Piano Music of Erik Satie Volume 1

Erik Satie - Piano Music of Erik Satie Volume 1

performed by Aldo Ciccolini

From sometime in the mid 1960s to the 1970s, Aldo Ciccolini attempted to record all of Erik Satie's piano pieces. The performances were released on six volumes on six separate LPs. Satie gave humorous and quirky titles to most of his pieces and there are translations provided below.

Translations of some titles:

Heures séculaires et instantanées - Age-Old and Instantaneous Hours

Trois Valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté - Three Distinguished Waltzes of the Disabused Affected Man

Trois Avant-dernières pensées - Three Next-to-Last Thoughts

Trois Morceaux en forme de poire - Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear

Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois - Sketches and Exasperations of a Big Boob Made of Wood

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Trois Gymnopédies {7:39}

2. Heures séculaires et instantanées {3:18}

3. Trois Valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté {2:34}

4. Trois Avant-dernières pensées {3:13}

5. Trois Gnossiennes {6:51}

Side 2

1. Trois Morceaux en forme de poire {12:19}

2. Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois {3:44}

3. Trois Nocturnes {7:44}

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