Introduction The 3 CD package under review comes to us on the Aevea label which is a sub-label of OnClassical. The following is taken from the OnClassical web site: OnClassical is a small independent recording label focused on solo and chamber music (non-copyrighted) repertoire rendered by extraordinary artists. A pioneer in the digital music — the very first classical music label appearing on internet — OnClassical has garnered accolades from critics around the world for its recording quality. Aevea is a new record label dedicated to 18th and 19th-century repertoire. Aevea is distributed in Canada and the USA via Naxos of America (NOA). Aevea/OnClassical is based in Italy and offers their music in several formats; CD, MP3, WAV, Flac 88.2/24 and 176.4/24 however NOA does not offer the Flac format. The recording under review was produced and performed by Alessandro Simonetto.

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You can read more about OnClassical in the published here on TNT-Audio by Nick Whetstone in 2009. About Satie Satie has been described as independent, rebellious, non-conformist and eccentric.

He rejected the romantic style of the time and set out in a different direction. His music can be described as simple, repetitive, using short melodies (sometimes no melody!) and little development. In one of his works, Vexation, he instruct the musician to repeat a section 840 times! Thankfully Mr. Simonetto did not follow that instruction on this recording. Satie's music departs from the idea of composition based on a story,a poem or an event and presents music that derives it's direction from feelings and mood. Despite the simplicity of his music it's noted as having some influence on the beginnings of the impressionist mouvement and composers such as Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky.

Clearly Satie had an impact on John Cage many years later. While listening to one of the Sarabandes I discovered a chord progression that seemed to be right out of Stravinski's Firebird! One of the salient features of Satie's music is his use of silence, the space between the notes, as an integral part of the composition. Keygen + Psa Date Validator here. This makes me immediately think of Ahmad Jamal who has a wonderful talent for using less notes and more silence to convey his jazz message. This in great contrast to the Bebop style of his contemporaries in the '50s.

This was a trait that Miles Davis admired in Jamal's music and incorporated into his playing with magnificent results. Listening The recording provided to us for this review was in WAV format.

The recording quality is excellent, with beautiful clear tone and deep and natural left hand notes. The sound is considerably richer and more natural than the CD of Satie's works that was used as a comparison.