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Satie amoureux

Guillaume Coppola

Label
Alpha Classics
Catalogue number
ALPHA1192
EAN / barcode
3701624511923
Release date
14 November 2025
Format
Digital
We know Satie as a loner, but less known is that Satie was also in love. He had a brief and tumultuous affair with the painter Suzanne Valadon. The portrait she made of him appears on the cover of this album, as pianist Guillaume Coppola has conceived it as an intimate portrait of the composer, "a portrait masked by a veil of modesty or provocation and situated between ancient and oriental inspiration, mystical aspects, humor and cabaret". The miniature Bonjour Biqui and the motif of the Vexations contain rare allusions to Valadon and form commas between these chapters, as does Désespoir agréable, whose title alone seems to sum up Satie's life and work. This tribute appears on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of Satie's death; the program features among others the famous Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes, but the album also contains rare and seldom recorded discoveries that testify to the richness of the works of the whimsical Satie.
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Tracklist

  1. 01 Je te veux (Piano Version) 05:43
  2. 02 Valse-Ballet 01:50
  3. 03 3 Gymnopédies: No. 3, Lent et grave 02:45
  4. 04 Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent 03:22
  5. 05 Fantaisie-Valse 02:22
  6. 06 Tendrement 04:16
  7. 07 Poudre d’or 04:58
  8. 08 Bonjour Biqui, bonjour ! 00:20
  9. 09 Gnossiennes: No. 4, Lent 02:34
  10. 10 Gnossiennes: No. 2, Avec étonnement 02:33
  11. 11 Gnossienne No. 7 (From 3 Morceaux en forme de poire) [Arr. for Piano by Philippe Malhaire] 03:26
  12. 12 Vexations: Thème de la basse 00:25
  13. 13 Danses gothiques: No. 1, À l’occasion d’une grande peine 03:15
  14. 14 Prélude de la porte héroïque du ciel 04:01
  15. 15 Vexations: Première harmonisation du motif 00:25
  16. 16 3 valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté: No. 1, Sa taille 01:07
  17. 17 3 valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté: No. 2, Son binocle 01:08
  18. 18 3 valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté: No. 3, Ses jambes 00:55
  19. 19 Piano Sonatine in C Major, Op. 36 No. 1: I. Spiritoso 01:28
  20. 20 Piano Sonatine in C Major, Op. 36 No. 1: II. Andante 01:18
  21. 21 Piano Sonatine in C Major, Op. 36 No. 1: III. Vivace 00:57
  22. 22 Sonatine bureaucratique: I. Allegro 01:05
  23. 23 Sonatine bureaucratique: II. Andante 01:20
  24. 24 Sonatine bureaucratique: III. Vivache 01:31
  25. 25 Vexations: Seconde harmonisation du motif 00:28
  26. 26 Nocturne No. 6 01:28
  27. 27 Désespoir agréable 00:50
  28. 28 Jack-in-the-Box: No. 1, Prélude 02:42
  29. 29 Le piccadilly 01:39
  30. 30 La Diva de l’Empire (Arr. for Piano by Hans Ourdine) 02:39
  31. 31 Rag-Time Parade (Arr. for Piano by Hans Ourdine) 02:20
  32. 32 3 Morceaux en forme de poire: VI. En plus. Calme (Arr. for Piano by Philippe Malhaire) 02:13
  33. 33 3 Morceaux en forme de poire: VII. Redite. Dans le lent (Arr. for Piano by Philippe Malhaire) 01:34

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