| Egoyan, Eve / Erik Satie Hidden Corners |
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| Album: | Erik Satie Hidden Corners | Collection: | Classical | |
| Artist: | Egoyan, Eve | Added: | Jun 2003 | |
| Label: | Cbc Enterprises | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-06-16 | Pull Date: | 2003-08-18 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Aug 24 | Jul 20 | Jul 13 | Jun 29 | Jun 22 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 06, 2007: | 2003 Avant-Dernieres Pensees | 4. | Jul 16, 2003: | Brownian Motion Veritables Preludes Flasques, Le Piccadilly. Marche | |
| 2. | Dec 30, 2003: | Civil Society Avant-Dernieres Pensees | 5. | Jul 11, 2003: | Memory Select Veritables Preludes Flasques (Pour Un Chien) [1st mvmt] | |
| 3. | Aug 18, 2003: | Radio Red Well Profondeur (Bevue Indiscrete | 6. | Jul 09, 2003: | Postulate, Then Liberate Valse-Ballet Op. 62 |
| Album Review |
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| Gabe Reviewed 2003-06-09 | ||
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Satie is the turn-of-the-20th-century composer famous for his small piano studies. His work is characterized by neat, pleasing melodies, short pieces or sections (usually around a minute per movement) and a sort of whimsy. There are many recordings of his solo piano works, some of them adapted to instruments such as accordion. Eve Egoyan is a respected pianist performer of new works. Well, Satie's aren't new but they are modern and were a big influence on 20th century composers. Play entire compositions (check the track listings on the back) rather than individual tracks (which tend to be on the order of one minute long). I will describe entire pieces below. 1-3. Light touch but contemplative 4. Again lightly played, but more light-hearted too 5-7. Simple melodies, perhaps giving rise to title "Childish Prattle", or vice versa 8. Jolly turn-of-the-century music hall sound, near ragtime feel 9-11. Evocation of a dog's life at home - reprimanded, left alone, played with; imagine a dog in these situations and how this music might serve as soundtrack 12. Feel of a sad walk home after a social screw-up 13-15. Light pieces of no particular distinction 16. A very nice folk-oriented melody due to Satie being influenced by some Romanian music he heard at an exposition in 1889 17-19. Slow, arpeggiated, delicate dances 20-23. Each section/track has a main harmonic theme that is rather simple and is repeated several times using different textures - loud, soft, etc.; it's interesting as a study to compare the effects of different textures playing the same notes 24-26. More somber and in some ways, more abstract, late-period (1919) work 27-29. Continuation of work in previous set of tracks, but more lush and sensuous 30. Short, formal waltz 31-32. A bit odd and edgy 33-36. More dog situational studies, a la tracks 9-11 37-57. "Immaculately calligraphed musical cameos", creating musical studies of various sports and pastimes of the day, the mid-1910s; this is one of Satie's most well-known and well-loved pieces; all but one of the 21 studies are under a minute, so play several, or all | ||
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