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Erik
Satie
~ VISIONS
Linda
Burman-Hall
PIANO
.
PATRICE
MAGINNIS soprano*
PERFORMED ON
AN
1875 ÉRARD GRAND PIANO
MS1097
~ $14.95
"Linda
Burman-Hall plays this..mostly familiar music with the proper mix of
subtle humor and naive expression...The unique timbre of [the]
vintage Érard works well in this material...the effect is
charming...something of [her Baroque] sensibility informs her smart
performances. [Patrice Maginnis] conveys the charm and direct expression
of the songs without a trace of pretension." FANFARE,
JUNE/JULY 2004
"...[the]
Érard grand piano (c.1875) [used] for this recital... reflects more than
just an historical correctness. With its great depth, dark tone, and broad
compass, this keyboard seems perfectly suited for the general tone of these
miniature masterworks of Satie... In Burman-Hall's interpretations, the
deeper, and sometimes darker, visions of Satie come across more abundantly
than in many other, more superficial, performances that we have heard."
ATLANTA AUDIO
SOCIETY, MAY 2004
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Linda
Burman-Hall is well-known
as a performer of historic keyboard works, and has appeared at such
noteworthy venues as the Berkeley Early Music Festival, Aston Magna &
the American Musicological Society. In addition, she is the Artistic
Director of the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival and Lux Musica, an
ensemble dedicated to 17th & 18th century repertoire. Her recent MSR
Classics release of solo keyboard music of J.S.Bach "Two Faces of
Genius" has received rave reviews. Soprano Patrice Miginnis is
well known in California, Montreal and Germany for her solo performances
and masterclasses. She has also made several recordings of music by
Tailleferre, Harrison and others.
In "Erik
Satie ~ Visions" she explores a selection of early solo piano works by
enigmatic French composer Erik Satie, shedding new light on them by means of the 1875
Erard Grand piano she plays employs for her performances. The instrument,
tuned to A=435, was built in the years 1868 through 1875 by Pierre and Sebastian Erard, and
restored in Amsterdam by Fritz Janmaat in 1995.
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Trois Gymnopedies
Six
Gnossiennes
Pieces
Froides
Danses
Gothiques
Trois
Melodies*
Trois
Sarabandes
Prelude de la
Porte Heroique du Ciel
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JULIANNE BAIRD, soprano
MS1105
J.S.Bach: Two Faces of Genius
MS1086
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