Composer: Erik Satie
Performer: Nicolas Horvath
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Grand Piano
Release: 2017
Size: 603 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Allegro (1884)
02. Valse-Ballet
03. Fantaisie-Valse
04. Quartet No. 1 (sketch, 1886)
05. Quartet No. 2 (sketch, 1886)
Ogives (4)
06. Ogive No. 1
07. Ogive No. 2
08. Ogive No. 3
09. Ogive No. 4
Trois Sarabandes
10. Sarabande No. 1
11. Sarabande No. 2
12. Sarabande No. 3
Trois Gymnopédies
13. Gymnopédie No. 1
14. Gymnopédie No. 2
15. Gymnopédie No. 3
Six Gnossiennes
16. Gnossienne No. 5
17. Chanson hongroise
Six Gnossiennes
18. Gnossienne No. 1
19. Gnossienne No. 2
20. Gnossienne No. 3
21. Pièce sans titre (1891), “Première pensée Rose + Croix”
Six Gnossiennes
22. Gnossienne No. 4
Leit-motiv du ‘Panthée’
23. Leït-motiv du Panthée
Fanfares of the Rose+Cross
24. No. 1. Air de l’Ordre
25. No. 2. Air du Grand Maître
26. No. 3. Air du Grand Prieur
Le Fils des Étoiles
27. Le Fils des Étoiles, Act I: Gnossienne No. 7
Always inventive and innovation-seeking, Erik Satie’s earliest works show traces of Chopin as an influence but he soon came to reject virtuosity and tradition, choosing instead to remain with the quintessentially French traits of simplicity, clarity, precision, elegance and economy. Satie’s hauntingly beautiful floating melodies and modal tonalities are unforgettably compelling, combining bygone classical ages with Parisian sophistication. This landmark recording uses both a new and corrected edition of Satie’s music and Cosima Wagner’s own 1881 Erard piano, his instrument maker of choice.