Erik Satie - Old Sequins and Ancient Breastplates [Historial Recordings 1926-1961]

 
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ERIK SATIE
Erik Satie - Old Sequins and Ancient Breastplates [Historial Recordings 1926-1961]
Aldo Ciccolini, Francis Poulenc, William Masselos, Manuel Rosenthal, Igor Markevitch, Pierre Bernac, etc

[ Cherry Red Records / 4 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Friday 9 December 2022

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A four disc Box set collection of historic Satie recordings, ranging from the 1920's onwards.

Including such rarities as Henri Sauguet's 'Socrate' for solo voice and orchestra; piano sets by William Masselos and Aldo Ciccolini that have been out of print for decades; Serge Koussevitzky's vintage recordings of the 'Gymnopédies', (arranged for orchestra by Claude Debussy), and Francis Poulenc and Georges Auric's two pianos and four hands arrangement of 'Parade', the Diaghilev-Picasso-Cocteau ballet which created a scandal in Paris and for the first time forced upon Satie the glare of publicity.

Satie's best known compositions, 'Trois Gymnopédies', composed in 1888 at the age of 22, and 'Trois Gnossiennes', which was written two years later, create the impression of being either very archaic or very modern; astonishing early expressions of the composer's originality. He invented minimalism, ambient music, (which he called "furnishing music") and prepared pianos in the 1890s, exploring new musical territories that John Cage would re-visit decades later.

Deeply eccentric, Satie faced much derision during his lifetime, but today his uncompromising attitudes are widely admired and he now occupies a unique place in the realm of popular culture. Artists as diverse as David Hockney, Diana Rigg, Robert Wyatt and Eno are among those who have fallen under his spell.

"Of all the influential composers of our time, Satie is the only one whose works can be enjoyed and appreciated without any knowledge of the history of music... They are as simple, as straightforward, as devastating as the remarks of a child. To the uninitiated they sound trifling. To those who love them they are fresh and beautiful and firmly right." Virgil Thomson

Recorded At - Salle de la Mutualité, Paris
Recorded At - Schola Cantorum, Paris
Recorded At - Petty France Studio, London
Recorded At - Columbia 30th Street Studio
Recorded At - Abbey Road Studios
Recorded At - Symphony Hall, Boston
Recorded At - Victoria Hall, Geneva
Recorded At - École Normale de Musique de Paris

Tracks:

Disc One:
Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire = Three Pieces In The Shape Of A Pear
Piano - Aldo Ciccolini

Heures Séculaires Et Instantanées
Piano - Aldo Ciccolini

Trois Nocturnes
Piano - Aldo Ciccolini

Trois Gymnopédies
Piano - Aldo Ciccolini

Valses Distinguées Du Précieux Dégoûté =Three Distinguished Waltzes Of A Jaded Dandy
Piano - Aldo Ciccolini

Avant Dernières Pensées = Next-To-Last Thoughts
Piano - Aldo Ciccolini

Avant Dernières Pensées = Next-To-Last Thoughts
Piano - Aldo Ciccolini

Trois Gnossiennes
Piano - Aldo Ciccolini

Pièces Pour Piano À Quatre Mains
La Belle Excentrique = The Eccentric Beauty
Piano - Francis Poulenc, Jacques Février

En Habit De Cheval = In Riding Gear
Piano - Francis Poulenc, Jacques Févrie

Apercus Désagréables = Unpleasant Glimpses
Piano - Francis Poulenc, Jacques Février

Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire = Three Pieces In The Shape Of A Pear
Piano - Francis Poulenc, Jacques Février

Je Te Veux = I Want You
Piano - Jean Wiener

Disc Two:
Piano pieces

Nocturne No. 5
Piano - William Masselos

Veritables Preludes Flasques (Pour Un Chien) = True Flabby Preludes (For A Dog)
Piano - William Masselos

Trois Gnossiennes
Piano - William Masselos

Chapitres Tournes En Tous Sens = Chapters Turned Every Which Way
Piano - William Masselos

Embryons Desseches = Desiccated Embryos
Piano - William Masselos

Sports Et Divertissements = Sports And Pastimes
Piano - William Masselos

Trois Gymnopédies
Piano - William Masselos

La Diva De L'Empire = The Diva Of The Empire
Piano - William Masselos

En Habit De Cheval = In Riding Gear
Piano - Arthur Gold, Robert Fizdale

Disc Three:
Orchestral Music
Parade (Ballet Suite)
Conductor - Manuel Rosenthal

Trois Petites Pièces Montées = Three Little Stuffed Pieces
Conductor - Manuel Rosenthal

En Habit De Cheval = In Riding Gear
Conductor - Manuel Rosenthal

Parade (Ballet Suite)
Conductor - Igor Markevitch

Parade (Ballet Suite) For Piano - Four Hands
Piano - Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric

Trois Petites Pièces Montées = Three Little Stuffed Pieces
Conductor - Pierre Chagnon

Gymnopedie No.1
Gymnopedie No.2
Gymnopedie No.3
Conductor - Serge Koussevitzky

In Conversation Regarding Satie And Noise In The Environment
Dialog - John Cage, Morton Feldman

Waltz From Three Easy Pieces For Piano Duet (Dedicated To Erik Satie By Stravinsky)
Composed By - Stravinsky

Surgi De Da Croupe Et Du Bond = Rising From The Crupper And Leap (Dedicated To Erik Satie By Ravel)
Composed By - Ravel
Conductor - Ernest Ansermet

Disc Four:
Vocal Music
Messe De Pauvres = Mass For The Poor
Chorus Master - David Randolph

Socrate Symphonic Drama - Version For Solo Voice & Orchestra
Soprano Vocals - Anne Laloë

Socrate Symphonic Poem - Version For Voices & Orchestra
Conductor - René Leibowitz

Trois Mélodies (Three Songs)
Baritone Vocals - Pierre Bernac