Tintinnabuli

Pärt, Arvo, Veen, Jeroen van

Eijlander, Joachim, Veen, Jeroen van

96840

Arvo Pärt (born 1935) is without doubt one of the best-known and -loved composers of today. His highly personal style, influenced by Gregorian Chant, is based on slowly shifting patterns, tintinnabuli (little bells), creating a meditative and hallucinatory effect, a visionary world of spiritual contemplation. Pärt’s music enjoys a huge popularity with both the traditional classical audience as well as an open-minded new generation.

“Tintinnabuli” (Latin for “bells”) refers to the principle that does not strive towards a progressive increase in complexity, but rather towards an extreme reduction of sound materials and a limitation to the essential; in other words minimalism with maximum effect.

This recording presents some of Pärt’s best known works: Fratres, Für Aline, Spiegel im Spiegel, Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinushka, in various guises for both piano solo and cello and piano. As a bonus track we hear a composition by pianist Jeroen van Veen, Pärtomania, The source materials are techniques that Pärt also used in his compositions, slowly climbing and descending scales, dissonant and consonant in balance, a serene and slow atmosphere with a slowing down feeling.

Played by Jeroen van Veen, pioneer and champion of Minimal Music, and Dutch cellist Joachim Eijlander.

CD x 1

Brilliant Classics

2022-12-06

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