Vladimir Martynov - Beatitudes (Arr. For Piano Solo) / @Coversart

Vladimir Martynov - The Beatitudes / Заповеди блаженств - 1998, rescored for Kronos - 2006 (Arrangement for Piano Solo by V. Bobrakov based on the 1998 version) Martynov’s composition The Beatitudes, as performed by Kronos Quartet, featured in La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty), the winner of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Kronos Quartet requested the arrangement of The Beatitudes (originally written as a choral piece) to close its live-performance program Awakening, which reflects on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Harrington (KQ founder) calls the piece “one of the great works of faith in our repertoire.” *The Great Beauty (Italian: La grande bellezza) is a 2013 Italian art drama film co-written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Filming took place in Rome starting on 9 August 2012. It premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it was screened in competition for the Palme d’Or. It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film