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| The Best of Erik Satie | 
 enlarge | Artists: Erik Satie, Jerome Kaltenbach, Klara Koermendi, Orchestre Symphonique Et Lyrique De Nancy
Label: Naxos
Category: Music
List Price: $8.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 10048
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 556688
UPC: 730099668828
EAN: 0730099668828
ASIN: B00004SYFP
Release Date: May 16, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | No. 1: Lent et douloureux | | • | No. 2: Lent et triste | | • | No. 3: Lent et grave | | • | No. 1: Lent | | • | No. 2: Avec etonnement | | • | No. 3: Lent | | • | No. 4: Lent | | • | No. 5: Modere | | • | No. 6: Avec conviction et une tristesse rigoureuse | | • | No. 1 in F minor | | • | No. 2 a Maurice Ravel | | • | No. 3 in B flat minor | | • | No. 1, Doux et calme | | • | No. 2, Simplement | | • | No. 3, Un peu mouvemente | | • | No. 1: Lent et douloureux (orchestral version) | | • | No. 2: Lent et triste (orchestral version) | | • | No. 3: Lent et grave (orchestral version) |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Got Satie? July 26, 2005
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
... Well folks. This may be the perfect album to get started. This features some of the best-known works by the wierd and witty Erik Satie, including the Gymnopedies (both the original piano and the orchestrated versions), the Gnossiennes, just to name a few.
The performance done by pianist Klara Kormendi is relatively plain and simple, just as Satie might have wanted. Some of his music is actually not too difficult to play... A great CD at a budget price. Kudos to Naxos for a good performance at a good price.
Also, what I'm equally impressed is the fact that in this "appreciation" album, the listener will actually be listening to many "sets" of pieces. Some of those albums (Beethoven and Mozart for example) are mere collections of selected tracks, many just one movement of a large work, such as a symphony. In some you will only be listening to selected numbers of different large "sets" of pieces. In Chopin's for example one may listen only few of the 20+ nocturnes (No. 2 for example), 15+ waltzes, and 20+ mazurkas he wrote, so one would not feel complete listening to the whole "cycles" of short pieces. Satie, fortunatley, prefered using tiny sets of pieces, most of them only comprising of three movments each. Plus each piece is short. ALL of the three Gymnopedies. ALL of the six Gnossiennes. ALL of the three Sarabandes. ALL of the three nocturnes. One can already feel happy listening to couple "sets" within a single CD.
Once again, this may be the perfect album to get started with Erik Satie. And get ALL out of those pieces!!!
An excellent introduction to Satie's music May 30, 2004
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
'Best ofs' rarely do justice to classical music composers; the compilations' limited space often results in selections which are cut from their context, short excerps of longer works, etc. This Naxos release has none of these problems. It wisely offers complete opuses (i.e. all three Gymnopedies, Sarabandes and Nocturnes, all six Gnossiennes), and its focus on pieces for solo piano (the only orchestrations included here were not done by Satie himself) gives the disc a lot of cohesion. It doesn't sound much like a typical 'Best of' - this isn't a drawback but a virtue! - and rather is a thoughtful selection of some of Satie's most interesting works. The playing is also excellent: I was personally accustomed to slower Gymnopedies, but these faster versions are worth hearing; the beautiful Gnosiennes are also nicely rendered. This recording emphasizes the 'openness' of Satie's music: the (interior) spaces it evokes can become a springboard for reflexion, relaxation, or both depending on the listener's mood. Those who are new to Satie should definitely purchase this disc.
 Simplistic Beauty January 26, 2002
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
A good compilation of Erik Satie's work, though missing a few notables (the only reason I gave 4 stars instead of 5). During his life Satie didn't intend for his music to be highlighted, rather he prefered the music to be a "backround" to everyday life....as his pieces were played at concerts, Satie encouraged the the crowd to talk, carry on...behave as if nothing of paticular interest was occuring. He felt his music was not for special attention, and would rather it play as a soundtrack to a typical day. With apologies to Satie, this work is simply too beautiful to not stop and take notice.
beautiful music February 25, 2002
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
this is one of the best collection album from satie.
this cd includes a loot of nive piano composition like
the classic and still very fine song trois gymnopedies
wich is to be saties most famous song of all his works.
by this cd and then you will here how good this is.
 Richard review of Best of Satie September 2, 2005
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
The recording is well done. Eric Satie is not the type of music that many people will appreciate. I like his music and this particular recording.
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