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So finally i bought myself a cd with music by Satie... after all the talk of aphex twin being influenced by him, i was incredibly curious to how it would sound! I had no idea where to start, so i just bought the one with the prettiest artwork (which also just so happened to be the cheapest ;-)). It's called "early piano works vol.1", and the piano is played by reinbert de leeuw. I must say i really like it! It totally puts the druqks-pianotracks in a new perspective for me (satie is much better in my opinion...)richard is able to produce a nice melancholic atmosphere with his piano... but the satie-cd has that same atmosphere, and at the same time the songs are obviously better... more constructed and with much more subtle melodies (all imo ofcourse). I really like it! It's very relaxing, yet not boring. The cd mostly consists of his "gnossienes" (part 1 - 6), + 3 other tracks. I think i'm going to try and find vol2 of this series aswell :-) heh, i guess this is my first "classical" cd. My mom has loads of those, but the singing always irritates me (ridiculously high female voices, and ludricrously low male voices... opera-style... baah... i can't take that seriously!). Luckily satie is all instrumental. |
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opera style singing puts me off as well! |
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I have a slightly different Satie one, also played by de leeuw. It is good, but it is played too slowly, even for Satie, IMO. I can't remember which other pianist I have a recording of the tracks being played by, but it's much better and still retains the typical Satie "slowness". |
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:-) my mom says she felt the same way when she was my age, but that she has grown to love it... we'll see... maybe my opninion will change when i'm 50 too ;-) |
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I love a lot of classical music, but I have to admit that opera is quite annoying mostly. Though the operatic-style of something like the Upshaw performance of Gorecki's Symphony of Sorrowfull Songs is gorgeous. |
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"I can't remember which other pianist I have a recording of the tracks being played by, but it's much better and still retains the typical Satie "slowness"." hm... i have actually seen that complaint before on a satie-site... some people feel reinbert playes too slow, others think his slowness makes the music even better... eitherway de leeuw's versions are the only one i've heard so far... so i can't really judge yet. I love this... but i might like another interpretation even better. Anyway... when you get around to it, would you be so kind as to look up who the other versions you heard are played by? I'd be interested to hear them myself! :-) |
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Fuck Satie, buy a CD of Choping Nocturnes |
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i also really love the writing in the artwork! Satie was even stranger than rdj :-p Have a look at his (according to himself) daily routine: "the artist must regulate his life. Here is the timetable of my daily actions: My rising - 7:18 Inspired - from 10:23 to 11:47 I lunch at 12:11 and leave the table at 12:14 Salutary ride on horseback down in my park - from 13:19 to 14:53 Further inspiration - from 15:12 to 16:07 Various occupations (fencing, reflection, immobility, contemplation, dexterity, bathing etc.) - from 16:21 to 18:47 Dinner is served at 19:16 and finished at 19:20. Then come symphonic readings out loud - from 20:09 to 21:59 My retiring occurs regularly at 22:37. Once a week I awake with a start at 3:19 (tuesday)." :-p So peculiar! He also ate only white food (this list is quite disgusting!), and his entire wardrobe consisted of 12 identical velvet suits... mmm... i really really really love gnossiene #1! (listening to it as we speak)... this is probably my favourite track off the cd. |
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I did a version of Gnossienne 1 and 3: they are located at my mp3.com address, which is www.mp3.com/the_pfs |
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gorecki? So that's what lamb named their song after :-) cool. I'll have a listen sometime... |
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very interesting... i'm listening to your version of #1 at this moment. It reminds me of uh... how do you say... like an egyptian snake-charmer? A guy who plays the flute and hypnotises the cobra with it :-) I like it! It gives me the same feeling as the piano-version... but the percussion is a nice touch... very subtle. I'm glad you didn't "rape" the gnossiene and turn it into something completely different, if you know what i mean. |
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Will do. Marlowe: I take it you mean Chopin? |
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your #3 is even better i'd say! As a composition i prefer the first one, but i think the instruments you used on #3 are very beautiful... yeah... great music! I think i'll check out some of your other songs too :-) |
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I have a Sony disk called simply Piano Works, with Daniel Varsano and Philippe Entremont tickling the ivories. It has a broad range of his stuff, from the lyrical gymnopedies and gnossiennes to some jarring experimentalism. I particularly love the pieces "Je Te Veux" and "Poudre d'or" from his cafe-concert period. They would fit in perfectly on the Amelie soundtrack. |
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:D hehe, how embarassing! :D |
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sounds cool! I actually hate the fact that so many different versions of the same compositions exist... with the 20th century artists i like the fact that their albums are the "defenitive" versions of the songs... that i can get to know and love. With satie i'll never know how he intended his music to be listened to :-/ Still... i'll remember (try) those two titles... je te veux... poudre d'or.... thanks! I adore the Amélie-soundtrack :-D |
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Hey man--thanks for your kind words :) I thought you might get miffed after I said rude things about satie before :) thanks again :D |
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hey marlowe... your other stuff is much different from the gnossienes-interpretations... so much variation in your list of tracks! I listened to a couple of them and liked some alot, and some others not so much. But overal, i was quite impressed :-) |
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thanks homeboy--it's true, my tracks are varied :) |
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"I thought you might get miffed after I said rude things about satie before :)" lol oh was that supposed to be rude? I thought you meant you were sexually attracted to satie ;-) |
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Ugh have you seen pictures of him!! :D |
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I love Erik Satie´s work, esp. trois gymnopedies (big surprice...) |
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me 2 |
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humm i think i want to check this guy out... |
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i have a virgin classics double cd with the complete pianoworks by Satie. It's performed by Anne Queffelec. It reminds me alot of Brian Eno's Ambient 2 record. |
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i have that one too. satie is wicked. jus as good looking as RDJ i think. Hes a hero. the book Satie Seen Through His Letters (or something ...) is very good. |
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ive been listening to him a lot lately.. find a cd with his 3 nocturnes on them.. nocturne lll is one of the most gorgeous piano pieces ive ever heard *gurgle gurgle* it reminds me of pentitil cx htdui from drukqs well..it should be the other way around..pentitil sounds inspired by this piece funny someone mentioned the amelie soundtrack.. it almost sounds as if yann tiersen quoted a bit from gnossienne 1 on parts of the soundtrack and yeah.. he definitely exceeded rdj in terms of weirdness.. his titles were always strange..like 'dried embryos' and 'flabby preludes (for a dog)' he also started his own church.. intended as a mockery of religion i think |
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