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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Music for Egon Schiele
| name = Music for Egon Schiele
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Rachel's]]
| artist = [[Rachel's]]
| Cover = Rachel's-MusicforEgonSchiele.jpg
| cover = Rachel's-MusicforEgonSchiele.jpg
| Released = February 20, 1996 ([[United States|U.S.]])
| alt =
| released = February 20, 1996 ([[United States|U.S.]])
| Recorded = July 20–24, 1995
| recorded = July 20–24, 1995
| venue =
| Genre = [[Chamber music]], [[post-rock]]
| Length = 47:03
| studio =
| Label = [[Quarterstick Records|Quarterstick]]
| genre = [[Chamber music]], [[post-rock]]
| Reviews =
| length = 47:03
| label = [[Quarterstick Records|Quarterstick]]<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Rachel's |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/rachels/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[Allmusic]] {{Rating|4|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1kzsa9cgu23s link]
| producer =
| Last album = ''[[Handwriting (album)|Handwriting]]''<br />(1995)
| prev_title = [[Handwriting (album)|Handwriting]]
| This album = '''''Music for Egon Schiele'''''<br />(1996)
| prev_year = 1995
| Next album = ''[[The Sea and the Bells]]''<br />(1996)
| next_title = [[The Sea and the Bells]]
| next_year = 1996
}}
}}
'''''Music for Egon Schiele''''' is the second album by the instrumental group [[Rachel's]], released in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rachels-mn0000323904/biography|title=Rachel's Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kulkarni |first1=Neil |title=Egon for gold |journal=Melody Maker |date=Feb 17, 1996 |volume=73 |issue=7 |page=36}}</ref>


The album was composed as the score to a theatrical production, ''Egon Schiele'', about the life of the [[Painting|painter]] [[Egon Schiele]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Indie labels helped make a big difference in '96 |work=Florida Times Union |date=1 Jan 1997 |page=D4}}</ref> It was staged by the Itinerant Theater Guild, in 1995.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Rob |title=SPOTLIGHT: RACHEL'S |work=Wisconsin State Journal |date=16 Mar 2000 |location=Rhythm |page=18}}</ref>
'''''Music for Egon Schiele''''' is the second LP from the instrumental group [[Rachel's]]. It was released in February 1996 on [[Quarterstick Records]].


==Critical reception==
The album was composed as the score to a theatrical production by [[Stephan Mazurek]], titled ''Egon Schiele'', about the life of [[Painting|painter]] [[Egon Schiele]] which was staged by the [[Itinerant Theater Guild]] at the [[University of Illinois Chicago]] in May 1995.
{{album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/music-for-egon-schiele-mw0000180400|title=Music for Egon Schiele - Rachel's &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AltPressRev">{{Cite magazine |last=Slankard |first=Noah |date=May 1996 |title=Music Reviews |magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |volume=10 |issue=94 |page=86}}</ref>
|rev3 = Sputnikmusic
|rev3score = 4.5/5<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/36488/Rachels-Music-for-Egon-Schiele/|title=Rachel's - Music for Egon Schiele (album review ) &#124; Sputnikmusic|website=www.sputnikmusic.com}}</ref>
}}
''[[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."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Music: Edgies |journal=The Village Voice |date=9 Jan 1996 |volume=41 |issue=2 |page=41}}</ref> ''[[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."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Fricke |first1=David |title=On the edge |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=Mar 21, 1996 |issue=730 |page=98}}</ref>

[[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."<ref name="auto"/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs composed by Rachel Grimes
# "Family Portrait" – 5:41
# "Family Portrait" – 5:41
# "Egon & Gertie" – 3:02
# "Egon & Gertie" – 3:02
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# "Promenade" – 8:24
# "Promenade" – 8:24
# "Third Self-Portrait Series" – 2:23
# "Third Self-Portrait Series" – 2:23
# "Trio Goes to a Movie" – 2:41
# "Egon, Edith & Wally Meet" – 2:41
# "Egon & Wally Embrace and Say Farewell" – 3:09
# "Egon & Wally Embrace and Say Farewell" – 3:09
# "Egon & Edith" – 2:55
# "Egon & Edith" – 2:55
# "Second Family Portrait" – 4:45
# "Second Family Portrait" – 4:45

==Personnel==
; Musicians
* Rachel Grimes – piano, mixing, design & photography
* Christian Frederickson – viola
* Wendy Doyle – cello

;Technical
* Jason Noble – producer, mixing, design & photography
* Bob Weston – engineer, mixing
* John Loder – mastering
* Egon Schiele – artwork
* Aaron Frisbee, Chip Dumstorf – Graphic Technologies
* Gregory King – booklet printing

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Egon Schiele}}
{{Authority control}}


[[Category:Rachel's albums]]
[[Category:Rachel's albums]]

Latest revision as of 13:37, 13 December 2023

Music for Egon Schiele
Studio album by
Rachel's
ReleasedFebruary 20, 1996 (U.S.)
RecordedJuly 20–24, 1995
GenreChamber music, post-rock
Length47:03
LabelQuarterstick[1]
Rachel's chronology
Handwriting
(1995) 		Music for Egon Schiele
(1996) 		The Sea and the Bells
(1996)

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]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Alternative Press[7]
Sputnikmusic4.5/5[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]

Track listing[edit]

All songs composed by Rachel Grimes

  1. "Family Portrait" – 5:41
  2. "Egon & Gertie" – 3:02
  3. "First Self-Portrait Series" – 3:47
  4. "Mime Van Osen" – 3:05
  5. "Second Self-Portrait Series" – 2:30
  6. "Wally, Egon & Models in the Studio" – 4:41
  7. "Promenade" – 8:24
  8. "Third Self-Portrait Series" – 2:23
  9. "Egon, Edith & Wally Meet" – 2:41
  10. "Egon & Wally Embrace and Say Farewell" – 3:09
  11. "Egon & Edith" – 2:55
  12. "Second Family Portrait" – 4:45

Personnel[edit]

Musicians
  • Rachel Grimes – piano, mixing, design & photography
  • Christian Frederickson – viola
  • Wendy Doyle – cello
Technical
  • Jason Noble – producer, mixing, design & photography
  • Bob Weston – engineer, mixing
  • John Loder – mastering
  • Egon Schiele – artwork
  • Aaron Frisbee, Chip Dumstorf – Graphic Technologies
  • Gregory King – booklet printing

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rachel's". Trouser Press. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Rachel's Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Kulkarni, Neil (Feb 17, 1996). "Egon for gold". Melody Maker. 73 (7): 36.
  4. ^ "Indie labels helped make a big difference in '96". Florida Times Union. 1 Jan 1997. p. D4.
  5. ^ Thomas, Rob (16 Mar 2000). "SPOTLIGHT: RACHEL'S". Wisconsin State Journal. Rhythm. p. 18.
  6. ^ a b "Music for Egon Schiele - Rachel's | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  7. ^ Slankard, Noah (May 1996). "Music Reviews". Alternative Press. Vol. 10, no. 94. p. 86.
  8. ^ "Rachel's - Music for Egon Schiele (album review ) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com.
  9. ^ "Music: Edgies". The Village Voice. 41 (2): 41. 9 Jan 1996.
  10. ^ Fricke, David (Mar 21, 1996). "On the edge". Rolling Stone. No. 730. p. 98.
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