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Anne Akiko Meyers: Mirror in Mirror | Avie AV2386

Anne Akiko Meyers: Mirror in Mirror

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Label: Avie

Cat No: AV2386

Barcode: 0822252238624

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 7th September 2018

Contents

Artists

Anne Akiko Meyers (violin)
Akira Eguchi (piano)
Elizabeth Pridgen (keyboard)
Jakub Ciupinski (electronics)
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Kristjan Jarvi

Works

Ciupinski, Jakub

Edo Lullaby
Wreck of the Umbria

Corigliano, John

Lullaby for Natalie

Glass, Philip

Metamorphosis II

Lauridsen, Morten

O magnum mysterium

Part, Arvo

Fratres
Spiegel im Spiegel

Ravel, Maurice

Tzigane

Artists

Anne Akiko Meyers (violin)
Akira Eguchi (piano)
Elizabeth Pridgen (keyboard)
Jakub Ciupinski (electronics)
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Kristjan Jarvi

About

‘Mirror in Mirror’ is the most personal recording to date by best-selling violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, a reflective and spiritual journey that weaves a beautiful story through commissions and arrangements by Philip Glass, John Corigliano, Jakub Ciupinski and Morten Lauridsen, alongside works by Arvo Pärt and Maurice Ravel.

Superstar violinist Anne Akiko Meyers is one of today’s most in-demand classical performers. A Billboard Top Selling Classical Instrumentalist of the Year, she is beloved by audiences around the world, with a reputation for innovative programmes and ground-breaking commissions. Mirror in Mirror marks her 36th studio album and is her most personal project to date.

With the exception of Ravel, Anne collaborated with all of the composers and arrangers on this album. Several of the works were written for her. The music is reflective and spiritual, and weaves a compelling story. Philip Glass’ Metamorphosis II is heard in an arrangement commissioned by Anne. The original version inspired Fratres by Arvo Pärt, whose Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in Mirror) provides the album’s title. John Corigliano’s Lullaby for Natalie was written to commemorate the birth of Anne’s first daughter.

Anne has commissioned numerous works by Jakub Ciupinski who combines acoustic instruments with electronics in Edo Lullaby – a modern setting of a traditional Japanese melody that Anne recalls from her childhood - and Wreck of the Umbria which conjures the composer’s dive and discovery of the ship off the coast of Sudan. Ciupinski contributes electronics to Ravel’s Tzigane, recreating the sound of the original version’s luthéal. The album is capped by another Anne commission – the premiere recording of Morten Lauridsen’s own arrangement for violin and orchestra of his most famous choral composition, O Magnum Mysterium.

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