Klara Kormendi's Labor of Love
James C. Yutzy | 09/30/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a review of all five of Klara Kormendi's performances of Erik Satie's piano music. Her playing is exquisite and enhanced my appreciation for Satie's brilliance. Satie's piano music is infinitely fascinating. Some of it is way ahead of its time. But what I've learned here is that Satie divined better than any one what Beethoven would have been writing had he lived on. On vol. 3 there are sets of 20 bagatelles, all innovative and unique; as well as a set of sketch work, hauntingly reminscent of Beethoven. There is so much more to Satie than Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes. I am grateful to Kormendi for bringing all of Satie to life.
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