Two Masterpieces
Donald Macleod introduces two works widely regarded as Satie's greatest, plus a rare miniature for violin and piano The Embarkation for Cythera.
Donald Macleod introduces two works widely regarded as Satie's greatest, plus a rare miniature for violin and piano, The Embarkation For Cythera.
The brilliant suite of vignettes Sports Et Divertissements was commissioned to accompany a volume of artworks. Originally turned down by Stravinsky, Satie almost rejected the project - as he felt the fee offered was too handsome.
Socrate is generally considered the composer's masterpiece - a unique, poignant, stunningly beautiful work for voices and chamber orchestra, setting Plato's account of the death of Socrates.
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John Cage
Cheap Imitation
Performer: Teodoro Anzellotti (accordion)
- WINTER & WINTER 9100802.
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Erik Satie
L'Embarquement Pour Cythère (1917)
Performer: Isabelle Faust (violin) Performer: Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC90201718.
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Erik Satie
Sports Et Divertissements (Choral Inappetissant, La Balancoire, La Chasse, La Comedie Ital
Performer: Pascal Rogé (piano)
- DECCA 4553702.
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Erik Satie
Socrate (Part 1, 2 & 3)
Performer: Marie-Therèse Escribano (Socrate - soprano); Michèle Bedard (Phèdre - soprano); Emiko Iiyama (Alcibiade - soprano); Gerlinde Lorenz (Phédon - soprano) Performer: Ensemble "Die Reihe" / Friedrich Cerha
- VOXBOX CDX 5107.
Broadcasts
- Thu 12 Nov 200912:00BBC Radio 3
- Thu 12 Nov 200922:00BBC Radio 3
- Thu 9 Jun 201112:00BBC Radio 3
- Thu 9 Jun 201118:30BBC Radio 3
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