Satie: Great Composers in Words & Music

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Naxos
Release Date
August 26, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Erik Satie
    • PERFORMER
      Lucy Scott
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 26, 2022
    • UPC
      747313836673
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8578366
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Introduction

    2. 3 Sarabandes: Sarabande No. 2 (excerpt)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Performer: Klára Körmendi

    3. On 16 January 1911, French composer Maurice Ravel…

    4. 3 Gnossiennes: Gnossienne No. 3 (excerpt)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Performer: Klára Körmendi

    5. An extract from the third movement of Satie's Gnossiennes…

    6. Valse-ballet (excerpt)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Performer: Klára Körmendi

    7. The Valse-ballet was not only Satie's first substantial piece…

    8. 4 Ogives: Ogive No. 1

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Performer: Klára Körmendi

    9. In November 1886, Satie left the Conservatoire…

    10. 3 Gymnopédies: Gymnopédie No. 3 (arr. C. Debussy for orchestra) (excerpt)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Ensemble: Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy

      Conductor: Jérôme Kaltenbach

    11. In the spring of 1890, Satie moved higher up…

    12. 3 Sonneries de la Rose+Croix: No. 1. Air de l'ordre (version for piano) (excerpt)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Performer: Klára Körmendi

    13. On 14 August 1892, after a short but intense period…

    14. Vexations (excerpt)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Performer: Nicolas Horvath

    15. Satie's outward appearance was soon to change…

    16. 3 Morceaux en forme de poire (excerpt)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Performer: Gábor Eckhardt, Klára Körmendi

    17. The Pear pieces, finished in November 1903…

    18. En habit de cheval (excerpt)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Performer: Gábor Eckhardt, Klára Körmendi

    19. 1911, of course, was the year of the breakthrough concert…

    20. Sports et divertissements: I. Choral inappétissant (Unappetizing chorale)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Performer: Klára Körmendi

    21. The commission of Sports et Divertissements…

    22. Parade: Petite fille américaine (excerpt)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Ensemble: Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy

      Conductor: Jérôme Kaltenbach

    23. There was quite a commotion at Parade's premiere…

    24. Musique d'ameublement, Set 1: No. 1. Tapisserie en fer forgé (arr. for piano 4 hands)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Performer: Jeroen van Veen, Sandra van Veen

    25. Curiously, the function of Satie's Musique d'ameublement…

    26. Mercure, Scene 3: Le Chaos

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Ensemble: Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy

      Conductor: Jérôme Kaltenbach

    27. Mercure, like Parade, created quite a stir on its premiere…

    28. Relâche, Act I: Cinéma (excerpt)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Ensemble: Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy

      Conductor: Jérôme Kaltenbach

    29. In a sense, critics' response to Relâche…

    30. Relâche, Act II: Petite danse finale (chanson mimée): La queue du chien

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Ensemble: Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy

      Conductor: Jérôme Kaltenbach


Famous today for his Trois Gymnopédies, Erik Satie was an eccentric and solitary figure who was nevertheless viewed by some as a prophet of French musical modernism, his striking creativity championed by Ravel and Debussy. From tragedy and trauma in his early years, through his time as a pianist and Parisian provocateur at Le Chat Noir cabaret, and as house composer to the mystical Rose+Croix cult and beyond, Satie’s eventful life is told in this fascinating revue of a composer whose unique music is still influential today. The narrative, written by musicologist Davinia Caddy and read by actor Lucy Scott, is illustrated with musical excerpts from works including Gymnopédie No. 3, Gnossienne No. 3, Sports et Divertissements, Trois Morceaux en forme de poire and Relâche, among others.