Corner, Philip - Satie Slowly 2 x CDs + 44 page book in slipcase
SKU
34-UW 12
"American composer Philip Corner likes Satie too well not to object to how he is played. From the time of his participation in the first performance of Satie's "Vexations" he realized that here was, lurking under the travesties of the 1st Gymnopédie, one of the greats of this or any other century... a "secret genius" who masked with humility and seeming conformity a profoundly innovative thorough-going critique of the limitations and pretensions of our High Culture as it has come down to us. A 44 page booklet of commentary and and additional 16 page booklet of graphic analyses set out to demonstrate this - with implication for performance of the works. As the record title "Satie Slowly" shows, the indication "lent" is taken at its full value. An ample selection of piano pieces, spread across 2 CDs, come from his early period, music with great spiritual content."
"One could argue that French composer Erik Satie (1866-1925) perfected the art form of trolling everybody, and his oeuvre can be seen as a single middle finger to established tradition. The irony, though, is that his work is now considered to be quite beautiful and can often be found with the tag easy listening. So it seems about time that someone comes in to alter the way we hear Satie. Philip Corner, one of the pianists to play the first public performance of Satie’s Vexations in 1963, does just that with his new 2-CD collection of Satie piano pieces, Satie Slowly, which, as the title suggests, consists of Satie pieces slowed down past the threshold of contemporary comfort."-AdHoc
- LabelUnseen Worlds
- UPC728028344936