Satie for Two
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SATIE
Satie for Two
Peter Kraus & Mark Bird (guitars)
[ Marquis Records / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 1 March 2009
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This is one of the fine recordings made in the 1970s by the pioneering Canadian classical label, Orion Master Recordings.
"Guitarist Kraus was set off on his project of transcribing piano works of Satie by first hearing a recording of the piano music by a French pianist. Debussy had transcribed two of Satie's Gymnopédies for orchestra, but Satie for guitar was a new thing. Kraus found that some of the seemingly simple music of Satie was actually too complex for transferring to a single guitar, and thus the transcriptions for two guitars came about.
The piano pieces work beautifully in the two-guitar versions. They share in my mind a connection with the two-guitar versions of Scarlatti harpsichord sonatas, which work equally well in their transfers.
This is one of the fine recordings made in the 1970s by the pioneering Canadian classical label, Orion Master Recordings." (AudAud.com)
Tracks:
Trois airs a faire fuir,
Trois nouvelles pieces froides,
Trois Gnossiennes (I - III),
Sarabandes I & II,
Trois Gymnopedies,
Trois Gnossiennes (IV-VI),
Troisieme Sarabande,
Deux reveries nocturnes,
Deux Ogives,
Songe-creux.
