Minimalist, beautiful, sometimes depressed

At the beginning of the 1980s, Keith Jarrett was in a phase of life in which religion and spirituality played an important role for him. Of his work is also affected at that time. The return of the organ in the church Ottobeuren for filming "Invocations", the recording of the "Sacred Hymns" of the spiritualists and esotericist GI Gurdjieff, the compositions on "The Celestial Hawk" or even the piano accompaniment to "Fratres", a work of acting in deeply religious Estonian composer Arvo Pärt in October 1983, bear witness to the embossing Jarrett through spiritual influences. Refreshments, inner peace, devotion to the Gospel are some of the leitmotifs of his music.
"Tabula Rasa" is a collection of three compositions of Arvo Pärt. It is mainly transported a melancholy, almost incantatory mourning mood, but at the same time created by the many bright violin sounds a certain light Facing awareness, especially in the first part ("Ludus") of the main composition "Tabula Rasa". The piece "Fratres" is available in two versions, one for violin and piano. Here Keith Jarrett plays very cautious and leaves Gidon Kremer on violin, the melody. The second version is played by 12 cellos. The short but very impressive composition "Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten", a tribute to the British composer, in my estimation, is the highlight of the disc.
Too much of this minimalist and sometimes severely depressed acting pieces and too long, you can not hear it all - nevertheless contains "Tabula Rasa" essentially beautiful music! Four stars!