Stillness – Music of calm in a changing world

Various

In this modern-day, fast-paced, ever-changing world, find a moment of calm and peace with this sublime collection. The music in this 2CD set is drawn from composers such as Arvo Pärt, John Tavener and Henryk Górecki; all are musicians with a deep sense of spirituality and appreciation for the healing qualities of art. A perfect gift for a stressed-out friend, or perhaps you are looking for something to lift your own spirits and allow you to focus on something positive and beautiful.

TRACK LISTING:

CD1
TAVENER Song for Athene
EDWARDS Veni Creator Spiritus (Come, O Creator Spirit): I. Puro e tranquillo
PÄRT Für Alina (For Alina)
TAVENER Lament for Jerusalem – excerpts
PÄRT Pari intervallo (At an Equal Distance)
TRAD. FINNIC / TÖRMIS Kust tunnen kodu (How Can I Recognise My Home)
KATS-CHERNIN Wild Swans Concert Suite: Darkness in the Forest
CAGE Amores: III. Trio for percussion
MACMILLAN A New Song
EDWARDS Dawn Mantras
CAGE In a Landscape
MACMILLAN Scots Song
PÄRT Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten (Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten)

CD2
GÓRECKI Symphony No. 3 ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’: II. Lento e largo
BERIO Wasserklavier (Water Piano)
RACHMANINOFF Slava v vyshnikh Bogu (Glory to God in the Highest) from All-Night Vigil
RACHMANINOFF Svete tikhiy (Gladsome Light) from All-Night Vigil
EDWARDS Yanada (Moon)
PÄRT Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)
TAVENER Song of the Angel
SCULTHORPE Music for Bali
MACMILLAN A Child’s Prayer
KOEHNE Capriccio: II. Rounds
PÄRT The Woman with the Alabaster Box
EDWARDS Symphony No. 1 ‘Da pacem Domine’ (Lord, grant us peace) – excerpt
EDWARDS Enyato I: I. Chorale (sereno)
GÓRECKI Amen

•  Catalogue Number: 476 3951

Released: 2010-07-01T14:00:00