Topic: Erik Satie

[Michel]

Isn't he great!

I've been listening to nothing else for days as i haven't heard him before.

[lukeottevanger]

He is great, indeed, though more for what he opened up (not just to Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc and the Arceuil school but also, even, to John Cage, who he influenced deeply), than for his music. There are, probably, only a few really, truly strong pieces (Socrate, the Nocturnes, Sports et Divertissements, Pieces en forme de poire, and actually the famous earlier pieces too - Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes, Sarabandes). However, I wouldn't willingly exchange these ones for anything.

He's a fascinating figure, much misunderstood, and admirable on a personal level in so many ways (witness his going back to the conservatoire in all humility at a late age; in general witness the strength of character that enabled him to live the life he did, isolated in Arceuil). Also among the most anecdote-ridden of composers! Get hold of Rollo Myers' old biography. It's the only one I've read, it may be superceded by later ones, but it comes from very close to the source and feels genuine and passionate.

[Mark]

Didn't he get seven suits of clothes made, all in yellow, so he could wear one every day of the week?

I agree, btw, great music.

[Choo Choo]

What of his have you been listening to, Michel?

There's an ultracheap VoxBox with not-bad performances of most of the "name" works - including my nomination for what has to be about the cheeriest piece of music extant: La belle excentrique (a music-hall dance suite).

[Solitary Wanderer]

Yep, count me as a fan too.

I only have one disc being a comp performed by Ronan O'Hora.

I usually spin this disk on a sunday afternoon as its very relaxing 

[SimonGodders]

The most gorgeously played Gymnopedie No. 1 is to be found on this fantastic disc (amongst other delights):

http://www.amazon.com/Naida-Cole-Emmanuel-Chabrier/dp/B000058TAN/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-5908801-4745533?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1180652284&sr=8-2

[karlhenning]

Socrate!

[lukeottevanger]

Socrate!

dude...



I find it hard to read Karl's pithy exclamation without being reminded of this seminal work of modern cinema

[George]

I am another big fan of Satie. I love everything I have heard from him.

Queffelec, Roge are great interpreters.

[Hector]

The most gorgeously played Gymnopedie No. 1 is to be found on this fantastic disc (amongst other delights):

http://www.amazon.com/Naida-Cole-Emmanuel-Chabrier/dp/B000058TAN/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-5908801-4745533?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1180652284&sr=8-2

One piece of Satie.

However, I cannot wait to hear Gospard de le nuit. Is it the gospard according to Gaspard, do you know?

[karlhenning]

Quefflec

Looks like a slangy Canadian indelicacy 

[Philoctetes]

Need to bump up this thread.
 

[George]

Need to bump up this thread.
 

 

[Kullervo]

Need to bump up this thread.
 

Why?

[Symphonien]

Why?

Because no-one else seems to like Satie.

[Hector]

Because no-one else seems to like Satie.

Perhaps he should have changed his name to Bruckner, there would be pages and pages, by now!

[Kullervo]

This thread is pretty similar to a piece by Satie -- it's very short and nothing important is being said. 

[PerfectWagnerite]

This thread is pretty similar to a piece by Satie -- it's very short and nothing important is being said. 

Satie's pieces may be short, but every second seems like a year when listening to them.

[Hector]

Satie's pieces may be short, but every second seems like a year when listening to them.

Unlike Wagner, of course, where every minute seems like a millenium (I know he would approve, though).

[PerfectWagnerite]

Unlike Wagner, of course, where every minute seems like a millenium (I know he would approve, though).

Especially if Reginald Goodall is conducting. Then it becomes interminable.