| ERIK SATIE 3 Gynopedies & Other Piano Works (Decca/Universal) Erik Satie is one of the few early 19th Century classical composers to have recently influenced many musicians ranging from jazz-funksters 'Bossa Nostra' (from Italy) and 'Brooklyn Funk Essentials' (from New York), through to Jose Padilla (compiler of the Cafe Del Mar [1-6] series of albums). Erik Satie's 'Gymnopodies' are gentle, melancholy and reflective; the sort of music you put on when you are reading a novel on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Pascal Roge is possibly the greatest Satie influenced pianist to effectively bring out
this ambiance in Satie's works. When I wish to meditate this is one
of first albums I reach for. Background portrait © Archives Erik Satie, Paris. Click on album image to see larger album cover
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