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Rachel Grimes is an American pianist and composer. Also she was a member of Post-classical, chamber music and Post-rock ensemble “Rachel’s”.
Music for Egon Schiele, by Rachel’s (Quarterstick Records, 1996)
“Family Portrait” is a unique structure Folk and New Age taste Piano Quartet song features viola and cello solos.
“First Portrait Series” is a sorrow and melancholic song based on piano arpeggios features viola solos.
“Mime Van Osen” is Spanish taste melancholic Piano Quartet song associates “Amore” and “High Heels” by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
“Wally, Egon & Models in the Studio” is bright and nostalgic Folk and New Age piano and cello piece.
“Promenade” is a Romantic Music style melancholic and fantastic Piano Quartet song.
“Third Series Portrait” is European Folk taste viola solos and cello plucks, associates soundtrack works of Joe Hisaishi.
“Egon, Edith & Wally Meet” is Romantic also contemporary dynamic Piano Quartet song.
“Egon & Wally Embrace and Say Farewell” is an apathetic and refreshed piano piece.
“Egon & Edith” is a cute, funny and romantic New Age taste piano trio song.
“Second Family Portrait” is a Eastern European style grandiose and sorrowful Piano Quartet song.
This album is one of great Post-classical piano and string ensemble music. I recommend it for people like Romantic Music, European Folk and Traditional Music and Ryuichi Sakamoto, Joe Hisaishi.
Book of Leaves (R. Grimes BMI, 2009)
“Book of Leaves” is a piano solo album which is consist of 14 simple and short piano pieces from 1 minute to 4 minutes.
“She Was Here” is few and improvisational piano chord backings and fragmental passage with birds singings field recordings.
“My Dear Comp” is a passionate arpeggio based Folk taste piece.
“Mossgrove” is fine short tone arpeggios based minimal also grandiose piano piece like Philip Glass and Carlos Cipa. The best song of this album.
“Bloodroot” is also an arpeggio based minimal passionate and melancholic song associates Carlos Cipa.
“Every Morning, Birds” is a refreshing song is constructed by passages by left hand arpeggios and right hand fragmental with environmental sound of birds singings field recordings in a morning.
“A Bed of Moss” is an apathetic and very simple song of few notes. There’s the Beaty of the nothingness.
The Clearing (Temporary Residence, 2015)
“The Cleaning” is piano and string ensemble (plus some wind instruments and percussions) album.
The title track, “The Cleaning” is a slow Classical and Romantic grandiose and significant song, make use of intervals of time and space.
“The Harold” is slow sorrowful and apathetic songs features Jazz tenor saxophone solo.
“In the Vapor with the Air Underneath” is Romantic or Modernism also Post-classical dynamic also vague piano piece with fine arpeggios.
“Further Foundation” is a European or Scottish Folk taste grandiose song by piano, string ensemble and marimba with the arrangement has room and gentleness.
“The Air at the Night” besieges by ambiguous strings chord accompaniments deeply modulated by reverb and chorus like Ambient. Later part strings fade out, piano plays a Classical backing based solo piece.
The Way Forth (Temporary Residence / Mossgrove, 2019)
A very unique and original style Post-classical album features vocals and narrations, and there are American and Scottish Folk and Traditional tastes but in them coexist today’s sophisticated and refined arrangements and sound makings.
“Got Ahold of Me” is a Scottish Folk taste minor vocal song with piano, strings and harp.
“Red House School” is a Folk and Country taste string song with female narrations.
“Nowhere on Earth” is a Country taste guitar solos with strings and narrations.
“There is No Other” is an innocent vocal song with piano and strings accompaniment and a guitar solo.
“Fontaine Ferry”, the former part is an apathetic and beautiful vocal song, the later part suddenly it become dynamic Ragtime song, Country and some American Traditional song styles.
“For So Long” is a fragmental piano improvisation with male voice nattations.
“Dix River Doxology” is a bright and beautiful Country song by piano and string ensemble and chorus.
“Bill of Sale” is a Folk taste sacred mood chorus only song.
“End of Domination” is eleven minutes long grandiose song. Romantic and Folk taste song by strings and piano with male narrations.
“Lara” is a sentimental strings composition with chorus and female narrations.
“A New Land” is a mystical, wonderful and transparent song by piano and some string instruments.
Resources and Links
Rachel Grimes | Pianist, Composer, Arranger (official site)
Rouch Trade Publishing – Rachel Grimes
