Commentaire de la musique | Œuvres de Rachel Grimes

Profil

Rachel Grimes est une pianiste et compositrice américaine. Elle a également été membre de l’ensemble post-classique, de musique de chambre et de post-rock “Rachel’s”.

Musique pour Egon Schiele, par Rachel’s (Quarterstick Records, 1996)

“Family Portrait” est une structure unique de musique folk et New Age pour quatuor à piano, avec des solos d’alto et de violoncelle.

“First Portrait Series” est une chanson mélancolique basée sur des arpèges de piano, avec des solos d’alto.

“Mime Van Osen” est une chanson mélancolique de goût espagnol pour quatuor à piano, qui associe “Amore” et “High Heels” de Ryuichi Sakamoto.

“Wally, Egon & Models in the Studio” est un morceau de piano et de violoncelle Folk et New Age lumineux et nostalgique.

“Promenade” est une chanson pour quatuor à piano mélancolique et fantastique, dans le style de la musique romantique.

“Third Series Portrait” est une pièce folklorique européenne composée de solos d’alto et de pincées de violoncelle, qui s’associe à la bande originale des œuvres de Joe Hisaishi.

“Egon, Edith & Wally Meet” est une chanson romantique et contemporaine pour quatuor à piano.

“Egon & Wally Embrace and Say Farewell” est un morceau de piano apathique et rafraîchissant.

“Egon & Edith” est une chanson pour trio de piano au goût New Age, mignonne, drôle et romantique.

“Second Family Portrait” est une chanson grandiose et triste pour quatuor de piano, dans le style de l’Europe de l’Est.

Cet album est l’un des meilleurs albums de musique post-classique pour piano et ensemble de cordes. Je le recommande à ceux qui aiment la musique romantique, la musique folklorique et traditionnelle européenne et Ryuichi Sakamoto, Joe Hisaishi.

Book of Leaves (R. Grimes BMI, 2009)

“Book of Leaves” est un album de piano solo composé de 14 pièces simples et courtes, d’une durée de 1 à 4 minutes.

“She Was Here” est une improvisation de quelques accords de piano et de passages fragmentaires avec des enregistrements de chants d’oiseaux.

“My Dear Comp” est une pièce folklorique passionnée basée sur des arpèges.

“Mossgrove” est un morceau de piano minimal et grandiose basé sur de courts arpèges, à la manière de Philip Glass et Carlos Cipa. La meilleure chanson de cet album.

“Bloodroot” est également un morceau minimal basé sur des arpèges, passionné et mélancolique, associé à Carlos Cipa.

“Every Morning, Birds” est une chanson rafraîchissante construite par des passages arpégés à la main gauche et fragmentés à la main droite avec des sons environnementaux de chants d’oiseaux enregistrés sur le terrain un matin.

“A Bed of Moss” est une chanson apathique et très simple de quelques notes. C’est le Beaty du néant.

The Way Forth (Résidence temporaire / Mossgrove, 2019)

Un album Post-classique de style très unique et original met en scène des voix et des narrations, et on y trouve des goûts Folk et Traditionnels américains et écossais, mais dans ceux-ci coexistent des arrangements et des fabrications sonores sophistiquées et raffinées d’aujourd’hui.

“Got Ahold of Me” est une chanson folklorique écossaise à voix mineure avec piano, cordes et harpe.

“Red House School” est une chanson folk et country à cordes avec des narrations féminines.

“Nowhere on Earth” est une chanson Country avec des solos de guitare, des cordes et des narrations.

“There is No Other” est une chanson vocale innocente avec un accompagnement de piano et de cordes et un solo de guitare.

La première partie de “Fontaine Ferry” est une chanson vocale apathique et belle, la dernière partie devient soudainement une chanson dynamique de Ragtime, Country et quelques styles de chansons traditionnelles américaines.

“For So Long” est une improvisation fragmentaire au piano avec des nattations de voix masculines.

“Dix River Doxology” est une belle et lumineuse chanson country interprétée par un ensemble de piano et de cordes et un chœur.

“Bill of Sale” est une chanson folklorique d’ambiance sacrée, interprétée uniquement par un chœur.

“End of Domination” est une chanson grandiose de onze minutes. Chanson romantique et folklorique interprétée par un ensemble de cordes et un piano avec des narrations masculines.

“Lara” est une composition sentimentale aux cordes avec chœur et récits féminins.

“A New Land” est une chanson mystique, merveilleuse et transparente, jouée au piano et avec quelques instruments à cordes.

Ressources et liens

Rachel Grimes | Pianist, Composer, Arranger (official site)

Rouch Trade Publishing – Rachel Grimes

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Wikipedia (EN)

Discogs

AllMusic

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Revelin Magazine

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Music Review | Joe Hisaishi Piano Works

Piano Stories (NEC Avenue / IXIA, 1988)

“Piano Stories” is the first piano solo album in the great career of Joe Hisaishi.

The first track, “Prologue – A Summer’s Day” and the last track, “Epilogue – A Summer’s Day” are original short song for an overture and an ending of this album, are constructed of piano with sythesizer pad accompaniment.

Half of songs are piano solo cover versions of songs he composed for cinema and animation soundtracks.

The songs become more serious and grandiose also sentimental and melancholic by his passionate but unaffected piano plays.

“The Wind Forest” is the song for “My Neighbour Totoro” is an oriental taste sentimental song with impressive theme riffs. That is more impressive and beautiful by piano solo arrangement and play.

The track seven to nine, “Dreamy Child”, “Green Requiem” and “The Twilight Shore” are very significant and grandiose also elegant songs.

Compare to Ryuichi Sakamoto, composition and plays of Hisaishi are more Classical, Romantic, melancholic and technical (in piano plays).
And in compositions of Hisaishi, there are Spanish, Italian or Latin Music melancholic and pathetic taste.

A excellent piano solo album.

Piano Stories II – The Wind of Life (Polydor Records, 1996)

“Piano Stories II – The Wind of Life” is an album of piano with string orchestra and some instruments in each song, New Age and Classical style cover songs album. The songs he composed for Cinemas of Takeshi Kitano, commercial films, television programmes and so on.

“Kids Return” is a unique, dynamic also sentimental song with a Pop taste theme. It’s very good elaborate, dynamic and responsive arrangement of piano and strings orchestra.

“Les Aventuriers” is 5-beat Spanish or Latin taste dynamic, melancholic and serious song has the element of Minimal Music.

The last track, “The Wind of Life” is a bright, apathetic and refusing piano solo piece.

Nostalgia, Piano Stories III (Polydor Records, 1998)

Following to “Piano Stories II”, this album is piano and strings orchestra cover album of songs he composed for soundtracks of movies of Hayao Miyazaki and Takeshi Kitano, and commercial films or events. Also some songs are original composition for this album or piano solo. And this album features Italian melancholic mood.

“Cinema Nostalgia” is a Classical and Italian taste sentimental and significant song has dynamic strings arrangement.

“Il Porco Rosso” is the theme of a movie of Hayao Miyazaki “Porco Rosso”. Italian taste and melancholic song. The latter part, trumpet and drums like Jazz follow.

“Full of Sunshine” is an original song and hommage to Nino Rota’s theme of “Purple Noon”. A dynamic Pop style also Hisaishi’s iconic melancholic, passionate and Spanish or Italian taste song with drums, plucked double bass and accordion.

“La Pioggia” is an reflective, gentle and beautiful song. Strings accompaniment set off piano solos by Hisaishi.

ENCORE (Polydor Records, 2002)

“ENCORE” is the second full piano solo album since the release of “Piano Stories (I)” (1988). Almost songs are cover songs of soundtracks for movies by Hayao Miyazaki and Takeshi Kitano.

“Summer” is the theme of “Kikujiro” directed by Takeshi Kitano. A charming and refreshing composition piano piece.

“Ballade” is a song for “Brother” drifted by Kitano. Hisaishi’s iconic taste melancholic, sorrowful and grandiose song. And the arrangement is skilful and powerful, his piano play is technical and passionate. This song isn’t ballade, but I felt passionate love as a ballade song.

“Silencio de Parc Guell” is an original song in the album “I Am”, a gentille and melancholic Italian taste song.

“HANA-BI” is the theme of “HANA-BI” directed by Kitano. It’s also Hisaishi’s iconic taste melancholic ballade with his dynamic piano play.

“Friends” is a song from “Piano Stories II” a refreshing and bright song with sorrowful mood.

FREEDOM: Piano Stories 4 (Universal Music Japan, 2005)

Following to “Piano Stories II – The Wind of Life” and “Nostalgia, Piano Stories III”, “FREEDOM: Piano Stories 4” is a piano and string ensemble and some instruments style cover album.

“Merry-go-round” is an Italian taste melancholic and serious song is arranged by a fine piano concerto style of good combinations and responses of piano and strings.

“Ikaros” is a cute and refreshing song with a good arrangement.

“Fragile Dream” is a beautiful song progresses from apathetic to passionate.

“Oriental Wind” is a grandiose and dynamic, Oriental taste song.

“Lost Sheep on the Bed” is a bit melancholic arpeggio based piano solo piece.

“Construction” is a contemporary also melancholic, Spanish or Latin taste song with exciting strings arrangement.

The arrangement of this album become more sophisticated, complex, grandiose and dynamic like Romantic and Modernism Music piano concertos.

Another Piano Stories – The End of the World (Universal Music / A&M, 2008)

“Another Piano Stories – The End of the World” is also a piano and orchestra cover album of his works.

“Woman” is an iconic Italian melancholic mood composition of Hisaishi, which is played by a dynamic orchestra arrangement. This song has the elements of Romantic Music and Easy Listening.

“Love Theme of Taewangsashingi” is also his iconic taste song more and grandiose with the sentimental theme.

“Les Aventuriers” is a song in “Piano Story II”, he recorded it again. This version is higher tempo, more refined, dynamic and passionate.

“Theme of Departure” is a refreshing bright and dynamic song with a highly complex orchestra arrangement.

“The End of the World I – IV” is Romantic or Contemporary style orchestra suit has elements of Minimal Music, Jazz and Avantgarde Music.

“I’d rather be a Shellfish” is an Italian melancholic also apathetic mood piano solo piece with Hisaishi’s iconic melodies.

Despite the title, this album features orchestra. And the arrangement and playings are more sophisticated, refined and dynamic like orchestra music of Romantic, Modernism and Contemporary Music or Easy Listening.

Resources and Links

Joe Hisaishi (official site)

Universal Music Japan – Joe Hisaishi

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Wikipedia (EN)

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Music for Cats 1 – Jean-Michel Serres, Apfelsaft Cinéma Music ASCM012

1 – Ordinary Life with a Cat 01 Sunny Day
2 – Music for Cats I Capricious Cat
3 – Sweet Time I
4 – Sweet Time II
5 – Sweet Time III
6 – Calm Cat Life 02 A Day with a Cat
7 – Calm Cat Life 01
8 – Music for Cats II
9 – Play with a Cat 02
10 – Sweet Kitten II Sweet Puffy Kitten
11 – Ordinary Life with a Cat 01 Sunny Day (Minimal Music Version)
12 – Track for Cats 05 Cat’s Wailing
13 – Sweet Kitten I British Short Hair
14 – Talk with a Cat 01 Cute Orange Tuxedo Cat
15 – Ordinary Life with a Cat 02 Afternoon
16 – Ordinary Life with a Cat 03 A Day Filled with Joy
17 – Rest with a Cat
18 – Calm Cat Life 10
19 – Calm Cat Life 05 Matin
20 – A Noon with a Cat
21 – Play with a Cat 01
22 – Track for Cats 06 Cat’s Wailing II
23 – Ordinary Life with a Cat 03 Sunny Living Room
24 – Calm Cat Life 03 Floating Space
25 – Cats’ Place 01
26 – Ordinary Life with a Cat 01 Sunny Day (Alternate Version)
27 – Ordinary Life with a Cat 04
28 – A Time with a Cat
29 – Calm Cat Life 07
30 – Track for Cats 08 Cat’s Wailing III
31 – Talk with a Cat 03 Dark Brown & White Siberian Cat
32 – Night of a Cat
33 – Cat of the NIght
34 – Track for Cats 04
35 – A Cat in the Rain
36 – Sweet Kitten I British Short Hair (Minimal Music Version)
37 – Calm Cat Life 06 Mild Breeze
38 – Track for Cats 02
39 – Track for Cats 04 A Cat Mewing (Dub Mix)
40 – Calm Cat Life 04 Stay with a Cat
41 – Calm Cat Life 09 A Cat & A Boy
42 – Track for Cats 05 Cats’ Meawings (Call & Response)
43 – Memory of a Stray Cat 01 Little Female Tricolor Cat
44 – Track for Cats 01 A Cat Mewing
45 – Music for Cats III
46 – Calm Cat Life 08
47 – Track for Cats 07 Cat’s Wailing III
48 – Track for Cats 05 Cats’ Meawings (Call & Response)
49 – Track for Cats 03
50 – Cats in the Rain


Enjoy the silence…

from Apfelsaft Cinéma Music, ASCM012

released January 5, 2024

Jean-Michel Serres (composition, piano, mixing, mastering, cover art, direction, publicity)

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