The third solo album from German pianist Esther Birringer surveys music by 15 different composers, bringing the masters such as Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, and others into dialogue with modern voices like Lera Auerbach, Ludovico Einaudi, and Valentin Silvestrov. “The term spectrum is usually associated with physics: when white light passes through a prism, it breaks into a full rainbow of colors,” says Birringer. “These colors have always existed but become visible only through refraction. Music works in much the same way. The pieces on this album act as a prism, unfolding fundamental human emotions into their infinite facets. With this recording, I wish to pay tribute to the timeless power of music, resonating across the entire color palette of the human soul. The program follows an inner logic of emotion, timbre, and the moment—each piece forming its own microcosm and inviting the listener to lose themselves within it.”