Music For Egon Schiele

Rachel's | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 1996)
• Original Release Date: February 20, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Quarter Stick
• ASIN: B0000037O3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,826 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More beautiful than the moon, September 1, 2004

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Mona Parrish "Church of Moscow" (New York, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music For Egon Schiele (Audio CD)

It is rare that an instrumental album grabs and holds my attention so strongly. Music for Egon Schiele was a gift from an old friend on my twentieth birthday last year. It was raining when I picked up the mail. The second it spun, I was lost in the deepness of a cello and the compassion of a piano. I remember riding the bus to class with headphones that day as tears began to stream down my cheeks. The same emotions once brought forth by nostalgia or love emerged shockingly from this music. There is nothing like this album; I would reccommend it to anyone with a pulse. I give it a thousand stars. I've never heard any of the other albums by Rachel's completely; Systems/ Layers seems more experimental, the Sea and the Bells sounds very much like this one only softer and more seabound, Handwriting is up next. Here lies some true talent and beauty.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring, May 26, 2003

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Aage Nielsen (Boise, Idaho United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music For Egon Schiele (Audio CD)

The simplicity and warmth from the piano/viola/cello trio configuration on Music for Egon Schiele set this album apart from the other Rachel's recordings. As on their other albums, they compose their own material and play beautifully. I am part of a bass clarinet/viola duo that idolizes this group and we admire any chamber group that can get filed in the indie rock section. Music for Egon Schiele is our (mutually) favorite album. One of my former bass clarinet students (really into indie rock) turned me on to Rachel's and I am forever grateful.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Musical Voice of Egon Schiele's Art, August 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Music For Egon Schiele (Audio CD)

There is a repetitive, hypnotic quality to this music written in minor keys. Each beat is a pulse that matches the length of Schiele's calligraphic draftsmanship--just trace (while listening) around one of his drawings to see what I mean. The pathos of his work is equally expressed in the music and reflects, to me, at least, the sadness of his struggle and the composer's sympathy with his unfortunate premature death. Yet, for different reasons, both artists have succeeded. Too bad there's no video of the dance to accompany this fine musical offering.