Title: Good 'Tabula', Unbalanced Disc
Product review: On one hand this is good introduction to Part's music. On the other, it is a disc I don't really like to listen to all the way through. This is due mainly to the programmer's apparent intent to educate us by juxtaposing works written while Part was finding his unique minimal voice (Collage on BACH, Sym.#3), with 'Tabula Rasa', written in his mature style. So after serenely anguished 'Tabula' which opens the disc, you get a the 'BACH', a kind of baroque neo-classical affair, followed by #3, a kind of romantic neo-medieval affair, both of which are at odds with the mood of the first work. By the end, I'm not pleased. I suppose I would rather have early and transitional works their own disc, and mature works on a separate disc, working together to create a sustained satisfying listening experience. I'll probably check out some other programming arrangements containing the 'Tabula Rasa' but not the others.
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