This album was recorded from July 4 to 6, 2022, at the Lutheran Church Saint-Pierre in Paris, with artistic direction and sound engineering by Christoph Martin Frommen.
Composition History
Satie's early works like the Quatre Ogives and Le fils des étoiles were influenced by his mystical crises and stormy links with Joséphin Péladan's Order of the Rosy Cross.
Composer Biography
In 1905, Satie, the composer, enrolled at the rigorous Schola Cantorum to strengthen his musical skills, surprising Albert Roussel, who taught there.
Composer Biography
Erik Satie, the composer, entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1879 but was an unenthusiastic student and failed to graduate.
Compositional Technique
In both the Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes, Satie, the composer, abandoned bar-lines, likely influenced by plainchant.
Composer Biography
After a brief military service, Satie worked as a pianist and accompanist in Montmartre café-cabarets like the Chat Noir.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Satie's strange titles for his works, like Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes, were often intended to amuse the pianist rather than convey poetic meaning.
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