Satie: The Complete Piano Works [Box set]

Satie: The Complete Piano Works [Box set]

On this CD:

1. Sarabandes (3), for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

2. Allegro, for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

3. Gnossiennes (6), for piano, complete
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

4. Pièces froides (Cold Pieces), 6 pieces for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

5. Pièces froides (Cold Pieces), 6 pieces for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

6. Petite sonate (1st movement only), for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

7. Avant-dernières pensées (Next-to-last thoughts), 3 pieces for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

8. Gymnopédies (3), for piano, complete (also orchestrated by Debussy)
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

9. Tendrement, valse chantée for voice & piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

10. Poudre d'or (Gold Dust), for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

11. Le Piccadilly, march for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

12. Je te veux (I Want You), café-concert song for voice & piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

13. The Dreamy Fish (Le poisson rêveur), incidental music for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

14. Fantaisie-valse, for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

15. Valse-ballet, for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

16. Jack-in-the-Box, pantomime ballet for piano (orchestrated by Milhaud)
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

17. Préludes flasques; pour un chien (Flabby preludes; for a dog), for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

18. Véritables préludes flasques pour un chien (Truely Flabby Preludes for a Dog), for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

19. Embryons desséchés (3 dried-up embryos), for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

20. Vieux séquins et vieilles cuirasses (Old sequins and armor), for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

21. Chapitres tournés en tous sens (Chapters turned every which way), for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

22. Sonatine bureaucratique, for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

23. Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois (3 sketches and exasperations of a big wooden fellow), for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

24. Les pantins dansent (The puppets dance), for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

25. Le Piège de Méduse, dances for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

26. Descriptions automatiques, for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

27. Heures séculaires et instantanées (Age-old and instantaneous hours), 3 pieces for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

28. Menus propos enfantins (Childish Chatter), for piano (from "Enfantines")
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

29. Enfantillages pittoresques (Picturesque Childishness), for piano (from "Enfantines")
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

30. Peccadilles importunes (Tiresome Peccadilloes), for piano (from "Enfantines")
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

31. Nouvelles pièces froides (New Cold Pieces), for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

32. Passacaille, for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

33. Les valses (3) distinguées du précieux dégoûté (3 distinguished waltzes of a disgusted dandy), for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

34. Premier menuet, for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

35. Sports et divertissements (Sports and diversions), 21 pieces for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

36. Relâche (No Performance Today), ballet for orchestra (also piano version) Cinéma
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

37. Prélude de La Porte héroïque du ciel (Prelude to "The Heroic Gate of Heaven"), incidental music for piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

38. Prélude de La Porte héroïque du ciel (Prelude to "The Heroic Gate of Heaven"), incidental music for piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

39. Sonneries de la Rose + Croix, for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

40. Préludes (4), for piano (& various orchestrations)
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

41. Le fils des étoiles, Chaldean pastoral, preludes and incidental music for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

42. Danses gothiques (9), for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

43. Prélude en tapisserie, for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

44. Verset laïque et somptueux, for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

45. Nocturnes, 5 pieces for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

46. Nocturnes, 5 pieces for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

47. Nocturnes, 5 pieces for piano
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud

48. Parade, ballet in 1 scene for orchestra
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud, Dominique Merlet

49. Petites pièces (3) montées (3 Little Stuffed Pieces), for orchestra
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud, Dominique Merlet

50. En habit de cheval (In riding habit), 4 pieces for piano duet (or orchestra)
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud, Dominique Merlet

51. Morceaux (3) en forme de poire (3 pieces in the form of a pear), for piano duet or orchestra
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud, Dominique Merlet

52. Aperçus désagréables (Unpleasant glimpses), 3 pieces for piano duet
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud, Dominique Merlet

53. La belle excentrique, "serious fantasy" for orchestra (or piano, 4 hands)
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud, Dominique Merlet

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Five CDs collecting Erik Satie's complete piano works is an occasion to celebrate under any conditions. The set is played with a just-right balance of whimsy, drama, and starkness by Jean-Pierre Armengaud. And there's a bonus. At first glance, the 100-page accompanying booklet is nothing too special--a timeline, notes in three languages, etc. But upon looking closely, you discover that the liner notes are exceptional and fascinating, with such spare nuggets as Satie's description of himself as a phonometrographer, a composer whose "scientific thinking dominates" his creative process. Also present are Satie's own written comments on many of the recorded pieces, nuggets of wisdom and fancy that rely profusely on visual and sensory imagery, aligning the composer with not only late-19th-century French poets, but also Impressionist painters and surrealist visionaries.

Armengaud, who's written his own book on Satie (in French), manages splendid efflorescence on the first CD (Famous Pieces) and the last (Works for Piano Duet, with Dominique Merlet), and he takes a funnily melodramatic approach to the second CD, Humorous Pieces (containing gems like "Floppy Preludes--for a Dog" and "Sketches and Irritations of a Fat Figurine"), all of which teeter and lilt with delighted looseness and retain a crisp edge. The remaining discs are Mystical Pieces and the crown jewel of the bunch, Surrealistic and Childish Pieces. Satie's ability to depict motion and space is unmatched on the latter set of works, with feints and jabs of spirited playfulness alternating with warpy, balletlike episodes that benefit deeply from Armengaud's interpretations. They're warm and crafty at once. Can Satie be taken at his word on any of his notes and descriptions of these works? Perhaps and perhaps not, as he was equal parts surrealist, childlike tinkerer, metaphysical scientist, and whimsical dramatist. --Andrew Bartlett

Satie: The Complete Piano Works, Music, Jean-Pierre Armengaud, Dominique Merlet, 20th/21st Century Ballet, 20th/21st Century Music for Voice and Keyboard, 20th/21st Century Orchestral Work with Descriptive Title, 20th/21st Century Sonata/Sonatina for Keyboard, 20th/21st Century Tone Poem/Symphonic Poem, Allegro for Keyboard, Ballet, Box Sets (Audio Only), Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Music, Coll. of Character/Single-Movement/Misc. Works for Keyb., Collection of Dance-Based Music for Keyboard, Fantasy/Fantasia for Keyboard, Keyboard, Keyboard Music for More Than One Player, Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclassified Title, March for Keyboard, Minuet for Keyboard, Morceau for Keyboard, Musical Theater, Nocturne for Keyboard, Orchestral, Passacaglia/Passacaglia and Fugue for Keyboard, Prelude for Keyboard, Sarabande for Keyboard, Vocal, Waltz for Keyboard

Satie: The Complete Piano Works [Box set]

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