Music for Egon Schiele

Occupation

• Piano: Rachel Grimes
• Viola: Christian Frederickson
• Cello: Wendy Doyle

Music for Egon Schiele is a music album of post-rock band Rachel's to the pianist Rachel Grimes of Louisville. The avant-garde magazine The Wire leads Music for Egon Schiele in his list of The Wire 's " 100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening ) " The album was released in 1996 on the record label Quarterstick.

History and music style

Rachel Grimes wrote the music for the album for the performance of the dance theater piece about the life of Egon Schiele Austrian painter expressionist same name. It was produced in 1995 by Stephan Mazurek piece with the Itinerant Theater Guild of the University of Illinois at Chicago. In the theater performance, the musicians involved were next to Rachel Grimes on piano Alyson Berger (cello) and Juan Carlos Siviero (viola). The album, however, was recorded with Christian Frederickson of the Rachel's on the viola and the cello Wendy Doyle. Bob Weston, who was the manager, and acting as producer Jason B. Noble are also attributable to the permanent staff of the major project of Rachel, who counted up to 20 band members on other publications.

Although the band Rachel's is more likely attributable to the post-rock, Music for Egon Schiele can be better classified with his classic trio under the term "modern chamber music." The music is rather melancholic, moody and almost minimalist. The music and titles of the pieces refer to stations of Schiele's life and work, as well as friends and family - such as his sister Gertie and his companion and model Wally Neuzil or also repeatedly portrayed by the painter friend Mime van Osen.

Designed artistically striking is the cardboard- sepia-colored CD case with pictures Schiele and a booklet with information on theater production and the life and work of Schiele.

Title list

All compositions Rachel Grimes

Reception

The album received positive reviews. The magazine Intro wrote: " ... Nevertheless, the pieces were composed to pictures, the sound was painted. The close connection to the painting gives the music an incredibly vivid visual power, which in turn brings images in motion, so that Schiele, does not remain in his self-portraits, which he painted countless, but the next moment to a new event in his life approaching, he then reached in the next piece. [ ... ] Rarely was me the story up to the plate so important. I almost want to insinuate that the content of this album is detectable only with the appropriate information. "

Bret Love wrote on the music database Allmusic ". ... The gentle majesty of, Music for Egon Schiele ' is a welcome change of pace for anyone bored with popular music forms, TRANSPORTING, the listener 's mood Entirely " ( "... the gentle majesty of, Music for Egon Schiele 'is a welcome change of pace for those who are bored of the popular forms of music, it changed the mood of the listener entirely. " )