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Philip Corner: Satie Slowly
by C. Michael Bailey
Pianist Philip Corner slows down Erik Satie and shows where Philip Glass, Terry Riley and Steve Reich came from. Satie Slowly is exactly that: the piano music of Satie vastly slowed down compared to most contemporary performances and recordings. The lengthy subtitle to the release says it all: Avoid All Sacrilegious Exaltation." The large insert, assembled from Corner's papers over the last 40 years, note: If his piano pieces are so easy why are they so badly ...
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