My Favorite Contemplative / Meditation / Soaking CD
If you like music to meditate, pray or simply rest to, this is the best one I’ve found. It is simple and serene, a masterpiece by one of the twentieth century’s greatest (IMHO) classical composers, Arvo Pärt. He is an Eastern Orthodox believer from Estonia and spent a long season of his life in contemplative quiet, seeking the Lord and studying Gregorian chant and other early music. After he emerged from this period, his music had been remarkably transformed, the music of his former period unrecognizable in comparison. He now wrote in a style termed “mystic minimalism,” a description also applied to Christian composers such as John Tavener and Henryk Górecki (whose works are also well worth exploring).
The CD is entitled “Alina” and is a five track disc with two of Pärt’s works, repeated interlocking each other (Spiegel im Spiegel three times, Fur Alina twice). Each time a piece is repeated it is an entirely different performance played with different nuances. The end result is work of exquisite beauty and simplicity. As I’ve listened to it at home, I feel such a stillness in my soul, an ability to dial down and connect with God. To me it is by far and away, the best CD for prayer/meditation/soaking I’ve ever heard.
The album cover below is linked to its respective page on Amazon.com for more info.
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