The Bright Sadness of Arvo Pärt by Dale Nelson

The Bright Sadness of Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt (Oxford Studies of Composers)
by Paul Hillier
Oxford University Press, 1997
(219 pages; $24.95, paper)

Recordings of Music by Arvo Pärt:

De Profundis
Includes
The Beatitudes, Cantate Domino, De Profundis, Magnificat, Missa Sillabica, Summa
The Theatre of Voices, directed by Paul Hillier
Harmonia Mundi
(76 min.; $17.97, CD)

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