Erik Satie Compositeur de Musique

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On this disc Italian avant-garde accordionist Teodoro Anzellotti spins out the charming, lilting, and quite familiar solo piano melodies of Erik Satie (the entire "Sports et Divertissements" and "Gnossiennes," the always popular "Three Elegant Waltzes by a Squeamish Pansy," and others). While this music was composed in perhaps Satie's most humorous period, the accordion does not emphasize that quality or turn it into kitsch. Instead Anzellotti takes Satie's mostly linear melodies and teases them out into clouds of chords, like straight hair is teased into a burr, a rat's nest. Not that the music becomes an absolute blur, but instead the crisp and sharp are changed into something more warm and enveloping. Through his techniques, the transitions faintly overlap and tempos are ever-so-slightly halted, all with the effect of rendering the very familiar less so. Beautiful. --Robin Edgerton

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Erik Satie Compositeur de Musique
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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  • Erik Satie... on accordion...
 Erik Satie Compositeur de Musique

Manufacturer: Winter & Winter
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000B9N2
Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

  1. Sports Et Divertissements
  2. R Verie Du Pauvre
  3. Les Trois Valses Distingu Es Du Pr Cieux D Goute
  4. Petite Ouverrture A Danser
  5. Le Pi Ge De M Duse
  6. Avant-Derni Res Pens Es
  7. Premi Re Pens E Rose Croix
  8. Gnossienne N. 1
  9. Gnossienne N. 2
  10. Gnossienne N. 3
  11. Gnossienne N. 4
  12. Gnossienne N. 5
  13. Gnossienne N. 6
  14. Peccadille Importunes
  15. Les Pantins Dansent
  16. 1. Re Gymnop Die

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On this disc Italian avant-garde accordionist Teodoro Anzellotti spins out the charming, lilting, and quite familiar solo piano melodies of Erik Satie (the entire "Sports et Divertissements" and "Gnossiennes," the always popular "Three Elegant Waltzes by a Squeamish Pansy," and others). While this music was composed in perhaps Satie's most humorous period, the accordion does not emphasize that quality or turn it into kitsch. Instead Anzellotti takes Satie's mostly linear melodies and teases them out into clouds of chords, like straight hair is teased into a burr, a rat's nest. Not that the music becomes an absolute blur, but instead the crisp and sharp are changed into something more warm and enveloping. Through his techniques, the transitions faintly overlap and tempos are ever-so-slightly halted, all with the effect of rendering the very familiar less so. Beautiful. --Robin Edgerton

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars SUPERB!.......2006-11-05

Jules Massenet breaths life into the work of Erik Satie through the senuous, surging outpourings of a spare accordion. Outstanding transciption and recording!

4 out of 5 stars Erik Satie... on accordion..........2001-03-20

This CD is a collection of Erik Satie solo piano pieces performed on solo accordion... it sounds like... Erik Satie... on accordion. Which is a good thing! Very tastefully done, Mr. Anzellotti sticks to the written notes without over-interpretation or campiness. Heard on accordion, the pieces take on a uniquely dreamy, nostalgic, and slightly surreal quality, especially the exotic "Gnossiennes." The familiar "Gymnopedie #1" sounds especially lovely in this setting, and the jauntier sections of "Sports and Divertissments" benefit from the playful quality of the accordion. While an hour of solo accordion is a bit much in one sitting, this is a wonderful release for those wanting to hear Satie's music in a refreshing new light. Mr. Satie himself would be pleased, no doubt! (And as usual, the Winter & Winter label outdoes itself with beautiful packaging and design!)

Track Listings:

  1. Franck: Symphony in Dm; Stravinsky: Petrushka
  2. Gabriel Fauré: Mélodies / Barbara Hendricks
  3. German Nightingale
  4. Gesu Al Calvario (Comp)
  5. Giulio Caccini: Madrigali scelti (1601) et varia
  6. Glenn Gould Edition - Bach: Partitas, Preludes & Fugues
  7. Grand Mass in C Minor
  8. Gurrelieder/Chamber Symphony 1 [Import]
  9. Harmonium/Choruses from the Death of Klinghoffer
  10. Highway One

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Track Listings

Play It at Your Sister: Stiff Years [Import]

Schubert: Sons Piano D. 568/D. 845

Ravel: Ma Mere l'Oye / Bolero / Le tombeau de Couperin / Alborada del Gracioso

On The Same Page

Talkin Jazz 3 [Import]

Summer Bones

Reggae In Paradise 2

The Collection [Import]

Ssssh [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

Sainton:The Island/Hadley:The Trees So High

Sonny Rollins 2 [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Por El Resto de Mis

Presents Latin Fever [Import]

Odetta and the Blues

Dark Light Daybreak