Release Date: 16 July 2021
Label: MDG
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 760623220826
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Description
With Erik Satie, the connection between the beguilingly simple music and the sometimes very strange titles remains enigmatic.
Steffen Schleiermacher does not even attempt an interpretation. In what is now the 8th instalment of his Satie recordings, he lets the associations work that the title, texts and playing instructions trigger. The result is music of that captivating clarity that Satie's avantgarde contemporaries admired so much in the eccentric maverick.
The "cycles" collected here are mostly in three parts and all of them are surprisingly short, some move only in the five-tone range and seem to be almost children's pieces.
For all the supposed simplicity of the music, Satie's manuscripts are true masterpieces of calligraphy, which, together with the curious playing instructions ("without blushing of the finger" - "from the tip of the eyes and held back in advance"), do not pass an artist like Steffen Schleiermacher by without leaving a trace.
Tracklisting
Andrzej Szadejko, Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett, Cracow Singers
Lea Suter
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Leopolder-Quartett, Munchner Klaviertrio
Various Artists
Holger Falk, Steffen Schleiermacher
Leipzig String Quartet
Chimaera Trio
Consort of Musicke, Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley
Steffan Schleiermacher
Steffan Schleiermacher
Steffan Schleiermacher
Steffan Schleiermacher
