Album-release: Bach & Pärt
Album-release: Bach & Pärt
Violinist Arabella Steinbacher, violinist Christoph Koncz and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra present works for violin and orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach and Arvo Pärt in collaboration with Pentatone. Ever since Arabella Steinbacher heard Bach's A minor concerto at the age of four, his violin concertos have had a very special meaning for her. It was an experience that prompted her to become a musician. This seminal work is performed here along with the E major Violin Concerto and the D minor Double Concerto, in which she is accompanied by Christoph Koncz. The Bach works are framed by two of Arvo Pärt's most profound and enigmatic pieces: "Fratres" and "Spiegel im Spiegel"; the former in the version for violin, string orchestra and percussion, the latter in a version for violin and piano, together with Peter von Wienhardt. Bach and Pärt may be centuries apart, but for Steinbacher they share a spiritual and sacred origin, and their music has a profound effect on her.