Weave

Canadian pianist Eve Egoyan is an advocate for contemporary music, but that should not automatically put her into a certain camp in the minds of many listeners, as the music she chooses to interpret, and the programs in which they are combined, are of a particular character that suits her unique temperament. In Weave, Egoyan's second album for her own Eve label, the ghost of Erik Satie stands silently slightly outside the perimeter of the music played here, informing the proceedings by virtue of his pioneering exegesis of ... Read More

Canadian pianist Eve Egoyan is an advocate for contemporary music, but that should not automatically put her into a certain camp in the minds of many listeners, as the music she chooses to interpret, and the programs in which they are combined, are of a particular character that suits her unique temperament. In Weave, Egoyan's second album for her own Eve label, the ghost of Erik Satie stands silently slightly outside the perimeter of the music played here, informing the proceedings by virtue of his pioneering exegesis of stasis and repetition, but not interrupting them. All of these works were commissioned by Egoyan and play to her virtuosic strengths, although Egoyan's virtuosic abilities are always at the command of a higher sense of musical purpose and depth. Not many virtuoso pianists are good at playing Satie, as his music requires patience and concentration in executing things that are technically rather simple. Although there is no Satie on Weave, one gets the impression from the way she... Read Less