Track Listing

1. No 1, Lent et douloureux
2. No 2, Lent et triste
3. No 3, Lent et grave
4. No 01, Lent
5. No 02, Avec Etonnement
6. No 03, Lent
7. No 04, Lent
8. No 05, Modere
9. No 06, Avec Conviction et avec une Tristesse Rigoureuse
10. Manière De Commencement
11. Prolongation Du Même
12. Lentement
13. En Leve
14. Brutal
15. En Plus
16. Redite
17. No. 1, "Prelude"
18. No. 2, "Entr'acte"
19. No. 3, "Final"
20. No. 1, "Grande ritournelle" (Grand Ritornello)
21. No. 2, "Marche franco-lunaire" (Franco-Lunar March)
22. No. 3, "Valse du mysterieux vaiser dans l'eil" (Waltz of the Mysterious Kiss in the Eye)
23. No. 4, "Cancan Grand-Mondain" (High-Society Cancan)
24. No. 1, "Choral inappetissant" (Unappetizing Choral)
25. No. 2, "La balancoire" (The Seesaw)
26. No. 3, "La chasse"
27. No. 4, "La comedie italienne"
28. No. 5, "Le reveil de la mariee" (The Bride's Awakening)
29. No. 6, "Colin-Maillard"
30. No. 7, "La peche" (Fishing)
31. No. 8, "Le yachting"
32. No. 9, "Le bain de mer" (Sea Bathing)
33. No. 10, "Le carnaval"
34. No. 11, "Le golf"
35. No. 12, "La pieuvre"
36. No. 13, "Les courses" (The Races)
37. No. 14, "Les quatres coins"
38. No. 15, "Le pique-nique"
39. No. 16, "Le water-chute"
40. No. 17, "Le tango perpetuel"
41. No. 18, "Le traineau"
42. No. 19, "Le flirt"
43. No. 20, "Jeu d'artifice"
44. No. 21, "Le tennis"
45. No. 1, "d'Holothurie"
46. No. 2, "d'Edriophthalma"
47. No. 3, "de Podophthalma"
48. No. 1, "Chorale"
49. No. 2, "Fugue litanique" (Litanical Fugue)
50. No. 3, Autre chorale"
51. No. 4, "Fugue de papier" (Paper Fugue)
52. Doux et calme
53. Simplement
54. Un peu mouvement

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #76426 in Music
• Released on: 2000-01-25
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Erik Satie/Seraphim Classics
This is an analogue recording, the recording date is not given. The sound quality is excellant and some of the pieces are performed well; however, his perforfance of the Gymnopedies on EMI catalogue #67282 is superior.

A Great Introduction to Satie
It takes a very fine sense of balance to play Satie correctly, to avoid ruining the score by being either overly sonorous or overly energetic. Aldo Ciccolini cuts just the right line, picking a well-balanced middle ground.

Aside from delivering one of the better performances of 'Trois Gymnopedies', Ciccolini offers both an invigorating version of 'Jack in the Box', as well as a suitably loopy rendition of 'Le Balle Excentrique'. All in all, a great introduction to Satie, and one that may be enough for most.

Satie's Best Interpretation
There are several CDs available covering Saties music and I have heard most of them, if not all.

This version has always been my favorite. I bought, and still have, the vinyl version of this. In fact I bought it twice since I once carelessly scratched an album.

No fireworks or false colorations, just pure Satie channeled thru Signore Ciccolini. Bravo!!