Music for Egon Schiele is the second album by the instrumental groupRachel's, released in 1996.[2][3]
The album was composed as the score to a theatrical production,Egon Schiele, about the life of thepainterEgon Schiele.[4] It was staged by the Itinerant Theater Guild, in 1995.[5]
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]
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