Release Date: 31 December 2008
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028944995824
Genres: Classical  
Release Date: 31 December 2008
Label: ECM Records
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
Various artists
Yuval Cohen Quartet
Thomas Stronen; Craig Taborn; Chris Potter; Sinikka Langeland; Jorge Rossy
Stephan Micus
Rainer Bruninghaus
Paul Bley
Mathias Eick; Kristjan Randalu; Ole Morten Vagan; Hans Hulbaekmo
Julia Hulsmann Quartet
Arvo Part
The Hilliard Ensemble
Gidon Kremer, Keith Jarrett, & Dennis Russell Davies
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tonu Kaljuste
Arvo Part
Gidon Kremer; Keith Jarrett; Tatjana Grindenko; Staatsorchester Stuttgart; The 12 Cellists of the B
Kayako Bruckmann (violin), Rene Berman (cello), Michael van Krucker (piano)