Satie - Nocturne No. 2 'Simplement'

Ciccolini 1980s Satie recordings are notable for their big-boned, magisterially sculptured approach. He avoids romanticising or sentimentalising the music, and it's stronger for it. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

the challenge with these deceptively simple pieces is to maintain perfect balance, weight, poise and equilibrium in the music throughout, alongside a clear sense of line and unswerving tempo.... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2023 More…

“The performances…challenge the safe conformity, the curious predicatiblty that smooths the edges in so many Satie recitals…there is an improvisatory, mercurial air about much of the palying... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…