ROMANTIC PIANO LP by Gia Margaret

Description: At first, Gia Margaret called her 2023 album Romantic Piano to be a bit cheeky. Its spare, gentle piano works share more spirit with Erik Satie, Emahoy Tsegué - Maryam Guébrou and the Marginalia releases of Masakatsu Takagi than they do with, say, a cozy and candlelit date night. But in that cheekiness lies hidden intention: across the gorgeous set, Romantic is suggested in a more classic sense, what the Germans call waldeinsamkeit. Its compositions conjure the sublime themes of the Romantic poets: solitude in nature; natures ability to heal and to teach; a sense of contented melancholy. I wanted to make music that was useful, says Margaret, vastly understating the power of the record. Romantic Piano is curious, calming, patient and incredibly moving - but it doesnt overstay its welcome for more than a second. Margarets debut, Theres Always Glimmer, was a lyrical wonder, but when an illness on tour left her unable to sing, she made her ambient album Mia Gargaret (another cheeky title!) which revealed a keen intuition for arrangement and composition not fully shown on Theres Always Glimmers lyrical songs. Romantic Piano, too, is almost totally without words. Writing instrumental music, in general, is a much more joyful process than I find in lyrical songwriting, she says. The process ultimately effects my songwriting. And while Margaret has more songwriterly material on the way, Romantic Piano solidifies her as a compositional force.

Price: 41.88 USD

Location: Matraville, NSW

End Time: 2025-01-15T02:59:47.000Z

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