Für Alina, for piano by Arvo Pärt

[123rocka123]

flower at 1:54 (;

[spike76a]

this is why god made the piano.

[CLAUDIAMF10]

Sin duda mi pieza favorita del disco "From the Edge of Time" ; ojalá pudieran subir también el video sin ninguna edición. Gracias.

[listenthinkspeak]

Good job.

[Malachayas]

This piece sounds so much better on a Bechstein Piano instead of the always played Steinway. (Nothing against Steinway, though, but it just sounds better on this one in my opinion.)

[DAsashO]

Close your eyes, listen to something good

[0x0Rimachi0x0]

I think that if I'd ever hear this song played live by a wonderful pianist I'd probably cry like a baby there XD

[TheUberLeetHax]

Listen to Arvo Part play this. You didn't properly capture the style of the piece.

[VICTORMANUELMORALES]

A performer isn´t a emulator of the composers' manner of playing.

Would be impossible to capture the styles of Mozart, Bach, Liszt then!

[riddleman65]

@TheUberLeetHax

Arvo would be the first to admit that doesn't matter. In fact, playing it exactly like Arvo does would defeat the point of the piece.

[mariliamesmo]

Very beautiful! You did it very well. I love his music. Arvo Pärt is very special...

[009Hinata009]

I just found it because my name is Alina, an d I thougt I could search for any videos...

But I never imagined to find an amazing and touching song like this...it's perfect!

[VICTORMANUELMORALES]

Oh yes, very curious. And a really beautiful and enigmatic name, with different and always nobles significances in several cultures... The piece will be available on CD very very soon with a much more better quality sound, I´ll inform if you want...

[009Hinata009]

@VICTORMANUELMORALES Thank you! *-* I really love this piece...it touches me >.<

[xXnaDilXx]

@VICTORMANUELMORALES i'd like to be informed (:

[AlinaZaharia]

Beautiful! We hear the piano instead of the rain drops. So the piano is raining too...:)

[GoddessFromLT]

I just love this amazing and beautiful music..

[ptitnuage14]

C'est dingue comme quelques simples notes peuvent créer tant d'émotions....

[Link2Fun]

Is ziemlich cool, das lied. haben arvo pärt erst im musikunterricht gehabt oO

finde die musik schön und iwie chikkig, aber nicht langweilig. das ist ne ganz tolle mischung

@melliegfellernful wtf? such dir freunde oO

[ronoman88]

Part is fast becoming a very popular composer. Already there are many copycats flourishing.

[FaygoAddict]

Wow this is beautiful. (:

listen to Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten.

[ConteSakurai]

I love Schönberg and Webern, but Pärt is the very best!

[jarmorehake]

Mm . Listen to the original played by Arvo Pärt himself..

This playing by Victor Manuel Morales.. its kind of.. slow. Listen to to original and youll know what i mean.

[bemybamboo]

I love the way the overtones hang in the air. It gives the effect of one of Part's choral works. Listen to his Magnificat for example. He's such an incredible composer!

[p1an0hands]

This rain effect is supremely annoying. It's distracting and cheesy.

[VICTORMANUELMORALES]

When you listen to music simply close your eyes. It´s not necessary to see the performer.

[Compooky121]

@VICTORMANUELMORALES Doesn't deter the point that the rain effect is stupid.

[ChloChlo976]

i heard this just 5 minutes ago on the radio and coppied down as much info as i could. so beautiful...

[philmusica]

So very beautiful.

[OiKellerKind]

That's why it was called Minimal Music ;)

[FaygoAddict]

UHM ITS MINIMIALISM. That's the whole point. The thing is, it's so simple, but he can still make it so touching and beautiful.

[jNS278]

5* well played .. and nice piano !

[1PostPoMoMaN1]

That mere srufac eof rain was not necessary, but hardly.

[banjgoboy24]

In those darkest melancholy moments when we all need to have a moment to reflect and ponder with spiritual uplift just as we dream as we visualise a glowing log fire with embers bright. This is that moment. A

[delasalviere]

J'ai écouté cette musique dans le film" La chambre des officiers" ça m'a bouleversé tellement émouvant et pénétrant de tristesse et de spleen, tout simplement sublimement mélancolique, Bravo

[jlmadill]

It was also very appropriately used in the movie "Gerry" by Gus van Sant

[voce29]

Arvo Paerts music speaks of the "BEAUTY Of the INFINITE".

[buhrandonzz]

Absolutely incredible. You nailed the feel for this song.

One of my new favorites.

[yourforte]

A beautiful performance of a beautiful work. Straight into my favourites.

[dangervich]

A superb performance of a work I wasn't formerly interested in. And the visual is so fitting: simple and clear as a tear.

[edwardsissorhand]

this is music.. this is my favourite piece of music ever.. i cry every time i hear it..it is so beautiful and perfect..

[helpyourself1st]

Then maybe you could try listening to "1981" for Piano solo by Lepo Sumera, too

[mariaportugirl]

Stunning...

[Havenscope]

Definitely one of the most touching pieces I've ever heard. I first heard it on the Van Sant film 'Gerry'. Oh, how it haunts me now. Wonderfully performed.

[VICTORMANUELMORALES]

Thank you very much for your words, and congratulations for your talent...

[banjgoboy24]

Majestic brillance modestly portraide.

[dafi84]

Wonderful video you made. It goes well with music. Well done..

[OrnishMathe]

The piano is slightly out of tune, or is it the acoustics?

[VICTORMANUELMORALES]

Maybe the acoustic of the hall.....

[OrnishMathe]

I guess so! Your playing is beautiful. Victor, do you know the Mompou "Il lago"? The Stephen Reynolds "Chanson", and the Arvo Part "Variationen"? I have not seen these pieces on YouTube. Best wishes and thanks for the response! Noshir

[VICTORMANUELMORALES]

I play "Variationen zur gesandung von Arinushka" too, in fact, I will record this pieces including Spiegel im Spiegel very soon, I will say you when the cd be available... I don´t know the piece of Raynolds, but I have several recordings of the complete piano music by Mompou, including the composer´s himself... thanks for your comments, and good luck... KEEP IN CONTACT

[OrnishMathe]

I surely will, Victor. Thanks, and all best wishes for the recording. Have you heard the work of the pianist Gustavo Romero? It's he who mentioned these pieces to me and I am now curious about them! Again, yours is lovely playing. N.

[VICTORMANUELMORALES]

I have never listened to Gustavo Romero, but some days ago I found some videos here and he´s absolutely a excellent concert pianist, is he your friend? are you pianist too? kind regards

[OrnishMathe]

Hey Victor! Yes, Gustavo is a spectacular artist. He has a website, and has made several excellent recordings. We have been friends for 20 years. I am not a pianist, but a teacher. I love the piano and its literature intensely! You should hear Gustavo's Debussy, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Albeniz, Mompou, and Chopin on disc. It is really sublime. N.

[banjgoboy24]

Its always about the feel of the music and what it means to us personaly, thats what music is.

[VICTORMANUELMORALES]

Absolutely agree with you, thank you very much for comments...

[julianneee]

I play it too on my piano, Fur Alina is sooo beautiful.

[Alvarordonez]

Muy interesante este pieza!! Gracias por compartir este video!! Que bueno que difundas estas obras tan poco interpretadas en concierto!

[shela2]

Unusual Presentation.. Sincere and in depth, Composer and Pianist both...5*

[mizmuzition]

BEAUTIFUL!

[suzettegm]

This has great depth, and I like the "watery"

effect!

[kspm01]

Precioso.

[tigrankalevian]

magnífica versión de una música que desnuda el alma para exponerla en su esencia

[idasynco]

Reflective composition, very introspective with relationships between notes. Thx for the posting..5^