The 1984 ECM album Tabula Rasa was the vehicle that introduced the
revolutionary music of Pärt to audiences outside Eastern Europe and
initiated what was to become one of the most extraordinary musical
careers of the late 20th century. the music is suffused by an unhurried,
luminous serenity, and while it was distinctly contemporary, it had an
archaic quality that tied it to the music of the very distant past.