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Elegiac Cycle
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Elegiac Cycle is a solo piano album by Brad Mehldau, released in 1999 by Warner Bros. and produced by himself. For its design he drew inspiration from James Joyce's Ulysses. The album is built cyclically, with a theme that opens the record and returns at the end, just as Odysseus's journey was a circle.
A musical effect also comes from Joyce. In Memory's Tricks, Mehldau silently holds down the keys of a motif with one hand and improvises other lines with the other. The motif then sounds softly on in the vibrations of the soundboard. The pieces are all his own and bear titles such as Elegy for William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg and Goodbye Storyteller. In 2011 an edition containing all the notes of the album was published in France.
Listening
Track list
- 1Bard2:45Apple Music ↗
- 2Resignation5:34Apple Music ↗
- 3Memory's Tricks9:17Apple Music ↗
- 4Elegy for William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg4:43Apple Music ↗
- 5Lament for Linus1:28Apple Music ↗
- 6Trailer Park Ghost9:20Apple Music ↗
- 7Goodbye Storyteller (For Fred Myrow)10:27Apple Music ↗
- 8Ruckblick8:56Apple Music ↗
- 9The Bard Returns4:17Apple Music ↗
30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗