Cristina
Ariagno,
piano solo
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Piano music by Satie usually comes down to his Gymnopédies or his Gnossiennes,
or to both. These are Satie’s best-known pieces and represent his early work.
But the composer of ‘musique d’ameublement’ wrote far more for
the piano. All charming pieces of varied character more often than not with unusual,
to say the least, titles. •
Being a Parisian at the turn of the (last) century Satie frequented the cabarets
and music-halls. He assimilated the style of their music into quite a few of his
piano works. Including the Divertissements and the Pièces froides (cold
pieces). •
Satie was a humorous composer, although his humour sometimes has a serious undertone.
This does not prevent his music from being highly entertaining or food for thought.
Great stuff. •
The sixth CD is entirely devoted to ‘Vexations’. Officially this ‘piece’
consists of 840 repetitions of the motif given. 42 Are recorded here. By playing
it 20 times over one meets the composer’s requirements.... •
Pianist Cristina Ariagno is a renowned specialist for this piano repertoire. She
has recorded a lot of music by Satie’s contemporaries. Here with great enthusiasm
she delves just under the surface or into great depths of the music.
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