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Music Review | Works of Quentin Sirjacq

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Quentin Sirjacq is a French composer, pianist, multi-instrument-player and music producer. He studied He studied piano in earnest and academically at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (Netherlands). He had been worked with many bands, artists, jazz ensembles, and orchestras, and made many film scores and television BGMs.

Solo Albums

La chambre claire (Brocoli, 2010 / Schole, 2011)

Quentin Sirjacq’s debut album released in 2010, France by Brocoli, in 2011, Japan by Schole (the label is managed by Japanese composer Akira Kosemura).

This album is basically piano solo album, but on few songs a violin, a cello and a vibraphone (or piano tones were changed to like the tone of vibraphone by compressor or some effects.) participated. Also piano solo songs are not completely piano solo, there were piano over dubbings or Dub effects used for some parts of piano play.

Compositions of this album are highly influenced by the Impressionist composers, Debussy especially, and Fauré and Satie, the Romantic composers, such as Chopin and Liszt, close touches and tension notes of Jazz. But the compositions have today’s sophisticated simpleness and light feel.

Piano tones are clear and solid also beautiful. As a whole, in this album, there’s a bright and freshening mood also there’s his mercy.

“Et le nu” is my favourite song of this album. Very brilliant song are consisted by 2 pianos, a violin and a cello (and a vibraphone.) High tempo and bright song has full of the hope. The later part is a minimalist approach arrangement and structure. The part features piano backings ride on long tones of a violin and a cello. I remember the nice sunshine of the spring afternoon in a woods.

“Aux regards familiers” is the piano solo grand work of this album. The combination of Satie’s simpleness and its apathetic melodies and Chopin’s dynamics and complexity.

“Obsession” is slow, gentle and apethetic good song with a violin and a cello.

One of excellent albums of today’s Post-classical music. Please, listen.

Piano Memories (Schole, 2013)

“Piano Memories” is piano solo album of Quentin Sirjacq released in 2013. It may be not a complete piano solo album, an almost piano solo album, some songs are added an electric piano or a vibraphone, or piano tones are highly effected and we can hear them like a EP or a vibraphone. And some songs can’t be played by a piano and two hands.

Compare with “La chambre claire”, the mood of this album is more ennui, minimal and apathetic, the piano touches are close and delicate piano touch. But in some songs his highly technical and sophisticated piano playing ability shows.

The compositions of this album would be influenced by Fauré, Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc. There is the French impressionist style elegant, flowing, flexible and ennui echo and I feel its refreshing and cheerful sensation.

“Memory 3” is the song of reflection and confession in a calm mind, has impressive gentle, fine and sweet melodies. I think it is today’s “Prélude Opus 28 No. 7 in A Major” by Chopin.

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Reseña Musical | Obras de Fabrizio Paterlini

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Fabrizio Paterlini es un compositor y pianista italiano. Fue bajista de una banda, y luego se convirtió en compositor y pianista ortodoxo.

Lo que le caracteriza es que la composición tiene un tono melancólico y apesadumbrado (pero hay una ligera esperanza y voluntad), y su forma de tocar el piano, sencilla y estable, tiene un eco tierno. Sugiere calles y ciudades abandonadas, y campos salvajes que se secaron en Europa.

Álbumes en solitario

Viandanze (Fabrizio Paterlini Records, 2009)

“Viandanze” es un primer álbum de piano solo de Fabrizio Paterlini. Este álbum se compone de 12 piezas cortas para piano, y son sencillas y hermosas excelente música para piano. Estas composiciones y piezas me inspiran una sensación de pureza y eternidad.

La canción que da título al álbum, “Viandanze”, es una buena música que impresiona por su emoción y miseria.

Fragments Found (Fabrizio Paterlini Records, 2010)

“Fragmentos encontrados” es un álbum para piano solo autoeditado por Fabrizio Paterlini. Consta de 10 piezas cortas para piano. La mitad de ellas son composiciones melancólicas y tristes, el resto son composiciones brillantes y ligeramente alegres. Pueden expresar diversas sensaciones, emociones, sentidos y sentimientos de nuestra vida. Puedo sentir cómo canta su verdadero genio y sus características.

Autumn Stories (Fabrizio Paterlini Records, 2012)

“Autumn Stories” es un álbum de piano de Fabrizio Paterlini que salió a la venta en 2012. Los temas se titulaban simplemente “Semana” más “Nº (1 a 14)”. Son piezas de piano sencillas y mínimas o fragmentarias, hay una tendencia a la Música Minimal. Algunas canciones estaban acompañadas por un instrumento de cuerda o cuarteto de cuerda.

“Week No. 6”, “No. 7” y “No. 8” son buenas composiciones minimal como Philip Glass, también está el icónico sabor melancólico de Paterlini.

“Week No. 10” es una impresionante canción de medio tempo con arpegios a izquierda y derecha.

“Week No. 11”, “No. 12” y “No. 13” son las composiciones melancólicas, trágicas y apáticas, o un poco grandilocuentes, de estilo icónico único de Paterlini. Las canciones preceden a la presentación de su estilo único, más tarde completamente mostrado en “El arte del piano”.

“Week No. 14” es una frase fragmentaria de piano con un acompañamiento de tonos graves de violonchelo.

Now (Fabrizio Paterlini Records, 2013)

“Now” es un álbum de Post-clásica y Electrónica de Fabrizio Paterlini publicado en 2013. Todas las pistas son grabaciones basadas en piano. En las pistas de Electronica, colaboró con un artista, London-DC. ¡Y en algunas pistas se añadieron tambores! Las canciones con acompañamiento de cuerdas son versiones del anterior álbum “Autumn Stories”.

“Darkness is Not the Opposite of Light” es una canción de arpegios y pasajes mínimos de piano con acompañamiento de cuarteto de cuerda. Me gusta esta canción.

“Iceland” es un impresionante pasaje de piano muy procesado por compresor con un cuarteto de cuerda.

“My Perfect Time” es una melancólica y hermosa canción de piano y cuerdas con pads, reflejos y ruidos de palmas o punteos.

“Silent Eyes” es una pieza de piano sencilla y sentimental con fondos de acordes de pads de sintetizador.

“Finale” y “There’s a Light We Might See” son canciones clásicas, ortodoxas y grandiosas para cuarteto de piano moderno. Son muy buenas composiciones son arreglos.

Un álbum Post-clásico de buena calidad y una de las mejores obras del quinteto de piano Post-clásico.

The Art of the Piano (p*dis, 2014)

El álbum en solitario de piano de Fabrizio Paterlini lanzado en 2014. Tuvo éxito en establecer completamente su composición icónica original y estilo musical tienen estado de ánimo melancólico y patético.

La primera pista, “Somehow Familiar” es una canción brillante para su composición, pero es clave menor. Los toques de piano son escasos, pero utiliza bien los acordes con un efecto de retardo.

“Conversion With Myself” y “Broken” son canciones propias de las composiciones icónicas y únicas por su estado de ánimo melancólico, triste y desértico.

“Wind Song” es una buena canción cuenta con desarrollos de un riff impresionante y un pasaje.

Este álbum es la excelente obra maestra de Fabrizio Paterlini en su obra para piano solo. Por favor, ¡escúchenlo todos!

En directo en Bratislava ((autoeditado), 2015)

“Live in Bratislava” es un álbum en directo de Fabrizio Paterlini.

Este álbum se compone de varios estilos de obras de su carrera. Desde piano solo, cuarteto de piano hasta Electrónica con caja(s) de ritmos. Y “Always Let It Go”, “Carpathian Mountains” y algunas canciones son temas inéditos.

Puedes disfrutar de sus obras en un piano de cola de concierto y en una sala con acústica y reflejos, y un ambiente y tensión de concierto. Principalmente grabó canciones en su estudio casero con relax.

Winter Stories (Memory Recordings, 2018)

“Winter Stories” es un álbum de piano solo de Fabrizio Paterlini. Las composiciones fueron escritas por el método de la Música Clásica. Hay un estado de ánimo sentimental, solitario y apático. Y su expresión ha progresado desde las obras anteriores, que estableció vívidamente en “El arte del piano”, es expresión de pasión y emoción. Hay pasión o emoción en la tristeza y la miseria. Las obras de piano son más dinámicas, algunas canciones tienen un tempo más alto.

Transition I (Memory Recordings, 2019)

“Transiciones” son una grabación de piano solo en la Villa Dionisi, un antiguo hotel en Cerea, Verona. El concepto de la sesión es tocar el piano improvisando sin composición. La duración de las canciones es de unos 2 minutos. Las grabaciones de la sesión constan de tres volúmenes.

Este primer volumen consta de ocho canciones fragmentarias e imprecisas. No hay tema ni melodías claras. El ambiente es melancólico y sentimental. Este álbum parece ser una reflexión para sí mismo tocando el piano. Rompió su propio estilo para encontrar su nuevo estilo.

Transition II (Memory Recordings, 2020)

El segundo lanzamiento de la “Sesión de Transición”. La música es agresiva, clara y hay muchas repeticiones de pasajes. La tendencia de este álbum es la Música Minimal que asocia Philip Glass. Y este volumen son experimentos con el piano y una búsqueda musical de Paterlini.

Transition III (Memory Recordings, 2020)

El último volumen de la serie “Transition”. Las obras de piano son mínimas pero melódicas también afligidas. El tono del piano en este álbum es claro y sólido.

La sesión “Transition” es el viaje musical de Fabrizio Paterlini, y su reflexión o búsqueda de sí mismo.

LifeBlood (Memory Recordings, 2021)

“LifeBlood” es un álbum post-clásico de Fabrizio Paterlini. Después del lanzamiento de la serie “Transition”, reflexionó sobre sus raíces musicales, su núcleo y sus perspectivas, y entonces se dio cuenta de que son la música de piano solo y la música cinematográfica. Así que este álbum se dividió en dos partes. La primera es la parte de quinteto de piano y a algunas canciones se les acoplaron sintetizadores y percusiones electrónicas. La segunda es de música de piano solo.

“And We Go Again” es una canción minimalista para cuarteto de pianos, en algunas partes con secuencias de sintetizadores y percusiones electrónicas.

“For My Kids” es una suave, brillante y nostálgica canción de cuarteto de piano. Una canción dulce rara e impresionante en cuanto a Paterlini. Me gusta esta canción.

“Thoughts” y “Thoughts (Reprise)” son piezas cortas para piano, brillantes pero tristes.

“Solitude” es una pieza sencilla y suave para piano solo.

“White Forest (In Kazan)” es el estilo icónico de Paterlini de una pieza de piano solitaria y elegante.

“LifeBlood” y “Summer Sketch” son también composiciones de estilo icónico, a pesar de ser más melódicas y melancólicas a la vez.

“Obsession” es una pieza de piano minimalista improvisada, este gusto apareció en los siguientes álbumes.

The Studio Sessions (Memory Recordings, 2021)

“The Studio Sessions” es un álbum de recitales de piano en su estudio privado de Fabrizio Paterlini. Las grabaciones se llevaron a cabo por su propio piano uplight y cuya cubierta está abierta y grabada directamente por micrófonos. Y estas sesiones en vivo transmitido en YouTube, en 2020.

El sonido incluye el toque de teclas, zumbidos y ruidos de pedales, también su respiración, el crujido de su ropa y otros ruidos. Las grabaciones y las obras tienen un ambiente muy familiar, íntimo y relajado. No hay intervalos entre las canciones. Las obras de piano fluyen sin parar. El recital avanza sin parar. Así que puedes absorberte en su música.

Es una especie de su mejor álbum de Fabrizio Paterlini. Y, un gran fruto de su carrera musical y su aptitud.

FIFTH (Memory Recordings, 2023)

“FIFTH” es un álbum Post-clásico de Fabrizio Paterlini, y es la compilación de su serie “Four Elements”, “ARIA”, “ACQUA”, “TERRA” y “FUCCO” EPs. Adoptó varios estilos de arreglos, como piano solo, quinteto de piano, juego de órgano y Ambient.

“FUCCO” es el icónico estilo sentimental de composición para piano solo de Paterlini.

“Everything Flows” es un solo de piano de estilo icónico con muchos efectos para el tono del piano. El mismo “Away” es una pieza de piano con ruidos ambientales adjuntos de lluvia cayendo.

“TERRA” es un significativo quinteto de piano con atmosféricas cuerdas vagas moduladas por reverberación y/o coros.

“Space Between” es un arpegio de piano con una grabación de acompañamiento de cuerdas como Ambient.

“Under the Sea” es una canción seria compuesta por melancólicas frases de piano con acompañamientos de acordes de cuerda de tonos largos.

“On My Way Home” es también una pieza icónica y triste para piano solo.

“Aria” es una breve y melancólica pieza de piano solista con melodías que parecen cantos.

“Following the Clouds” es una pieza de piano muy melancólica y triste, también seria y hermosa, adecuada para el final.

Recursos y enlaces

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Music Review | Works of Fabrizio Paterlini

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Fabrizio Paterlini is an Italian composer and pianist. He was a bass player of a band, then he became an orthodox composer and pianist.

His characteristics is the composition has a melancholic and sorrowful tone (but there’s slight hope and will), and his simple and stable piano playing has a tender echo. It suggests abandoned streets and cities, and wild fields which dried up in Europe.

Solo Albums

Viandanze (Fabrizio Paterlini Records, 2009)

“Viandanze” is an early piano solo album of Fabrizio Paterlini. This album is consisted of 12 short piano pieces, and they are simple and beautiful excellent piano music. I feel mindlessness, purity and eternity also mercy by these compositions and playings.

The title song, “Viandanze” is emotional and/but misery impressive good music.

Fragments Found (Fabrizio Paterlini Records, 2010)

“Fragments Found” is a piano solo album was self-released by Fabrizio Paterlini. It consist of 10 short piano pieces. Half of them are melancholic and sorrow compositions, the rest is bright and slight cheerful compositions. They may express various feelings, emotions, senses and sentiments in our life. I can feel sings of his true genius and characteristics.

Autumn Stories (Fabrizio Paterlini Records, 2012)

“Autumn Stories” is a piano album by Fabrizio Paterlini which released in 2012. The tracks were simply titled “Week” plus “No. (1 to 14)”. They are simple and minimal or fragmental piano pieces, there’s a Minimal Music tendency. Some songs were accompanied by a stringed instrument or string quartet.

“Week No. 6”, “No. 7” and “No. 8” are good minimal compositions like Philip Glass, also there is the iconic melancholic taste of Paterlini.

“Week No. 10” is an impressive middle-tempo left and right hands arpeggio song.

“Week No. 11”, “No. 12” and “No. 13” are the unique iconic style melancholic, tragic and apathetic or bit grandiose compositions by Paterlini. The songs precede to present his unique style, later completely shown in “The Art of the Piano”.

“Week No. 14” is a fragmental piano phrase with a cello low-tone accompaniment.

Now (Fabrizio Paterlini Records, 2013)

“Now” is a Post-classical and Electronica album by Fabrizio Paterlini released in 2013. All tracks are piano based recordings. On Electronica tracks, he collaborated with an artist, London-DC. And some tracks were added drums! Songs with a strings accompaniment are cover versions of the former album “Autumn Stories”.

“Darkness is Not the Opposite of Light” is a song of minimal piano arpeggios and passages with a string quartet accompaniment. I like this song.

“Iceland” is an impressive passages of highly processed piano by compressor with a string quartet.

“My Perfect Time” is a melancholic and beautiful piano and strings song with pads, reflections and clap or pluck noises.

“Silent Eyes” is a simple and sentimental piano piece with synthesizer pad chord backings.

“Finale” and “There’s a Light We Might See” are Classical and, orthodox and grandiose bur modern Piano Quartet song. They are very good compositions are arrangements.

A good quality Post-classical album and one of best works of Post-classical piano quintet.

The Art of the Piano (p*dis, 2014)

Fabrizio Paterlini’s piano solo album released in 2014. He succeeded in completely establish his original iconic composition and musical style have melancholic and pathetic mood.

The 1st track, “Somehow Familiar” is a bright song for his composition, but it’s minor key. The piano touches are few but he made use of chord plays with a delay effect to the piano well.

“Conversion With Myself” and “Broken” are songs of the iconic and unique compositions own melancholic, sorrowful and deserted mood.

“Wind Song” is a good song features developments of an impressive riff and a passage.

This album is Fabrizio Paterlini’s excellent master-piece in his piano solo works. Please, listen, everyone!

Live in Bratislava ((self released), 2015)

“Live in Bratislava” is a live album by Fabrizio Paterlini.

This album is consist of various styles of works of his career. From piano solo, piano quartet to Electronica with a drum machine(s). And “Always Let It Go”, “Carpathian Mountains” and some songs are unleashed tracks.

You can enjoy his works by a concert grand piano and a hall acoustics and reflections, and a concert atmosphere and tension. Primely he recorded songs in his home studio with relax.

Winter Stories (Memory Recording, 2018)

“Winter Stories” is a piano solo album by Fabrizio Paterlini. The compositions were written by the method of Classical Music. There’s sentimental, solitary and apathetic mood. And his expression had progressed from the former works, that he vividly established in “The Art of Piano”, it’s expression of passion and emotion. There’s passion or emotion in sorrow and misery. The piano plays are more dynamic, some songs are higher-tempo.

Transition I (Memory Recordings, 2019)

“Transitions” are a piano solo recording at the Villa Dionisi, an old hotel in Cerea, Verona. The concept of the session is playing piano improvisational with no composition. The lengths of songs are about 2 minutes. The recording releases of the session are three volumes.

This first volume is consist of eight songs are fragmental and vague than usual. There’s no clear theme and melodies. The mood and is melancholic and sentimental. This album seems to be a reflection for himself by playing piano. He broke his own style to find his new style.

Transition II (Memory Recordings, 2020)

The second release of the “Transition Session”. The music is agressive, clear and there’s many repetitions of passages. The tendency of this album is Minimal Music which associates Philip Glass. And this volume is piano experiments and a musical pursuit by Paterlini.

Transition III (Memory Recordings, 2020)

The last volume of the “Transition” series. The piano plays are minimal but melodic also sorrowful. The piano tone in this album is clear and solid.

The “Transition” session is Fabrizio Paterlini’s musical travel, and his reflection or searching for self.

LifeBlood (Memory Recordings, 2021)

“LifeBlood” is a Post-classical album by Fabrizio Paterlini. After the release of the “Transition” series, he reflected his musical roots, core and prospects, then he realized they are piano solo music and cinematic music. So this album was divided two parts. The former is the part of piano quintet and some songs were attached synthesizers and electronic percussions. The later is it of piano solo music.

“And We Go Again” is a minimal piano quartet song, in some parts, sythesizer sequences and electronic percussions joined.

“For My Kids” is a gentle, bright and nostalgic piano quartet song. A rare and impressive sweet song as for Paterlini. I like this song.

“Thoughts” and “Thoughts (Reprise)” are bright but sorrowful minimal short piano pieces.

“Solitude” is a simple and gentle piano solo piece.

“White Forest (In Kazan)” is Paterlini’s iconic style of a solitary and elegant piano piece.

“LifeBlood” and “Summer Sketch” are also the iconic style compositions, despite they are more melodic and melancholic simultaneously.

“Obsession” is an improvisational minimal piano piece, this taste appeared following albums.

The Studio Sessions (Memory Recordings, 2021)

“The Studio Sessions” is a his private studio piano recital album by Fabrizio Paterlini. The recordings were held by his own uplight piano and the cover of which is open and recorded directly by microphones. And this sessions live streamed on YouTube, in 2020.

The sound includes key touch, hummer and pedal noises, also his breath, rustle of his clothes and other noises. The recordings and plays have a very familiar, intimate and relax mood. There’s no gap between songs. Piano plays flow nonstop. The recital progresses nonstop. So you can absorbed in his music.

It’s a kind of his the best album of Fabrizio Paterlini. And, a great fruit of his musical career and his aptitude.

FIFTH (Memory Recordings, 2023)

“FIFTH” is an Post-classical album by Fabrizio Paterlini, and it’s the compilation of his “Four Elements” series, “ARIA”, “ACQUA”, “TERRA” and “FUCCO” EPs. He adopted various styles of arrangements such as piano solo, piano quintet, organ play and Ambient.

“FUCCO” is the iconic sentimental style of piano solo composition of Paterlini.

“Everything Flows” is the iconic style piano solo with many effects for the piano tone. The same “Away” is a piano piece with attached rain falling environmental noises.

“TERRA” is a significant piano quintet with atmosphoric vague strings are modulated by reverb and/or chorus.

“Space Between” is a piano arpeggio with a strings accompaniment recording like Ambient.

“Under the Sea” is a serious song is consist of melancholic piano phrases with long tone strings chord accompagniments.

“On My Way Home” is also a iconic sorrowful piano solo piece.

“Aria” is a short melancholic piano solo piece of melodies like singing.

“Following the Clouds” is a very melancholic and sorrowful also serious and beautiful piano solo piece is suitable for the ending.

Resources and Links

Fabrizio Paterlini (Official Site)

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