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Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music
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CD DetailsComposer: Erik Satie Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet Edition: Music CD Format: Box set CD Release Date: 2003-06-10 Music Label: Decca Soundtracks: Music CD 1- Gnossiennes (6), for piano: 6ème Gnossienne
- Gnossienne for piano No. 7
- Pièces froides (Cold Pieces), pieces (6) for piano: Danses de travers III
- The Angora Ox, for piano (reconstructed by Johny Fritz)
Music CD 2- Allegro, for piano
- Valse-ballet, for piano
- Fantaisie-valse, for piano
- Ogives (4), for piano: Ogive I
- Ogives (4), for piano: Ogive II
- Ogives (4), for piano: Ogive III
- Ogives (4), for piano: Ogive IV
- Sonneries de la Rose + Croix, for piano: Air de l'Ordre
- Sonneries de la Rose + Croix, for piano: Air du Grand Prieur
- Danses gothiques (9), for piano: 3. En faveur d'un malheureux
- Danses gothiques (9), for piano: 6. Où il est question du pardon des injures reçues
- Danses gothiques (9), for piano: 7. Par pitié pour les ivrognes, honteux, débauchés, imparfaits, désagréables, et faussaires en tous
- Danses gothiques (9), for piano: 8. En le haut honneur du vénéré Saint Michel, le gracieux archange
- Danses gothiques (9), for piano: 9. Après avoir obtenu la remise de ses fautes
- Pages mystiques (3), for piano: Vexations
- Poudre d'or (Gold Dust), for piano
- La diva de l'Empire, song for voice & piano
- Le Piccadilly, march for piano
- La belle excentrique, 'serious fantasy' for orchestra (or piano, 4 hands): 1. Marche franco-lunaire
Music CD 3- Passacaille, for piano
- Fugue-valse, for piano
- Profondeur, minuet excercise for piano
- Songe-creux, minuet excercise for piano
- Le prisonnier maussade, minuet excercise for piano
- Le grand singe, minuet excercise for piano
- Petits chorals (12), for piano: Choral no. 1
- Petits chorals (12), for piano: Choral no. 2
- Petits chorals (12), for piano: Choral no. 3
- Petits chorals (12), for piano: Choral no. 4
- Petits chorals (12), for piano: Choral no. 5
- Petits chorals (12), for piano: Choral no. 6
- Petits chorals (12), for piano: Choral no. 7
- Petits chorals (12), for piano: Choral no. 8
- Petits chorals (12), for piano: Choral no. 9
- Petits chorals (12), for piano: Choral no. 10
- Petits chorals (12), for piano: Choral no. 11
- Petits chorals (12), for piano: Choral no. 12 (Petite sonate)
- L'enfance de Ko-Quo, for piano: 1. Ne bois pas ton chocolat avec tes doigts
- L'enfance de Ko-Quo, for piano: 2. Ne souffle pas dans tes oreilles
- Menus propos enfantins (Childish Chatter), for piano (from 'Enfantines'): 1. Le Chant guerrier du Roi des Haricots
- Menus propos enfantins (Childish Chatter), for piano (from 'Enfantines'): 2. Ce que dit la petite Princesse des Tulipes
- Menus propos enfantins (Childish Chatter), for piano (from 'Enfantines'): 3. Valse du Chocolat aux Amandes
- Enfantillages pittoresques (Picturesque Childishness), for piano (from 'Enfantines'): 2. Berceuse
- Enfantillages pittoresques (Picturesque Childishness), for piano (from 'Enfantines'): 2. Marche du grand Escalier
- Peccadilles importunes (Tiresome Peccadilloes), for piano (from 'Enfantines'): 2. Lui manger sa tartine
- Peccadilles importunes (Tiresome Peccadilloes), for piano (from 'Enfantines'): 3. Profiter de ce qu'il a des cors aux pieds pour lui
- Nocturnes (5) for piano: 1er Nocturne
- Nocturne for piano No. 6
- Premier menuet, for piano
Music CD 4- Descriptions automatiques, for piano: 1. Sur un Vaisseau
- Descriptions automatiques, for piano: 2. Sur un Lanterne
- Descriptions automatiques, for piano: 2. Sur un Casque
- Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois (3 sketches and exasperations of a big wooden fellow), for piano: 1. Tyrolienne turqu
- Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois (3 sketches and exasperations of a big wooden fellow), for piano: 3. EspaZaZa
- Sports et divertissements (Sports and diversions), pieces (21) for piano
- Sonatine bureaucratique, for piano: 1. Allegro
- Sonatine bureaucratique, for piano: 2. Andante
- Sonatine bureaucratique, for piano: 3. Vivache
Music CD 5- Eginhard, prelude for piano from incidental music
- Uspud, Christian ballet in 3 scenes for piano (orchestrated by Canby): Premier Acte
- Jack-in-the-Box, pantomime ballet for piano (orchestrated by Milhaud): Entr'acte
- Jack-in-the-Box, pantomime ballet for piano (orchestrated by Milhaud): Finale
- La mort de Monsieur Mouche, prelude for piano from incidental music
- Pousse l'Amour, operetta: Chanson andalouse
- Le Piège de Méduse, dances for piano: 6. Polka
- Le Piège de Méduse, dances for piano: 7. Quadrille
- Les pantins dansent (The puppets dance), for piano
- Grimaces (5) for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' incidental music: 2. Coquecigrue
- Grimaces (5) for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' incidental music: 3. Chasse
- Grimaces (5) for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' incidental music: 4. Fanfaronnade
- Grimaces (5) for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' incidental music: 5. Retraite (pour sortir)
- Parade, ballet in 1 scene for orchestra
Music reviews of Satie: The Complete Solo Piano MusicMusic Review: good for completists, but... Rating: 3 Stars
I jumped at the chance to buy this set; a new digital recording of Satie's complete solo piano music. I had admired Jean-Yves Thibaudet in the past and had seen him perform Messiaen's "Turangalila Symphony"; a great performance. However, after listening to this set for three straight months, I'm rather frustrated with it, mostly on aesthetic grounds, since I can't deny Thibaudet's talents; I just disagree with some of his interpretations.To start, most of the shorter, "lite" pieces are performed very well on disc 4. Even the most popular, (Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes) are excellent. I am also thankful I now have performances of "Uspud" and many of Satie's conservatory assignments, played expertly and with good humor. For these, the set is worth having. But now, the bad news. As I have complained about in the past with Thibaudet's Ravel discs, I'm frankly rather put-off by his inexplicable, pointless staccato in many of the pieces. "Petite Overture a la Danser" is one of my favorite Satie miniatures, and here Thibaudet botches it by playing it way too fast with no pedal. It sounds like a joke, and I think he totally misses the point of the piece. In the "Nazareen" preludes, he adds his own extreme dynamics which are not indicated in the original scores, and the effect seems like a cheap attempt to add "spice" to what are supposed to be meditative sound constructions, based on poetry forms rather than classical forms. "Prelude to the Heroic Gate of Heaven" is taken far too slow, and Thibaudet completely cuts out the "Curtain" coda in the original Salabert edition for no apparent reason; he seems determined to give the piece a more "proper" ending, and for this listener, it's a terrible, narcissistic, and disrespectful miscalculation. I will keep this set since it is a complete document, flawed though it may be. But I still must insist that the best living interpreter of Satie's piano music is the ever-underrated Reinbert DeLeeuw, who is completely in-tune with Satie's sly magic. His tempos may be slow, his dynamics few, but that's the whole point; this is highly personal music, and DeLeeuw has an aesthetic I can personally agree with. For an audible explanation of what I'm talking about, compare the performances of "Petite Overture a la Danser" by DeLeeuw and Thibaudet, and you'll see what I mean.
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