Nicolas Horvath - Satie: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1 (2017)

Always inventive and innovation-seeking, Erik Satie’s earliest works show traces of Chopin as an influence but he soon came to reject virtuosity and tradition, choosing instead to remain with the quintessentially French traits of simplicity, clarity, precision, elegance and economy. Satie’s hauntingly beautiful floating melodies and modal tonalities are unforgettably compelling, combining bygone classical ages with Parisian sophistication. This landmark recording uses both a new and corrected edition of Satie’s music and Cosima Wagner’s own 1881 Erard piano, his instrument maker of choice.

TRACKLIST

01. Allegro (1884)
02. Valse-ballet: Valse-Ballet
03. Fantaisie-Valse
04. Quartet No. 1 (sketch, 1886)
05. Quartet No. 2 (sketch, 1886)
06. 4 Ogives: Ogive No. 1
07. 4 Ogives: Ogive No. 2
08. 4 Ogives: Ogive No. 3
09. 4 Ogives: Ogive No. 4
10. 3 Sarabandes: Sarabande No. 1
11. 3 Sarabandes: Sarabande No. 2
12. 3 Sarabandes: Sarabande No. 3
13. 3 Gymnopédies: Gymnopédie No. 1
14. 3 Gymnopédies: Gymnopédie No. 2
15. 3 Gymnopédies: Gymnopédie No. 3
16. Gnossienne No. 5
17. Chanson Hongroise
18. Gnossienne No. 1
19. Gnossienne No. 2
20. Gnossienne No. 3
21. Pièce sans titre (1891), "Première pensée Rose + Croix"
22. Gnossienne No. 4
23. Leit-motiv du Panthée: Leït-motiv du Panthée
24. Fanfares of the Rose+Cross: No. 1. Air de l'Ordre
25. Fanfares of the Rose+Cross: No. 2. Air du Grand Maître
26. Fanfares of the Rose+Cross: No. 3. Air du Grand Prieur
27. Le fils des étoiles: Le Fils des Étoiles, Act I: Gnossienne No. 7