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Special offer. Satie - Avant-Dernieres Pensees

Alexandre Tharaud (piano), with Juliette (voice), with Jean Delescluse (tenor), with Eric le Sage (piano), with Isabelle Faust (violin), with David Guerrier (trumpet)

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Few collections of Satie's music have captured this much misunderstood, multi-faceted composer remotely as well as this marvellous two-disc set from Alexandre Tharaud. His approach is more intelligent...

Special offer. Satie - Avant-Dernieres Pensees

Alexandre Tharaud (piano), with Juliette (voice), with Jean Delescluse (tenor), with Eric le Sage (piano), with Isabelle Faust (violin), with David Guerrier (trumpet)

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Few collections of Satie's music have captured this much misunderstood, multi-faceted composer remotely as well as this marvellous two-disc set from Alexandre Tharaud. His approach is more intelligent...

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"My aim in these two discs has been to offer the richest possible panorama of Satie's piano and chamber music, ranging over his whole lifetime. . . .Immersed in the world of Satie, we were touched, often deeply moved by the trust he shows in his interpreters." Alexandre Tharaud

Contents and tracklist

I. Sa taille
Track length1:01
II. Son binocle
Track length1:12
III. Ses jambes
Track length0:45
I. Quadrille
Track length0:51
II. Valse
Track length0:57
III. Pas vite
Track length0:37
IV. Mazurka
Track length0:49
V. Un peu vif
Track length0:16
VI. Polka
Track length0:53
VII. Quadrille
Track length0:26
I. Danses de travers
Track length1:38
II. Danses de travers
Track length1:21
III. Danses de travers
Track length2:14
I. Idylle
Track length0:57
II. Aubade
Track length1:33
III. Méditation
Track length1:08
I. d'Holothurie
Track length2:08
II. d'Edriophthalma
Track length1:40
III. de Podophthalma
Track length1:41
I. Obstacles venimeux
Track length1:37
II. Crépuscule matinal (de midi)
Track length0:58
III. Affolements granitiques
Track length0:50
Manière de commencement
Track length2:38
Prolongation du même
Track length0:51
I. Lentement
Track length1:14
II. Enlevé
Track length2:30
III. Brutal
Track length1:53
En plus
Track length2:43
Redite
Track length1:36
I. Marche franco-lunaire
Track length1:26
Grande Ritournelle
Track length1:54
II. Valse du "Mystérieux baiser dans l'œil"
Track length2:04
Grande Ritournelle
Track length0:54
III. Cancan Grand-Mondain
Track length1:57

Awards and reviews

  • Diapason d’Or de l’Année
    2009

Few collections of Satie's music have captured this much misunderstood, multi-faceted composer remotely as well as this marvellous two-disc set from Alexandre Tharaud. His approach is more intelligent than the usual anodyne offerings… Tharaud is able to make
the leaps from visionary to flippant, sublimely beautiful to downright silly with ease, but it is his willingness to take risks that really impresses… it is hard to think of a better introduction to Satie's music than this truly enjoyable collection.

April 2009

Few collections of Satie's music have captured this much misunderstood, multi-faceted composer remotely as well as this marvellous two-disc set from Alexandre Tharaud. Tharaud is able to make the leaps from visionary to flippant, sublimely beautiful to downright silly with ease and his willingness to take risks really impresses.

6th February 2009

It's carefully planned and never dull, largely thanks to Tharaud's exquisite keyboard shading.

1st March 2009

The popular first Gymnopédie and Gnossienne are here, beautifully played by Tharaud. Real interest lies in the second disc, with a mix of duets for piano with violin, voice, trumpet, plus veteran chanteuse Juliette, in "Chez le docteur", celebrating intestines, liver, kidney and spleen in sardonic chanson. All highly visceral.
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