Erik Satie

Great Composers in Words and Music: Erik Satie

Release date August 26, 2022
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Tracklist

1
Great Composers in Words and Music: Introduction
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3 Sarabandes: II (excerpt)
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Great Composers in Words and Music: On 16th January 1911, French composer Maurice Ravel...
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3 Gnossiennes: No 3. Lent (excerpt)
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Great Composers in Words and Music: An extract from the third movement of Satie’s Gnossiennes...
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Valse-ballet (excerpt)
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Great Composers in Words and Music: The Valse-ballet was not only Satie’s first substantial piece…
2:36
2:36
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4 Ogives: I.
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Great Composers in Words and Music: In November 1886, Satie left the Conservatoire to begin military service…
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3 Gymnopédies: No. 3 (excerpt)
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Great Composers in Words and Music: In the spring of 1890, Satie moved higher up into the Butte Montmartre to 6 rue Cortot…
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3 Sonneries de la Rose+Croix: I. Air de l’ordre (excerpt)
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Great Composers in Words and Music: On 14th August 1892, after a short but intense period of engagement with Rosicrucian ideology and practice…
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Vexations (excerpt)
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Satie’s outward appearance was soon to change…
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Trois Morceaux en forme de poire (excerpt)
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Great Composers in Words and Music: The Pear pieces, finished in November 1903…
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En habit de cheval (excerpt)
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Great Composers in Words and Music: 1911, of course, was the year of the breakthrough concert with which our history began…
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Sports et divertissements: I. Choral inappétissant
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Great Composers in Words and Music: The commission of Sports et divertissements…
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Parade: II. Petite fille américaine (excerpt)
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Great Composers in Words and Music: There was quite a commotion at Parade’s premiere on 18th May 1917…
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Musique d'ameublement: I. Tapisserie en fer forgé
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Curiously, the function of Satie’s Musique d’ameublement as a…
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Mercure. Poses plastiques en trois tableaux : Troisième Tableau : Le Chaos
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Mercure, like Parade, created quite a stir on its premiere…
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Relâche, Acte I: Cinéma (excerpt)
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Great Composers in Words and Music: In a sense, critics’ response to Relâche can be read as a microcosm of…
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Relâche, Acte II: Petite danse finale (Chanson mimée). La queue du chien (excerpt)
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