Motives for Writing
by Wim Mertens
- Type: Album
- Released: October 1989
- Label: Les Disques du Cr茅puscule
- Country: Belgium
- Length: 39:36
- Community rating: 3.8/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The Belgian composer expands his intricate post-minimalist structures to accommodate a larger, highly expressive chamber ensemble. The album elegantly balances rigid, rhythmic piano patterns with soaring vocal sections, creating an emotionally sweeping neo-classical suite.
Genres
Descriptors: minimal, repetitive, piano, conceptual, experimental, chamber, ensemble, melodic
Tracklist
- Watch ! (1:36)
- The Personell Changes (6:59)
- Paying For Love (10:52)
- No Testament (3:52)
- Words On The Page (13:00)
- The Whole (3:17)
Credits
- Wim Mertens - primary artist, electric piano, piano [acoustic], composed by
- Etienne Siebens - bass
- Luc Verdonck - bassoon
- Lieven Vandewalle - cello
- Dirk Descheemaeker - clarinet, soprano saxophone
- Marc Bonne - percussion
- Eric Mertens - piccolo flute
- Marc Grauwels - piccolo flute