Composer(s): Pärt, Arvo
Label: Gramola Records
Genre: Chamber Music; Instrumental
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: Gramola99260
Barcode: 9003643992603
Release Date: 09/2023

PÄRT, A.: Spiegel im Spiegel / Fratres / Für Alina (Verspiegelung) (Sepashvili, Tchumburidze, Rossbacher, Sidamonidze)

The concept album Arvo Pärt by Gramola is based on the motif of the mirror. Following up on Daniel Barenboim’s saying ‘Music comes from silence and ends with it’, there is a prologue and epilogue for piano solo (For Alina / Variations for the Healing of Arinuschka), which in minimalist form and Pärt’s own tintinnabuli style provides the framework for this almost spiritual journey.

Tracklist

Pärt, Arvo
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
1 Für Alina 03:15
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
Tchumburidze, Veriko (violin)
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
2 Spiegel im Spiegel (version for violin and piano) 09:47
Tchumburidze, Veriko (violin)
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
Rossbacher, Gertrude (viola)
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
3 Spiegel im Spiegel (version for viola and piano) 09:39
Rossbacher, Gertrude (viola)
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
Sidamonidze, Sandro (cello)
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
4 Spiegel im Spiegel (version for cello and piano) 09:38
Sidamonidze, Sandro (cello)
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
Sidamonidze, Sandro (cello)
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
5 Fratres (version for cello and piano) 11:38
Sidamonidze, Sandro (cello)
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
Rossbacher, Gertrude (viola)
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
6 Fratres (version for viola and piano) 11:10
Rossbacher, Gertrude (viola)
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
Tchumburidze, Veriko (violin)
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
7 Fratres (version for violin and piano) 11:30
Tchumburidze, Veriko (violin)
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)
8 Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka 04:57
Sepashvili, Ketevan (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:11:34