Georgijs Osokins - For Arvo (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Für Alina (Version 1)
02. Variations for the Healing of Arinushka
03. Fratres (Transc. Osokins for Piano)
04. Ukuaru Waltz
05. Vier leichte Tanzstücke Musik für Kindertheater: No. 1, Der gestiefelte Kater
06. Vier leichte Tanzstücke Musik für Kindertheater: No. 2, Rotkäppchen
07. Vier leichte Tanzstücke Musik für Kindertheater: No. 3, Schmetterlinge
08. Vier leichte Tanzstücke Musik für Kindertheater: No. 4, Tanz der Entenküken
09. Mommy’s Kiss
10. Pari intervallo (Transc. Osokins for Piano)
11. 2 Sonatinas for Piano, Op. 1 No. 1: I. Allegro
12. 2 Sonatinas for Piano, Op. 1 No. 1: II. Larghetto
13. Für Anna Maria
14. 2 Sonatinas for Piano, Op. 1 No. 2: I. Allegro energico
15. 2 Sonatinas for Piano, Op. 1 No. 2: II. Largo
16. 2 Sonatinas for Piano, Op. 1 No. 2: III. Allegro
17. Hymn to a Great City
18. Diagrams, Op. 11: I. Unruhig
19. Diagrams, Op. 11: II. Ruhig
20. Partita, Op. 2: I. Toccatina
21. Partita, Op. 2: II. Fughetta
22. Partita, Op. 2: III. Larghetto
23. Partita, Op. 2: IV. Ostinato
24. Lamentate: Fragile e conciliante (Transc. Osokins for Piano)
25. Für Alina (Version 2)

Recorded to mark the 90th birthday of Arvo Pärt, this album valuably anthologises the Estonian composer’s piano music. The Latvian pianist Georgijs Osokins is an infallibly empathetic guide to these often visionary pieces. In the opening work, Für Alina, Pärt’s trademark tintinnabuli (bell-like) effects are mesmerically registered, while tenderness suffuses Osokins’ solicitous account of Variations for the Healing of Arinushka. Passages of Lisztian brilliance and chant-like eloquence sit cheek by jowl in Osokins' arrangement of Fratres, one of Pärt’s best-known pieces.

The cheekily inflected Ukuaru Waltz shows a lighter side of Pärt’s musical nature, as do Osokins’ exquisitely inflected performances of the Vier leichte Tanzstücke, written for a children’s theatre production. Osokins’ punchy renditions of the Op. 1 Sonatinas for piano are another highlight, as is his rapt solo realisation of the conclusion to Pärt’s Lamentate. The alluring timbres of the 100-year-old Steinway piano used for the recital offer further enticement.

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