Erik Satie | Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes, Trois Morceaux, Etc. (w/ Aldo Ciccolini) | Album

Erik Satie "Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes, Trois Morceaux, Etc. - Aldo Ciccolini" (1956)

LP (NEW) - Vinyl, Warner Erato, Europe, 2016, 0825646493494, Remastered, 180g Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve

Erik Satie (1866–1925) was a French composer and pianist. Today he is best known to us through his well-loved Gymnopédies, the small melancholic piano pieces from 1890, but at the time of his death in 1925, Satie was barely known beyond the city limits of Paris. He was an influence on the composer group Les Six, which included Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc. Following Satie’s lead, they tried to write simple and clear music. Satie was also an influence on the Impressionist composer Debussy, a life-long friend. He finally achieved a degree of success with ‘Parade’, a collaboration with Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, and the director of Les Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo, Serge Diaghilev. The score was compelling, and the inclusion of guns, car horns, sirens, and typewriters was so innovative and raucous as to cause an opening night riot that brought Satie to the public's attention. Satie died in 1925, his music faded into obscurity for almost 50 years until the 1960s when it was rediscovered by the modern minimalist composer John Cage, who found Satie an inspiration and influence on his own music.

Artist Website: wikipedia/Erik_Satie

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Related Artists: Claude Debussy, Stravinsky, John Cage