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The buyer of a best-of compilation may often be looking for a single disc if the idea is to get a taste of a certain composer, but the sheer individuality of Satie's music emerges more clearly in multiple examples; the buyer should consider this reasonably priced double-disc set from Naxos. The performances, mostly by pianist Klára Körmendi and the fine regional French Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, are never less than competent, and the buyer will get a full sense of the range of Satie's iconoclastic ways. The composer's hits -- the graceful Gymnopédie No. 1, the offbeat Sports et Divertissements in their entirety, the Trois morceaux en forme de poire (Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear, composed after a critic complained of formlessness in Satie's music), excerpts from the avant-garde stage music of the ballet Parade -- are all here, but the listener gets alternative examples of the impulses behind these. The ballet Relâche, a Dadaist-inspired work that mixes popular tunes with avant-garde experimentalism, is represented by two excerpts; it's a work on the way up. Satie's humor is a bit easier to connect with when one encounters him taking aim at musical convention from several slightly different angles. A bonus here, not usually found on Satie compilation recordings, is the inclusion of several of Satie's semi-popular music-hall pieces. It might have been nice to include the vocal version of Je te veux (CD 2, track 14), but the piece helps the listener come to grips with the layer of vernacular music in the work of this solitary French iconoclast, who seems with every passing year to have more to say to the modern listener. Anyone who wants to understand Satie can get a good start with this generous set of pieces.
© TiVo
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Parade (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jerome Kaltenbach, Conductor
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Le piège de Méduse (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Avant-dernieres pensees * (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
3 Petites pièces montées (Version for Piano Duet) (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist - Gabor Eckhardt, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
3 morceaux en forme de poire (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist - Gabor Eckhardt, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Gnossiennes (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Pièces froides (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
3 Gymnopedies (orch. Debussy) (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jerome Kaltenbach, Conductor
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Relâche (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jerome Kaltenbach, Conductor
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
DISC 2
Mercure (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jerome Kaltenbach, Conductor
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Erik Satie, Composer - Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jerome Kaltenbach, Conductor
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Erik Satie, Composer - Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jerome Kaltenbach, Conductor
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Erik Satie, Composer - Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jerome Kaltenbach, Conductor
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Erik Satie, Composer - Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jerome Kaltenbach, Conductor
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Prélude de la porte héroïque du ciel (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Le piccadilly (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
3 Gymnopedies (orch. Debussy) (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jerome Kaltenbach, Conductor
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
3 Valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Sports et divertissements (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
3 Gymnopedies (orch. Debussy) (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jerome Kaltenbach, Conductor
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
En habit de cheval (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist - Gabor Eckhardt, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Valse-ballet (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Je te veux (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
3 Sarabandes (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Erik Satie, Composer - Klara Kormendi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Relâche (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jerome Kaltenbach, Conductor
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Album review
The buyer of a best-of compilation may often be looking for a single disc if the idea is to get a taste of a certain composer, but the sheer individuality of Satie's music emerges more clearly in multiple examples; the buyer should consider this reasonably priced double-disc set from Naxos. The performances, mostly by pianist Klára Körmendi and the fine regional French Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, are never less than competent, and the buyer will get a full sense of the range of Satie's iconoclastic ways. The composer's hits -- the graceful Gymnopédie No. 1, the offbeat Sports et Divertissements in their entirety, the Trois morceaux en forme de poire (Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear, composed after a critic complained of formlessness in Satie's music), excerpts from the avant-garde stage music of the ballet Parade -- are all here, but the listener gets alternative examples of the impulses behind these. The ballet Relâche, a Dadaist-inspired work that mixes popular tunes with avant-garde experimentalism, is represented by two excerpts; it's a work on the way up. Satie's humor is a bit easier to connect with when one encounters him taking aim at musical convention from several slightly different angles. A bonus here, not usually found on Satie compilation recordings, is the inclusion of several of Satie's semi-popular music-hall pieces. It might have been nice to include the vocal version of Je te veux (CD 2, track 14), but the piece helps the listener come to grips with the layer of vernacular music in the work of this solitary French iconoclast, who seems with every passing year to have more to say to the modern listener. Anyone who wants to understand Satie can get a good start with this generous set of pieces.
© TiVo
Details of original recording : 61:19 - 63:10 - Enregistré entre 1988 et 1998 - Notes en anglais
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 29 track(s)
- Total length: 02:04:15
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy Klára Körmendi Gabor Eckhardt Jérôme Kaltenbach
- Composer: Erik Satie
- Label: Naxos
- Area: France
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Modern Style
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
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