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【42 vexations (performed by stephane ginsburgh)/erik satie-CD-[sr294CD]】
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sub rosaより､ﾍﾞﾙｷﾞｰ人ﾋﾟｱﾆｽﾄstephane ginsburgh演奏によるｴﾘｯｸ･ｻﾃｨの1893年作曲の作品『ｳﾞｪｸｻｼｵﾝ』｡180の音符による80秒ほどのある単一のﾓﾁｰﾌを840回繰り返す､ｷﾞﾈｽﾌﾞｯｸ上では世界一長い曲｡1963年にｼﾞｮﾝ･ｹｰｼﾞらのﾁｰﾑによって初めて演奏され（ﾒﾝﾊﾞｰのなかにはｼﾞｮﾝ･ｹｲﾙも含まれていました）､そのときは18時間40分かかったそうです｡もちろん本作に収録されているのはginsburghによるその作品のほんの一部分｡ｻﾃｨが意図したこの曲を本当に聴くには､単純にこのCDを12回ﾘﾋﾟｰﾄすればいいのです｡｢cage’s place in the reception of satie｣と題された読み応えのあるﾃｷｽﾄを収録した16ﾍﾟｰｼﾞのﾌﾞｯｸﾚｯﾄもついています｡
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Erik Satie's 1893 Vexations; performed by pianist Stephane Ginsburgh. This piece is musique d'ameublement -- literally, "furniture music," the phrase coined by Satie in 1917, where he identifies sound as drapes, tiling, wallpaper -- items belonging to the environment and changing it simply by being in it, by actually becoming elements of the space. This recording is the second installment in a series of furniture music (after Marcel Duchamp's Musical Erratum), and is unique in that it calls for 840 repetitions of a single motif. John Cale recalls a particularly grueling 1963 performance under the direction of John Cage: "Between 9 and 10 September 1963, I was one of a relay team of pianists, under the direction of John Cage, who played Vexations by Eric Satie at Pocket Theatre, 100 Third Avenue near 13th Street, in 18 hours and 40 minutes. The 180 notes of this 80-second work were played 840 times. The whole thing was John Cage's idea. The admission was $5, but members of the audience got a refund of five cents per 20 minutes, and those who stayed to the bitter end got a 20 cent bonus." Had Satie envisioned playing the piece? Who knows. Neither do we know if Duchamp's Erratum musical was meant to be executed. What can be said, however, is that when played in its entirety, Vexations inevitably becomes a performance for both players and listeners. An experience in repetition -- repetition without the slightest variation, except for the unavoidable tempo shifts that occur over such a lengthy performance, alterations in how the piano keys are hit, in other words, everything that falls within the realm of the mechanically involuntary. What would you say about a ritornello that lasts between 18 and 24 hours? Includes a 16-page booklet containing the essay "Cage's Place In The Reception Of Satie" by Matthew Shlomowitz.
Track Listing:
Disc 1
01. 42 Vexations 1:09:30
- Erik Satie's 1893 Vexations; performed by pianist Stephane Ginsburgh.
- Stephane Ginsburgh, a musician based in Brussels, appears regularly in recitals of chamber music in Europe, the Middle East, Russia and the USA. He was awarded the Pelemans Prize in 1999 by the Belgian composers' union for his implication in performing Belgian contemporary music.
- Includes a 16-page booklet containing the essay "Cage's Place In The Reception Of Satie" by Matthew Shlomowitz.
- "...an oddly moving and undeniably involving piece of piano music which never even threatens to bore. Lovely music." --Boomkat
- "This extraordinary piano piece Vexations by Erik Satie is one of those rare breakthroughs of consciousness that fulfills the promise of art to reveal something never imagined before ... As such, it is the modest precursor to conceptual and pattern (minimalist) music in the 20th-century and beyond." --"Blue Gene" Tyranny
