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'socrate' itself lasts for 30 minutes, and is joined on this cd by five short song cycles written by satie between 1886 and 1923: trois melodies (1886), trois autres melodies, trois melodies (1916), quatres petite melodies (1920) and the absurdist ludions (bottle imps) (1923), the latter with lyrics by poet lon-paul fargue. the 61 minute cd was digitally recorded at all saints church, petersham, uk. sopranos susan bickley, eileen hulse and patricia rosario perform with pianist robin bowman and conductor richard bernas. this new cd edition from ltm features new artwork and revised liner notes and translations, including full texts of 'socrate' and all eighteen melodies in both french and english.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50436650697035,"sku":"272880","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/022344a7-1eb7-45b2-870f-43759421f985_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726920184"},{"product_id":"avant-dernieres-pensees-selected-piano-works-vol-1","title":"Avant-dernieres Pensees : Selected Piano Works Vol 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eltm release a new cd in their series by visionary french composer erik satie (1866-1925), following the success of previous releases including 'vexations', 'socrate' and 'dada works', which present selected satie recordings with explicit links to the unconventional, the mystic and the avant-garde. 'avant-dernires pensees: selected piano works' features several of satie's best known compositions, including the famously poised 'trois gymnopedies', all six haunting 'gnossiennes' and 'je te veux', as well as more experimental pieces such as 'descriptions automatiques', 'avant-dernieres penses' and 'sports et divertissements', an extraordinary collection of 21 miniatures from 1914 with illustrations by charles martin. also included is satie's single-act, neo-dada lyric comedy 'le piege de medusa', comprising seven tiny dances for jonah the monkey, and illustrated by the cubist painter georges braque. the 46 pieces on this 72 minute cd are performed by pianist bojan gorisek. the booklet includes archive images and detailed liner notes by james hayward.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50436652007755,"sku":"283044","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5de24872-d4cb-4c31-b1ec-dd1e087a6e0c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726920206"},{"product_id":"satie-the-piano-works","title":"Satie: The Piano Works","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrench composer and pianist Erik Satie, best known or his works Gymnopédies and Gnossienees, has delighted listeners for over a hundred years. This album contains both of these works and many more. Essential for any collection. Erik Satie has influenced many composers around the world with his unique style, including Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide A:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. 3 Gymnopédies: No. 1 Lent et douloureux\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. 3 Gymnopédies: No. 2 Lent et triste\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. 3 Gymnopédies: No. 3 Lent et grave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Préludes du \"Fils des Etoiles\" (1892) - Prélude to Acte 1 - La Vocation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Préludes du \"Fils des Etoiles\" (1892) - Prélude to Acte 2 - L'Initiation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Préludes du \"Fils des Etoiles\" (1892) - Prélude to Acte 3 - L'Incantation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide B:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Gnossienee No. 1 - Lent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. 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First performed under the supervision of John Cage in 1963, this radical, enigmatic, proto-Surrealist work is now recognised as a significant milestone in the avant-garde canon. This meditative 70 minute recording features 40 repetitions of the motif, performed by Alan Marks on piano. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisc 2 is a collection of Dada-related works, including music used by Francis Picabia, Tristan Tzara, Kurt Schwitters and Rene Clair. An enthusiastic Dada activist in Paris between 1920 and 1924, Satie collaborated extensively with Tzara, Man Ray, Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau. Performed on piano by Bojan Gorisek, this disc includes Trois morceaux en forme de poire, performed by Satie in 1923 at Tzara's notorious Soiree du Coeur a Barbe, as well as Ragtime Dada, an extract from the ballet Parade performed at Dada events staged by Kurt Schwitters and Theo van Doesburg in 1922. Also included is Satie's score for Entr'acte, Picabia's dazzling multi- media 'instantaneist\u0026amp;'; ballet. Relache dates from 1924, while Cinema is Satie's music for an intermission film by Rene Clair. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCubist Works on Disc 3 offers four works composed by Satie between 1913 and 1924 for his collaborations with Pablo Picasso. These include piano and orchestral versions of his scores for the celebrated 'Cubist' ballets Parade (1917) and Mercure (1924), as well as a seldom-heard organ 'diversion', The Statue Found (1923). This third disc also includes The Puppets Are Dancing, written for the French Futurist dancer\/poet Valentine de Saint-Point in 1913, and the ludic Trois valses distinguees du precieux  degoute ('Three Disgustingly Precious Waltzes'), a barbed swipe at rival Maurice Ravel, premiered at an exhibition of works by Picasso, Matisse and others in 1916. Solo piano performed by Bojan Gorisek. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisc 4 leads with Satie's often referenced (but seldom heard) musique d\u0026amp;#39;ameublement (furniture music), written to order for various benefactors between 1917 and 1923. Intended to be heard in the background, rather than actually listened to, these five disparate pieces have been cited as a conceptual precursor to the ambient, minimal, functional and serial works of Brian Eno, Paul Hindemith, Steve Reich and Philip Glass. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso included are the experimental pieces Descriptions automatiques and Sports et divertissements, the latter a collection of 21 miniatures from 1914 published with illustrations by Charles Martin. 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