Bertrand Chamayou - Letter(S) to Erik Satie - Import CD

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Bertrand Chamayou

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Bertrand Chamayou, the most talented pianist in France, has developed the album "Eric Satie and John Cage", in which Satie's masterpieces such as "Gymnopdie" and "Gnosienne" coexist with John Cage's works as the main axis, and they embrace each other deeply and without any discomfort at all are like UFOs in the world of music. They are pioneers in the sense that they changed the concept of what music should be for many people. I decided to do something a little different and came up with Erik Satie. This was an opportunity to really get intimate with the piano. Bertrand Chamayou [commented by Miki Nakatani, a close friend of Bertrand Chamayou], who was trained by Pierre Boulez in his later years, took on Satie and Cage after Messiaen. This album, which was recorded in an intimate space, brings a pleasant tension and relaxation to our daily life. The album "Letter(s) to Erik Satie" by Bertrand Chamayou pays tribute to two singular, innovative, and influential composers: Erik Satie, born in Normandy in 1866, and John Cage, born in Los Angeles in 1912. There is said to be a close relationship between the two, and Cage apparently considered Satie a source of inspiration.The album begins with "The Whole Surface of Pebbles for Erik Satie," discovered among the belongings secretly given by John Cage to his student James Tenney as a koan (a riddle with no correct answer used in Zen questions and answers). Satie's "Gymnopdie" and "Gnosienne" are the mainstay of this album, coexisting with John Cage's works, and developing in a way that they embrace each other with deep affection, without any discomfort at all. Miraval Studio, where this album was recorded, is an old castle in Provence, Chateau Miraval, which was renovated by Jacques Rouch in 1977, and where AC/DC, Sting, Pink Floyd, Sherday, Wham! and others, but it has not been used for the last 20 years. In 2021, however, Brad Pitt will partner with renowned music producer Damien Quintard to renovate and restore the legendary Miraval Studio in the summer of 2022, preserving the valuable recording equipment from the 1970s and introducing the latest analog/digital hybrid equipment designed by Pitt and Quintard. The legendary Miraval Studio was renovated and restored in the summer of 2022. The album was also recorded, edited, and mastered by Damien Quintard. Imported by Warner Music Japan only, with Japanese manual Warner Music Japan