Arvo Part developed tintinnabuli in the 1970s after years of silence. The method is strict: a melodic voice moves stepwise while a second voice arpeggiates a single triad, the two locked together in a mathematics that sounds like plain air. Spiegel im Spiegel, Fur Alina, and Fratres are all here.
ECM’s recording quality is the only context these pieces need. No compression, no reverb smear, just piano, strings, and space. Play it when you need the noise to stop.