Satie: Piano Works [Box set]

Aldo Ciccolini (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 4, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B0000BWTKN
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,354 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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  • #37 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Short Forms > Nocturnes

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Allegro

2. Valse-Ballet 'Op.62'

3. Fantaise-Valse

4. 1. (Lent) (A Monsieur Conrad Satie)

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Premiere Ogive (A J.P. Contamine De Latour)

2. Deuxieme Ogive (A Charles Levade)

3. Troisieme Ogive (A Madame Clement Le Breton)

4. Quatrieme Ogive (A Conrad Satie)

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Caresse

2. Danse De Travers No.2 (Version 1)

3. Petite Musique De Clown Triste

4. The Dreamy Fish

See all 58 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Sur Un Mur

2. Sur Un Arbre

3. Sur Un Pont

4. Voix D'Interieur

See all 65 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

1. Gnossienne No.5

2. Gnossienne No.1

3. Gnossienne No.3

4. Gnossienne No.4

See all 32 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

His works have a timeless beauty and an air of mystery that only grow as time goes by. Here are 5 CDs of influential piano music by this brilliant French composer: Fantaisie-Valse; Sarabandes; Gymnopedies; Morceaux en Forme de Poire; Nocturnes; Petites Pieces Montees; Premier Menuet; Avant-Dernieres Pensees; Ogives; Apercus Desagreables; Chapitres Tournes en Tous Sens; Veritables Preludes Flasques; Pieces Froides , and many more, played by Aldo Ciccolini and Gabriel Tacchino!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

68 of 72 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Ciccolini Knows Satie June 2, 2004

By Michael B. Richman HALL OF FAMETOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Audio CD

Aldo Ciccolini is arguably the greatest interpreter of Erik Satie, and he can also be credited with rescuing the minimalist from certain obscurity with the recordings he made of the composer's music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. For years I have enjoyed selections of those performances and I figured it was time to upgrade to a more complete set. As a result, I recently got this title. Unfortunately, this 5CD box set from EMI Classics collects Ciccolini's digital remakes of Satie's Piano Works, and not the original recordings of which I had grown so fond. (I have since discovered that a French Import of the complete original recordings is available.) The overall difference is minimal (yes, pun intended!) but I have to give the nod to the analog performances because of a slightly warmer, brighter sound. Also with a first time recording, there is an intangible element in the charting of new territory that I feel is never quite recaptured when revisited. With that being said, for the pieces requiring two pianists, the digital accounts are superior. While Ciccolini overdubbed himself originally, here he partners with Gabriel Tacchino to greater effect. In all, this is an excellent set by an unparalled master of Satie's music, but if I had to do it over again I would have chosen the first incarnation.

1 of 34 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything that I could expect. October 9, 2010

By twobooksboundasone

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

CD came sooner than I had thought it would, which was great. CD was new as described, without any damage.