Erik Satie: Works for Piano Alessandro Simonetto

• Erik Satie (1866 - 1925): Première pensée Rose + Croix:
• 1 Satie: Première pensée Rose + Croix 01:06
• Chanson Hongroise (Completed by A. Simonetto):
• 2 Satie: Chanson Hongroise (Completed by A. Simonetto) 01:09
• Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée":
• 3 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Theme. Larghissimo 01:00
• 4 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. I. Più mosso 00:46
• 5 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. II. Lento 00:48
• 6 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. III 00:53
• 7 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. IV. Poco di più 00:42
• 8 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. V. Lento 00:47
• 9 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. VI. Poco movendo 00:37
• 10 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. VII. Ad agio 00:43
• 11 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. VIII. Fughetta. Meno agitato ma ugualmente sereno 00:58
• 12 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. IX. Un poco agitato 00:41
• 13 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. X. Fughetta. Non troppo lento 00:42
• 14 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. XI. Larghetto 00:42
• 15 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. XII. Largo 00:45
• 16 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. XIII. Gymnopédie. Un poco mosso, doloroso 00:47
• 17 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. XIV. Assai lento 00:52
• 18 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. XV 00:58
• 19 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. XVI. L’istesso tempo 00:44
• 20 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. XVII. Fughetta. Più mosso 00:46
• 21 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. XVIII. Ostinato, non troppo movendo 00:43
• 22 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. XIX. Lento 00:50
• 23 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. XX. Andantino 00:44
• 24 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. XXI 00:42
• 25 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. XXII. Assai lento 00:43
• 26 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. XXIII. Più avanti 00:32
• 27 Satie: Variations on Leitmotiv du “Panthée": Var. XXIV. L’istesso tempo 00:57
• Total Runtime 21:37

Info for Erik Satie: Works for Piano

Three minor (two of them were most probably unfinished) works by Erik Satie.

The three sections are written with no bar lines, implying a free metric structure. Each piece is written in an elegant melody/accompaniment chorale style, exhibiting an interplay of two themes in austere but cleverly designed juxtaposition, with repetition and occasional departure from the initial exposition. In 1988, Alan Gillmor of Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, published his Erik Satie. Here was revealed his finding that, in all three movements, the ratios of beat counts of these complementary sections within all three pieces fell close enough to the Golden ratio as to evade mistaking for anything but design intent by the composer. Dr. Gillmor was led to explore this by research which suggested that, around the time of the composition of the Sonneries, Satie and Debussy had discussed the possibilities for using the Golden ratio in their work.

Alessandro Simonetto, piano

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