Ralph Van Raat, JoAnn Falletta, Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic - Pärt: Piano Music (2011)

Tracklist

01. Piano Sonatine, Op. 1, No. 1: I. Allegro
02. Piano Sonatine, Op. 1, No. 1: II. Larghetto - Allegro
03. Piano Sonatine, Op. 1, No. 2: I. Allegro energico
04. Piano Sonatine, Op. 1, No. 2: II. Largo
05. Piano Sonatine, Op. 1, No. 2: III. Allegro
06. Partita, Op. 2: I. Toccatina
07. Partita, Op. 2: II. Fughetta
08. Partita, Op. 2: III. Larghetto
09. Partita, Op. 2: IV. Ostinato
10. Variations for the Healing of Arinushka: Variation 1. Moderato
11. Variations for the Healing of Arinushka: Variation 2
12. Variations for the Healing of Arinushka: Variation 3
13. Variations for the Healing of Arinushka: Variation 4. Piu mosso
14. Variations for the Healing of Arinushka: Variation 5
15. Variations for the Healing of Arinushka: Variation 6
16. Fur Alina
17. Fur Anna Maria
18. Lamentate: Minacciando -
19. Lamentate: Spietato -
20. Lamentate: Fragile -
21. Lamentate: Pregando -
22. Lamentate: Solitudine - stato d'animo -
23. Lamentate: Consolante -
24. Lamentate: Stridendo -
25. Lamentate: Lamentabile -
26. Lamentate: Risolutamente -
27. Lamentate: Fragile e conciliante

Arvo Pärt’s piano works range from his first public statement as a composer, the Zwei Sonatinen, to his latest, the life-affirming miniature Für Anna Maria. Moving away from his 1960s atonal language, Pärt found an essence of truth in music embodied in the simple lines of Für Alina. Lamentate is a vast monument which the composer has described as a lament ‘not for the dead, but for the living’. Multi award-winning pianist Ralph van Raat has been praised for his ‘sensitive and technically refined’ playing of Hans Otte’s Book of Sounds (8572444) (MusicWeb International).

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