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Erik Satie’s strange little piano piece Vexations begins with a […]
This is a thoroughly entertaining, at times enlightening CD. The 11 songs by Satie have been orchestrated–two by Easley Blackwood, the others by Robert Caby–but
There’s far too much music here to discuss the performances in detail–more than 30 works in all, many containing multiple pieces–so I’m going to have
The concept of musical piano portraits based upon or inspired by specific people or subjects purportedly unites the works Bruce Levingston assembles for this recital.
This album of orchestral favorites, compiled from a variety of prior releases, showcases Telarc’s celebrated recording technique as much as Leonard Slatkin’s and the St.
As a Ravel interpreter, Anne Queffélec cultivates the brilliantly articulated, finger-oriented style we often associate with the French school of pianism. Her bright projection and
The eccentricities of tempo and quirky interpretive concepts typifying previous releases in Steffen Schleiermacher’s Satie cycle for MDG are nowhere to be found in Volume
Volume 4 of pianist Steffen Schleiermacher’s complete Satie survey gathers together sundry tiny pieces, sketches, counterpoint exercises, fragments, and similar compositional curiosities from the composer’s
Igor Markevitch’s justly lauded Tchaikovsky symphony recordings give the impression of an exceptionally disciplined, no-nonsense kind of conductor who pushed himself as well as his
Little of Satie’s irony and caustic charm comes through pianist Steffen Schleiermacher’s generally austere and serious-minded interpretations. At least the Sarabandes proceed at their intended
