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Pēteris Vasks - Balta Ainava (White Scenery) 08:27
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Arvo Pärt - Fratres 11:38
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fantasia in D minor, K 397 06:00
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Arvo Pärt - Mozart-Adagio (after Sonata K.280) 06:33
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fantasia in C minor, K. 475 12:13
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Pēteris Vasks - Castillo Interior (Interior Castle) 13:07
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Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel 10:24

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How do we even measure time?

It is sometimes said that time is as old as humankind, but of course it isn’t. It’s just something we created out of a need for... what exactly? Earliest known evidence suggests we were measuring time already 5000 years ago. That way we could create predictability, for example concerning planting and harvesting. From there on we could more easily schedule and organize, which then helped us building a more sustainable life. When we had found a mutual understanding of what we would call time then other systems could be developed, kind of like a third-party software. Music notation works as a fine example.

Today our life is synchronized “to the beat.” Not only is every single footstep kept track of by our telephones or every breath by our smart wrist watches – even our thoughts are as good as monitored as we scroll casually through advertisements on social media. Without us even realizing, the idea of time and synchronicity is apparently encrypted so deep in our consciousness that the thought of viewing the world without it is beyond our comprehension. That doesn’t change the fact that time as we understand it has not always been the same. Our ideas on time have changed throughout the centuries and will most probably continue to do so. The works on Sonic Alchemy are of composers who offer a new perspective on how we can perceive time, each in their own way.
- Páll Ragnar Pálsson

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released October 13, 2023

Producer: Erica Brenner
Recording, Mixing, Mastering Engineer: Daniel Shores
Editing Engineer: Erica Brenner
Recording Technician: Joshua Frey
Piano Technician: John Veitch
Photography: Cary Jobe
Graphic Design: Joshua Frey
Liner Notes: Páll Ragnar Pálsson
Executive Producer: Collin J. Rae

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We’re a classical record label and acoustic music recording studio located 70 miles west of Washington, DC.
We specialize in ultra-high fidelity stereo and surround recordings.

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