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Steffen Schleiermacher – Piano Pieces (2004)
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31 Jan 2012 23:12:00
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Steffen Schleiermacher – Piano Pieces (2004)
Classical/avant-garde | FLAC lossless | cuesheets+log | covers+booklet | 1h18m | 205mb
Label: MDG | cat. no. MDG 6131255
The pianist Steffen Schleiermacher, well-known for his interpretations of John Cage and Morton Feldman, gives ample evidence of his own compositional skills here. A beautiful album!
| “ | Steffen Schleiermacher's piano music may strike listeners as a bit esoteric and mystifying, particularly because it is static, darkly toned, and extremely soft, with comparatively few points of arrival or climax. This German composer's influences are not readily apparent: Indian music is particularly strong in his development, along with ceremonial music from Japan and gamelan from Indonesia. But if his music may be compared in its muted effects and expansive pacing to works by western composers, it most closely resembles piano pieces by Olivier Messiaen (at its most active) and Morton Feldman (at its most ambient.) For such subtle and controlled effects as Schleiermacher demands in Echo (2003), Reconciliations (3) to Heiner Müller (2000-2003), Soundscapes (12) Inside the Piano (2000), and Lîla (2003), it is perhaps best that he himself performs the pieces on this 2004 release from MDG. Other pianists might find his immense structures too difficult to contain, too dense in their voicings, too repetitive, and -- perhaps most frustrating to the performer -- too self-effacing in their cosmic anonymity. Schleiermacher may not be a master pianist, but he commands the instrument with adequate skill and delivers performances that are colorful and nuanced. MDG's all-natural, unprocessed sound is pleasant in its resonance, though a little distant. | ” |
Tracks:
01. Echo for Five pianos [0:11:42.27]
02. Three Reconciliations for Heiner Müller I [0:03:32.48]
03. Three Reconciliations for Heiner Müller II [0:15:04.55]
04. Three Reconciliations for Heiner Müller III [0:04:53.27]
05. Twelve Soundscapes inside the Piano I [0:01:19.25]
06. Twelve Soundscapes inside the Piano II [0:01:55.55]
07. Twelve Soundscapes inside the Piano III [0:02:14.18]
08. Twelve Soundscapes inside the Piano IV [0:01:56.25]
09. Twelve Soundscapes inside the Piano V [0:02:55.15]
10. Twelve Soundscapes inside the Piano VI [0:05:00.57]
11. Twelve Soundscapes inside the Piano VII [0:03:40.05]
12. Twelve Soundscapes inside the Piano VIII [0:01:56.58]
13. Twelve Soundscapes inside the Piano IX [0:03:18.55]
14. Twelve Soundscapes inside the Piano X [0:01:15.02]
15. Twelve Soundscapes inside the Piano XI [0:04:48.35]
16. Twelve Soundscapes inside the Piano XII [0:03:34.08]
17. Lila, for Piano [0:09:10.00]
Performer:
Steffen Schleiermacher
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I dont like much modern and atonal music but i will download and listenig this, Steffen Schleiermacher is an excelent pianist
For xclaudio: now worries, it's definitely not atonal in the sense of the second Wiener School.