[ Brilliant Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 19 April 2010
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These days Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is mainly associated with his later works. Born in 1935 he wrote 'avant-garde' works at first. In the nineteen seventies he increasingly found his inspiration in medieval religious music, both western and eastern European. This first transpired in his Für Alina for piano. It already has the telling low tempo and (two) layers.
Pärt further extended his so-called tintinnabuli (i.e. bells) style in small-scale pieces like the different versions of Spiegel im Spiegel and Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka. Although this last piece has 'classical' features as well.
This CD shows an aspect of Arvo Pärt which is seldomly heard: his small-scale chamber music works. As such this recording is a valuable addition to the material already available on the market.
Spiegel im Spiegel
for violin & piano
Variations for the Healing of Arinushka
for piano solo
Für Alina
for piano solo
Spiegel im Spiegel
for viola & piano
Adagio (after Mozart)
for violin, cello & piano
Spiegel im Spiegel
for cello & piano