Gymnopedies / Saudades Do Brasil

Satie (Artist), Milhaud (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 11, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000004263
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,495 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gymnopedies III & I - Bernard Herrmann/London PO

2. Les Adventures de Mercure

3. La Belle excentrique: Grand ritournelle/Valse du mysterieux baiser dans l'oeil

4. Jack-in-the-box: Prelude/Entracte/Finale

5. Saudades do Brasil: Ov/Sorocaba/Botafago/Leme/Copacabana/Ipanema/Gavea/Corcovado/Tijuca/Sumare...

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat Sublime, February 22, 2009

By 

Edward R. O'Neill "edwardoneill" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gymnopedies / Saudades Do Brasil (Audio CD)

I own the LP of this CD. I bought it for Herrmann's conducting. Sure, Like Satie and Milhaud okay. But that wasn't the main attraction for me.

The results are interesting. These are orchestrations of Satie's much-beloved Gymnopedies. I wouldn't off the top of my head think of Herrmann's style as being like Satie. But listening to these transcriptions of Satie for orchestra makes a good case.

You could say: Herrmann makes everything into movie music. There's a kind of taffy-pulling of tempi, a lyrical stretching out and then dropping back into rhythms. Whatever it is: it's pretty seductive.

If you want to visit another world, just put on this disk. The two Gymnepodies are always on my ipod, and often at the end of a long day at work on the train ride home, you'll find me staring out the window and listening to these magically transporting recordings.

--E. R. O'Neill