cantus in memoriam of benjamin britten, for strings and one bell (00:07:11.177 duration, 192kbps)

-arvo pärt (first composed in 1977, this version is from the 1997 album fratres and was performed by the hungarian state opera orchestra)

“the complex and many-faceted only confuses me, and i must search for unity. what is it, this one thing, and how do i find my way to it? traces of this perfect thing appear in many guises — and everything that is unimportant falls away. tintinnabulation is like this. here i am alone with silence. i have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played. This one note, or a silent beat, or a moment of silence, comforts me.”

-arvo pärt

read more about the piece here and be sure to play this on a speakerset with decent bass reproduction.