Elegiya, by Robert Gerard Pietrusko

Elegiya

by Robert Gerard Pietrusko

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goldminetrash I've followed Robert's diverse and prolific catalog for years, and Elegiya is one of his most beautiful works. Highly recommended and so great to see on Room40.

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Matte laminate outer sleeve, three panel monochrome fold out insert, soft polycarb case

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1.	Perishing Red Skies 09:02	buy track
2.	Iru Descent 05:05	buy track
3.	UTM 39N 03:16	buy track
4.	The Room 04:58	buy track
5.	The Lost Seasons Pt I 03:32	buy track
6.	The Lost Seasons Pt II 03:14	buy track
7.	Zemiya Savage Glitter 05:03	buy track
8.	Painting Eyes On Chaos 05:08	buy track
9.	Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More 05:21	buy track

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From Robert Gerard Pietrusko

While working on this album, I've often thought about the meaning of the word, elegy. As a poem or a piece of music, it is written for the passing of a person or a way of life. The creation and performance of an elegy, however, is not an experience of this original sorrow but is instead its repetition — following a similar pattern, though never the same.

Similarly, Elegiya is based on five piano motifs that are repeated with constant variation and extrapolation across the album's nine tracks. In structure, harmony, and timbre each piece attempts to capture the contradictory condition of a macro-level stasis versus a tumultuous interior, rigorous movement but no progression, and a threat of its own undoing.

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released July 9, 2021

written, performed, and recorded by Robert Gerard Pietrusko
mastered by Stefan Betke @ scape
piano recordings Gund Hall,Cambridge,USA (01.2019)

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