Onutė Gražinytė, Modestas Pitrėnas, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra - Arvo Pärt: Lamentate (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 192 Mb | Total time: 70:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Accentus | # ACC30512 | Recorded: 2019, 2020
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 192 Mb | Total time: 70:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Accentus | # ACC30512 | Recorded: 2019, 2020
Arvo Pärt’s compositions were and are often inspired by external circumstances. Evidence of this can be seen in the selection of works for and with piano, which Onutė Gražinytė chose for her debut recording. The “Lamentate” was inspired by Anish Kapoor’s sculpture “Marsyas”; in 1977 he dedicated the Variations for the healing of Arinushka” to his daughter; “Pari intervallo” was inspired by the ensemble “Hortus Musicus”, and the list goes on… “Für Alina” is of particular importance to the Lithuanian pianist as she knows the mother of the piece’s dedicatee. Onutė Gražinytė was astounded by the simple notation. “First you ask yourself: What is this?” Her playing reveals that she has understood.