Yann Tiersen – Pianodao

Selected and Reviewed by Andrew Eales
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It is unusual for the sheet music tie-in publication for a major release to appear prior to the actual recordings, so when Hal Leonard delivered the new piano solo collection from Yann Tiersen at the start of the year it was quite a coup, giving fans a few months to delve into the popular composer’s latest music before hearing his own versions when the album lands on April 4th.

Having enjoyed dipping into these pieces myself, with preview tracks now available to give you a flavour, and with the full album release rapidly approaching, I think it’s time to take a look at Rathlin from a Distance…

Pianodao Music Library

Selected and Reviewed by Andrew Eales
Find out more: About Pianodao Reviews

Yann Tiersen is best known for his brilliant and suitably quirky soundtrack to the movie Amélie, which yielded such contemporary classics as the Waltz from Amélie and of course Comptine d’un autre été.

Tiersen’s varied career has taken in further soundtrack work as well as solo instrumental recording projects, the latest of which is the album Kerber, released last month. Kerber maintains the signature sound that his fans have come to love so much, mixing lush piano lines with a gorgeous bed of electronic musical elements, ranging from the subtle to retro kitsch sci-fi.

Comprising 7 tracks which combined last around 46 minutes, Kerber is one of those albums within the new classical space which I think deserves repeated listens, and which I believe will stand the test of time.

Whether this is music that solo piano players will find themselves performing is another matter, but to help satiate the enthusiasm of Tiersen’s fans, Hal Leonard have just published the music book. So do these pieces work without the album’s other musical trappings? Let’s find out…

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Yann Tiersen • Rathlin from a Distance

Yann Tiersen: Kerber