{"title":"Alexander Malter","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"arvo-part-vladimir-spivakov-sergej-bezrodny-dietmar-schwalke-alexander-malter-arvo-part-alina-116412","title":"Arvo Pärt: Alina","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eFor the very first time on vinyl, presented in a cardboard single-sleeve LP including a four-page insert with a text by Hermann Conen:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eIn July 1995, \u003cstrong\u003eArvo Pärt\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eManfred Eicher\u003c\/strong\u003e met at the Festeburg Church in Frankfurt with four attentive musicians—the violinist Vladimir Spivakov, the cellist Dietmar Schwalke, and the pianists Alexander Malter and Sergej Bezrodny—to realize a recording focused entirely on the compositions “\u003cstrong\u003eFür Alina\u003c\/strong\u003e” and “\u003cstrong\u003eSpiegel im Spiegel\u003c\/strong\u003e.” The result, the ECM New Series album \u0026#34;\u003cstrong\u003eAlina\u003c\/strong\u003e\u0026#34;, holds a special place both in the discography of the Estonian composer and in the ECM catalogue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003eFür Alina\u003c\/strong\u003e”, written in 1976, was a groundbreaking composition for Pärt and symbolically marked the starting point for his subsequent works. “I could compare my music to white light that contains all colors,” Arvo Pärt said at the time. “Only a prism can divide the colors and make them visible; this prism could be the listener’s mind.”\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eContemporary reviewers noted that closely following the flow of \u003cstrong\u003e\u0026#34;Alina\u0026#34;\u003c\/strong\u003e sharpens perception. \u003cem\u003eGramophone\u003c\/em\u003e described the album as “the voice of an inner exile, introspective and deeply personal, yet accessible to anyone willing to listen. The great danger in listening to\u003cstrong\u003e \u0026#34;Alina\u0026#34; \u003c\/strong\u003eis that much of what you hear afterward may suddenly seem like noise—too much noise. But it is a risk worth taking.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: DE;\"\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eVladimir Spivakov - Violin\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSergej Bezrodny - Piano\u003cbr \/\u003eAlexander Malter - Piano\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: DE;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: \u0026#039;Calibri\u0026#039;,sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eDietmar Schwalke - Violoncello\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: DE;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eA1. Pärt:\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSpiegel im Spiegel (Version for Violin \u0026amp; Piano)\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: DE;\"\u003eA2. Pärt:\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eFür Alina\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: DE;\"\u003eA3. Pärt:\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSpiegel im Spiegel (Version for Cello \u0026amp; Piano)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: DE;\"\u003eB1. Pärt:\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eFür Alina (Reprise)\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: DE;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: \u0026#039;Calibri\u0026#039;,sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: \u0026#039;Calibri\u0026#039;,sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eB2. Pärt:\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSpiegel im Spiegel (Reprise) (Version for Violin \u0026amp; Piano)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arvo Pärt, Vladimir Spivakov, Sergej Bezrodny, Dietmar Schwalke \u0026 Alexander Malter","offers":[{"title":"OS","offer_id":57994655531395,"sku":"522891000","price":30.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/2417\/5395\/files\/Arvo-Paert_Arvo-Paert-Alina_LP_s522891_o8105855_a641633_v13902197.46abbec8.png?v=1779801425"}],"url":"https:\/\/thecircle.de\/en\/collections\/alexander-malter.oembed","provider":"The Circle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}