Le Maitre
Donald Macleod focuses on Satie's momentous last decade. With two rare fanfares for trumpet and the remarkable Entr'acte cinematographique.
By the early 1920s, Satie was the toast of Paris. Having been spotted by the legendary impresario Jean Cocteau, he found himself working with the likes of Picasso and hailed by a new generation as "the Prince Of Musicians". The composer had also invented "furniture music" - designed to work unnoticed as interior decoration, a little like modern muzak.
Donald Macleod introduces Satie's momentous last decade, featuring two rare fanfares for trumpet and a song written in memory of the composer's greatest friend and colleague, Claude Debussy. The week ends with Satie's remarkable Entr'acte Cinematographique, the first ever film music to be written frame-by-frame, and a startling precursor of minimalism.
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Erik Satie
Musique D'Ameublement no.3: Carrelage Phonique
Performer: Ensemble Erwartung / Bernard Desgraupes
- FNAC 592292.
- 34.
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Louis Durey
Hommage à Erik Satie
Performer: François Le Roux (baritone) Performer: Graham Johnson (piano)
- HYPERION CDA67257.
- 1.
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Erik Satie
Sonnerie Pour Reveiller Le Bon Gros Roi Des Singes (lequel ne dort toujours que d'un oeil)
Performer: Richard Giangiulio, Bert Traux (trumpets)
- CRYSTAL CRR230.
- 10.
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Erik Satie
La Statue Retrouvée (1923)
Performer: Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) Performer: Simon Preston (organ)
- BIS BISSACD109.
- 6.
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Erik Satie
Six Nocturnes (1919)
Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
- DECCA 4736202 - Disc 3,.
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Erik Satie
Trois Petits Pièces Montées (1919)
Performer: Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux / Yutaka Sado
- ERATO 8573858272.
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Erik Satie
Quatre Petites Melodies (1920)
Performer: Anne-Sophie Schmidt (soprano) Performer: Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMCD90.
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Erik Satie
Cinéma (Entr'acte de Relache) (1924)
Performer: Ars Nova Ensemble
- ERATO STU71336.
- 1.
Broadcasts
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