Satie Piano Music
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Composer or Director: Erik Satie
Label: Decca
Magazine Review Date: 10/1984
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 61
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 410 220-2DH

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
(3) Gymnopédies |
Erik Satie, Composer
Erik Satie, Composer Pascal Rogé, Piano |
Je te veux |
Erik Satie, Composer
Erik Satie, Composer Pascal Rogé, Piano |
(3) Véritables préludes flasques |
Erik Satie, Composer
Erik Satie, Composer Pascal Rogé, Piano |
Prélude en tapisserie |
Erik Satie, Composer
Erik Satie, Composer Pascal Rogé, Piano |
(5) Nocturnes, Movement: No. 4 |
Erik Satie, Composer
Erik Satie, Composer Pascal Rogé, Piano |
Vieux séquins et vieilles cuirasses |
Erik Satie, Composer
Erik Satie, Composer Pascal Rogé, Piano |
Embryons desséchés |
Erik Satie, Composer
Erik Satie, Composer Pascal Rogé, Piano |
(6) Gnossiennes |
Erik Satie, Composer
Erik Satie, Composer Pascal Rogé, Piano |
Sonatine bureaucratique |
Erik Satie, Composer
Erik Satie, Composer Pascal Rogé, Piano |
(Le) Piccadilly |
Erik Satie, Composer
Erik Satie, Composer Pascal Rogé, Piano |
Author:
The cool clarity of this CD recording is appropriate for Satie's music, especially the Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes, which here seem to exist in a world of their own, quiet, timeless, separate. When reviewing the LP I suggested that in the cabaret song transcriptions, Je te veux and Le Piccadilly, Roge needed to relax more and aim for a drier tone: the latter is to some degree produced here, although the recording still sounds too close. Again, I complained about the undue richness of tone in Vieux sequins, and this has been to some extent refined. Many of Roge's interpretations are entirely admirable, such as those of Embryons desseches and the Sonatine, and certainly they are preferable on CD. Further, this disc plays for over an hour.'
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