Release Date: 31 December 2008
Label: ECM New Series
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028944995824
Genres: Classical  
Release Date: 31 December 2008
Label: ECM New Series
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028944995824
Genres: Classical  
Description
There have been other recordings of "Fur Alina" and "Spiegel im Spiegel" but none like those on this disc, realized with the participation of the composer. Here Pärt, aided by exceptional interpreters, revisits those seminally important compositions which marked the birth of a new, "prismatic" period in his work, establishing a link between compositions embodying the fundamental traits of the "tintinnabuli style." Three interpretations of the duet 'Spiegel im Spiegel' (Mirror in the Mirror), for violin or cello and piano, become "formal pillars positioned before, between and after two solo renderings of 'Fur Alina'", the latter performed with interpretive freedom by Alexander Malter.
Recorded 1995
Personnel: Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergev Bezrodny (piano), Alexander Malter (piano), Dietmar Schwalke (cello)
Tracklisting
Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica & Vida Mikneviciute
Arvo Part
Thomas Larcher
John Holloway Ensemble
Heinz Holliger & Anton Kernjak
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra & Tonu Kaljuste
Karlheinz Stockhausen Michaels Reise
Andras Schiff
Arvo Part
Arvo Part
Gavin Bryars
Arvo Part
Arvo Part
Arvo Part
Arvo Part