Erik Satie: 42 Vexations (1893) (Capsule Reviews)
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Album:42 Vexation
The liner notes include a dare: “To hear the piece as it was originally designed, simply play the CD on repeat mode 12 times."
If one listens to 42 Vexations (1893) without reading about it, then it may take a while before he or she realizes it is one 80-second piano piece repeated by Stephane Ginsburg. That could the nature of our time, with the omnipresence (for those interested) of ambient music and experimental classical music, but it’s also about the piece itself, how evocative and strange it is. Written on paper by Erik Satie in 1893 but likely…
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