| Music for Egon Schiele | ||||
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| Released | February 20, 1996 (U.S.) | |||
| Recorded | July 20–24, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Chamber music, post-rock | |||
| Length | 47:03 | |||
| Label | Quarterstick [1] | |||
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Music for Egon Schiele is the second album by the instrumental group Rachel's, released in 1996. [2] [3]
The album was composed as the score to a theatrical production, Egon Schiele, about the life of the painter Egon Schiele. [4] It was staged by the Itinerant Theater Guild, in 1995. [5]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Alternative Press | [7] |
| Sputnikmusic | 4.5/5 [8] |
The Village Voice called the album "a haunting array of compositions that attempt to narrate the elements of Schiele's life through cello, piano, viola, and bass." [9] Rolling Stone noted that "the music is as stark and loving as Schiele's art, the sound of a noble, lonely agony rendered in elegant monochrome." [10]
AllMusic wrote that "it is to pianist Rachel Grimes' credit that her pieces convey a stirring sense of drama and vivid imagery that perfectly match her subject." [6]
All songs composed by Rachel Grimes
Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele was an Austrian Expressionist painter. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portraits. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism. Gustav Klimt, a figurative painter of the early 20th century, was a mentor to Schiele.
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