Mirror in Mirror Anne Akiko Meyers

• Philip Glass (1937- ):
• 1Metamorphosis II07:15
• Arvo Pärt (1935- ):
• 2Fratres10:44
• 3Spiegel im Spiegel07:17
• 4Tzigane, M. 7609:46
• John Corigliano (1938- ):
• 5Lullaby for Natalie04:51
• Jakub Ciupinski (1981- ):
• 6Edo Lullaby06:21
• 7Wreck of the Umbria10:46
• Morten Lauridsen (1943- ):
• 8O Magnum Mysterium06:43
• Total Runtime01:03:43

Info for Mirror in Mirror

'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, Jakob Ciupinski and Morten Lauridsen, alongside works by Arvo Part 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 Part, 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 Jakob 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, re-creating the sound of the original version's lutheal. 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.

Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
Akira Eguchi, piano
Elizabeth Pridgen, keyboard
Jakub Ciupinski, electronics
Philharmonia Orchestra
Kristjan Järvi, conductor

Anne Akiko Meyers
regularly concertizes around the world and is internationally cele- brated for her artistry and ability to connect with audiences in concert, online, over the radio and on television. In 2014, Ms. Meyers was US Billboard’s top-selling classical ins- trumentalist.

This fall, she will be featured on PBS performing the world premiere of Samuel Jones’ Violin Concerto with the All-Star Orchestra, led by Gerard Schwarz. Meyers will also pre- miere Mason Bates’ Violin Concerto in Lyon, France with Leonard Slatkin. She co-com- missioned the Bates Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, recorded it with the London Symphony Orchestra, and has performed it extensively throughout North America. Meyers’s recent and upcoming performances included recital and concerto appearances in North and South America, Europe and Asia, including performances with the Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, and National Symphony Orchestras.

Anne’s previous releases, “The American Masters” was Google Play’s Best of 2014 and “Four Seasons: The Vivaldi Album” and “Air: The Bach Album” both debuted at #1 on the classical US Billboard charts. The Vivaldi recording marked the recording debut of the ‘Ex-Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri del Gesu violin, dated 1741, which was awarded to Meyers for her lifetime use. This instrument is considered by many to be the nest sounding violin in existence.

Outside of the traditional classical eld, Anne Akiko Meyers has collaborated with a diverse array of artists, including jazz icons Chris Botti and Wynton Marsalis, and pop superstars Il Divo, and Michael Bolton. She performed the National Anthem in front of 42,000 fans at Safeco Field in Seattle, appeared twice on The Tonight Show, and was featured in popular segments on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, CBS Sun- day Morning, NPR’s Morning Edition with Linda Wertheimer, All Things Considered with Robert Siegel and a recent episode of CBS’ ‘The Good Wife’.

Anne Akiko Meyers was born in San Diego, California and grew up in Southern California. She studied with Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld at the Colburn School of Performing Arts, Josef Gingold at Indiana University, and Felix, Galimir, Masao Kawasaki and Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School.

This album contains no booklet.