Satie: amoureux
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ERIK SATIE
Satie: amoureux
Guillaume Coppola (piano)
[ Alpha Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 16 January 2026
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We know Satie as a loner, but it is less well known that Satie had also been in love. He had a brief and stormy affair with the painter Suzanne Valadon. The portrait she made of him is on the cover of this album, as pianist Guillaume Coppola has conceived it as an intimate portrait of the composer, "one masked by a veil of modesty or provocation and which lies between antique and oriental inspiration, mystical phases, humour and cabaret". The miniature Bonjour Biqui and the motif of the Vexations possess rare allusions to Valadon and become commas between these chapters, as does Désespoir agréable, whose title alone seems to sum up Satie's life and work. This tribute is released to mark the centenary of Satie's death; whilst the famous Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes feature on the programme, the album also presents rare and infrequently recorded discoveries that testify to the richness of the works that the whimsical Satie had created.
Tracks:
Je te veux 5:42
Valse-Ballet 1:50
3 Gymnopédies: No. 3, Lent et grave 2:45
Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent 3:22
Fantaisie-Valse 2:22
Tendrement 4:15
Poudre d'or 4:58
Bonjour Biqui, bonjour ! 0:19
Gnossiennes: No. 4, Lent 2:34
Gnossiennes: No. 2, Avec étonnement 2:33
Gnossienne No. 7 (From 3 Morceaux en forme de poire) 3:26
Vexations: Thème de la basse 0:24
Danses gothiques: No. 1, À l'occasion d'une grande peine 3:14
Prélude de la porte héroïque du ciel 4:01
Vexations: Première harmonisation du motif 0:24
3 valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté: No. 1, Sa taille 1:07
3 valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté: No. 2, Son binocle 1:08
3 valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté: No. 3, Ses jambes 0:54
Piano Sonatine in C Major, Op. 36 No. 1: I. Spiritoso 1:27
Piano Sonatine in C Major, Op. 36 No. 1: II. Andante 1:17
Piano Sonatine in C Major, Op. 36 No. 1: III. Vivace 0:57
Sonatine bureaucratique: I. Allegro 1:05
Sonatine bureaucratique: II. Andante 1:20
Sonatine bureaucratique: III. Vivache 1:31
Vexations: Seconde harmonisation du motif 0:27
Nocturne No. 6 1:27
Désespoir agréable 0:49
Jack-in-the-Box: No. 1, Prélude 2:41
Le piccadilly 1:38
La Diva de l'Empire 2:39
Rag-Time Parade 2:19
3 Morceaux en forme de poire: VI. En plus. Calme 2:12
3 Morceaux en forme de poire: VII. Redite. Dans le lent 1:34
