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Unsent love letters : meditations on Erik Satie, Elena Kats-Chernin, (sound recording)

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Summary
After the death of Erik Satie, dozens of unsent love letters were found in his Paris apartment. Now composer Elena Kats-Chernin and pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska send those letters off, in 26 meditative and passionate piano miniatures inspired by Satie’s extraordinary life and music.The album is a musical memoir from one composer to another, from the Uzbekistan-born Australian to the French composer whose eccentricities are legendary and music timeless. “Satie’s life was a fascinating, fervoursome affair,” says pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska, “from the first strike of love and then lifelong estrangement with artist and muse Suzanne Valadon, to the unexpected celebrity and conflict of his last ten years. After he died, friends gaining access to his apartment, for the first time in almost three decades, found conditions both perplexing and romantically fastidious in their own way: two grand pianos one atop the other, one chair, one table, seven velvet suits and the love letters – many, many unsent love letters.”The album reflects on idiosyncrasies and anecdotes from Satie’s life, with music that ranges from seductive orientalism to hypnotic melodies reminiscent of the ground-breaking, transcendent beauty of Satie’s own piano pieces: ‘imaginary building’ reflects on his sketches of imaginary buildings (which he even advertised in the newspaper for rent and purchase); ‘very shiny’, one of his characteristically opaque performance directions; ‘postcard to a critic’, after Satie’s explosive response to a negative review (leading to a spell in gaol). The buoyant rhythms and rhapsodic harmonic style that have brought Kats-Chernin a reputation as one of the best-loved composers of her generation provide the perfect lens to reflect on a musical great of the previous century
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 CD
Note
  • For piano
  • ABC classics: 481 4967
  • Durations: 75:56
Contents
  • 1. love token
  • 2. unsent love letters
  • 3. behind your pearls
  • 4. le chat noir
  • 5. threads of grey velvet
  • 6. sarabande
  • 7. garden gothique
  • 8. very shiny
  • 9. absynthe cocktail
  • 10. the gymnast
  • 11. one table, one chair
  • 12. eggshell
  • 13. imaginary building
  • 14. piano tower
  • 15. phonometrician
  • 16. modern romantic
  • 17. maple in the evening
  • 18. tuesday suit --19. wonder about yourself
  • 20. patchouli
  • 21. notebooks
  • 22. postcard to a critic
  • 23. dance in 7/4
  • 24. biqui
  • 25. darkness
  • 26. for whom it tolls
Instance
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Unsent love letters : meditations on Erik Satie
Title
Unsent love letters
Title remainder
meditations on Erik Satie
Statement of responsibility
Elena Kats-Chernin
Creator
Contributor
Composer
Instrumentalist
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
After the death of Erik Satie, dozens of unsent love letters were found in his Paris apartment. Now composer Elena Kats-Chernin and pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska send those letters off, in 26 meditative and passionate piano miniatures inspired by Satie’s extraordinary life and music.The album is a musical memoir from one composer to another, from the Uzbekistan-born Australian to the French composer whose eccentricities are legendary and music timeless. “Satie’s life was a fascinating, fervoursome affair,” says pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska, “from the first strike of love and then lifelong estrangement with artist and muse Suzanne Valadon, to the unexpected celebrity and conflict of his last ten years. After he died, friends gaining access to his apartment, for the first time in almost three decades, found conditions both perplexing and romantically fastidious in their own way: two grand pianos one atop the other, one chair, one table, seven velvet suits and the love letters – many, many unsent love letters.”The album reflects on idiosyncrasies and anecdotes from Satie’s life, with music that ranges from seductive orientalism to hypnotic melodies reminiscent of the ground-breaking, transcendent beauty of Satie’s own piano pieces: ‘imaginary building’ reflects on his sketches of imaginary buildings (which he even advertised in the newspaper for rent and purchase); ‘very shiny’, one of his characteristically opaque performance directions; ‘postcard to a critic’, after Satie’s explosive response to a negative review (leading to a spell in gaol). The buoyant rhythms and rhapsodic harmonic style that have brought Kats-Chernin a reputation as one of the best-loved composers of her generation provide the perfect lens to reflect on a musical great of the previous century
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Kats-Chernin, Elena
Dewey number
786.2
Form of composition
multiple forms
Format of music
not applicable
http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/numberOfPerformers
1 $2 lcmpt
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piano
PerformerNote
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Cislowska, Tamara Anna
Series statement
ABC classics
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Satie, Erik
  • Piano music
Label
Unsent love letters : meditations on Erik Satie, Elena Kats-Chernin, (sound recording)
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • For piano
  • ABC classics: 481 4967
  • Durations: 75:56
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
performed music
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. love token -- 2. unsent love letters -- 3. behind your pearls -- 4. le chat noir -- 5. threads of grey velvet -- 6. sarabande -- 7. garden gothique -- 8. very shiny -- 9. absynthe cocktail -- 10. the gymnast -- 11. one table, one chair -- 12. eggshell -- 13. imaginary building -- 14. piano tower -- 15. phonometrician -- 16. modern romantic -- 17. maple in the evening -- 18. tuesday suit --19. wonder about yourself -- 20. patchouli -- 21. notebooks -- 22. postcard to a critic -- 23. dance in 7/4 -- 24. biqui -- 25. darkness -- 26. for whom it tolls
Control code
000059722306
Dimensions
12 cm.
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Extent
1 CD
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other control number
028948149674
Publisher number
481 4967
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)979265696
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
Unsent love letters : meditations on Erik Satie, Elena Kats-Chernin, (sound recording)
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • For piano
  • ABC classics: 481 4967
  • Durations: 75:56
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
performed music
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. love token -- 2. unsent love letters -- 3. behind your pearls -- 4. le chat noir -- 5. threads of grey velvet -- 6. sarabande -- 7. garden gothique -- 8. very shiny -- 9. absynthe cocktail -- 10. the gymnast -- 11. one table, one chair -- 12. eggshell -- 13. imaginary building -- 14. piano tower -- 15. phonometrician -- 16. modern romantic -- 17. maple in the evening -- 18. tuesday suit --19. wonder about yourself -- 20. patchouli -- 21. notebooks -- 22. postcard to a critic -- 23. dance in 7/4 -- 24. biqui -- 25. darkness -- 26. for whom it tolls
Control code
000059722306
Dimensions
12 cm.
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Extent
1 CD
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other control number
028948149674
Publisher number
481 4967
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)979265696
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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