthday and shows off his uniqe style of contemporary music. | Järvi has gathered together works from Pärt's fourty years of composing as a culmination of years of collaboartion, musical exploration, and spritiual connection. | Pärt's music is heard here in a unique, fascinating, and intense way. | Featured on this album is violinist Anne Akiko Meyers who is playing the trilogy for solo violin and strings that has been recreated by Kristjan Järvi. | Järvi conducts the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. | He has won the German Record Critics Prize and a Swedish Grammy, among other accomplishments. | This exciting release also includes a thirty-two page color booklet in French, English, and German.  Price: $25.98 |