Alessandro Simonetto - Satie: Early Works - Sarabandes, Gnossiennes, Gymnopédies & Pièces froides (2021)

Erik Satie's opus is undoubtedly recognized, not only by the academic world, as original and tremendously innovative. Debussy, Ravel, Milhaud and many others took ideas and inspiration from Satie. It is not coincidence that he created new prototypes of combinations and compositional inventions, often extemporaneous and unpretentious, but which opened new horizons in classical music history. Atonality, bitonality, but also what is now called 'Ambience' music, increasingly fashionable, are all marks by Satie's genius. "It is almost offensive to even compare the genius of a genuine composer like Satie to the pragmatic and often cunning attitude of certain "modern" composers of today's business." - wrote Alessandro Simonetto - "Satie is also much, much more other just "minimal". His "Sports et Divertissement" - just to mention his main piano collection - is a vademecum of new piano ideas, his best will ike the Preludes for Chopin."

Track List:

01. Allegro (Unedited Original Version)
02. 3 Sarabandes: No. 1, —
03. 3 Sarabandes: No. 2, —
04. 3 Sarabandes: No. 3, —
05. 2 Quatuors (Unfinished): No. 1, —
06. 2 Quatuors (Unfinished): No. 2, —
07. 3 Gymnopédies: No. 1, Lent et douloureux
08. 3 Gymnopédies: No. 2, Lent et triste
09. 3 Gymnopédies: No. 3, Lent et grave
10. Gnossienne "No. 5"
11. Chanson hongroise (Unfinished)
12. 3 Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent
13. 3 Gnossiennes: No. 2, Avec étonnement
14. 3 Gnossiennes: No. 3, Lent
15. Untitled Piece "Gnossienne No. 4" (Ed. R. Caby)
16. Untitled Piece "Petite ouverture à danser" (Ed. R. Caby)
17. Untitled Piece "Gnossienne No. 6"
18. Untitled Piece "Air à faire fuir" (Songerie vers "Jack") [Ed. R. Caby & A. Simonetto]
19. Pièces froides, Set 1 "Airs à faire fuir": No. 1, D'une manière très particulière
20. Pièces froides, Set 1 "Airs à faire fuir": No. 2, Modestemente
21. Pièces froides, Set 1 "Airs à faire fuir": No. 3, S'inviter
22. Pièces froides, Set 2 "Danses de travers": No. 1, En y regardant a deux fois
23. Pièces froides, Set 2 "Danses de travers": No. 2, Passer
24. Pièces froides, Set 2 "Danses de travers": No. 3, Encore
25. Danse de travers (Avant-première en forme d'air à faire fuir)
26. Untitled Piece "Caresse" (Ed. R. Caby)