Erik Satie
Avant-Dernieres Pensees: Selected Piano Works
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Avant-Dernières Pensées collects together several of Erik Satie's best known compositions, including the famously poised Trois Gymnopédies, all six haunting Gnossiennes, and Je te Veux. Also included are more experimental pieces such as Descriptions Automatiques and Sports et Divertissements, an extraordinary collection of 21 miniatures from 1914 with illustrations by Charles Martin.
The album also finds space for Satie's single-act, neo-Dada lyric comedy Le Piège de Médusa, comprising 'seven tiny dances for Jonah the Monkey', illustrated by Cubist painter Georges Braque.
Release notes
Selected works by Erik Satie written between 1888 and 1915. An LTM compact disc. Made in EU. From the LTM site: Avant-Dernières Pensées collects together several of Erik Satie's best known compositions, including the famously poised Trois Gymnopédies, all six haunting Gnossiennes, and Je Te Veux. Also included are more experimental pieces such as Descriptions Automatiques and Sports et Divertissements, an extraordinary collection of 21 miniatures from 1914 with illustrations by Charles…
| 1 | Trois Gymnopédies | 9:00 | |
| 2 | Gnossiennes 1-7 | 18:30 | |
| 3 | Je Te Veux/Caresse | 7:30 | |
| 4 | Musiques Intimes Et Secrètes | 3:00 | |
| 5 | Embryos Desséchés | 5:15 | |
| 6 | Le Piège De Méduse | 3:30 | |
| 7 | Descriptions Automatiques | 3:21 | |
| 8 | Sports Et Divertissements | 15:00 | |
| 9 | Avant-Dernières Pensées | 2:54 |
- James Hayward
- Liner Notes
- Bojan Gorisek
- Soloist, Piano
