{"product_id":"erik-satie-art-works-1892-1924","title":"Erik Satie - Art Works 1892-1924","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date: 4\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLes Disques du Crepuscule presents a comprehensive 4 disc CD anthology by visionary French avant-garde composer Erik Satie, collecting together piano works associated with the Dada, Cubist and Surrealist art movements, as well as his celebrated\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003emusique d'ameublement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(furniture music) written between 1917 and 1923.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisc 1 offers Satie's extraordinary\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVexations\u003c\/i\u003e, the score for which is just three lines long, yet a complete performance (840 repetitions) may last for anything between 14 and 28 hours. First performed under the supervision of John Cage in 1963, this radical, enigmatic, proto-Surrealist work is now recognised as a significant milestone in the avant-garde canon. This meditative 70 minute recording features 40 repetitions of the motif, performed by Alan Marks on piano.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisc 2 is a collection of Dada-related works, including music used by Francis Picabia, Tristan Tzara, Kurt Schwitters and René Clair. An enthusiastic Dada activist in Paris between 1920 and 1924, Satie collaborated extensively with Tzara, Man Ray, Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau, and wrote often in Picabia's journal\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e391\u003c\/i\u003e. Performed on piano by Bojan Gorisek, this disc includes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrois morceaux en forme de poire\u003c\/i\u003e, performed by Satie in 1923 at Tzara's notorious\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoirée du Coeur à Barbe\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRagtime Dada\u003c\/i\u003e, an extract from the ballet\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eperformed at Dada events staged by Kurt Schwitters and Theo van Doesburg in 1922. Also included is Satie's score for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntr'acte\u003c\/i\u003e, Picabia's dazzling multi-media 'instantaneist' ballet.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRelâche\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edates from 1924, while\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCinéma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Satie's music for an intermission film by René Clair. Both are arrangements for solo piano.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCubist Works\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon Disc 3 offers four works composed by Satie between 1913 and 1924 for his collaborations with Pablo Picasso. These include piano and orchestral versions of his scores for the celebrated 'Cubist' ballets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1917) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMercure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1924), as well as a seldom-heard organ 'diversion',\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Statue Found\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1923). This third disc also includes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Puppets Are Dancing\u003c\/i\u003e, written for the French Futurist dancer\/poet Valentine de Saint-Point in 1913, and the ludic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrois valses distinguées du précieux dégouté\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e('Three Disgustingly Precious Waltzes'), a barbed swipe at rival composer Maurice Ravel, premiered at an exhibition of works by Picasso, Matisse and others in 1916. Solo piano performed by Bojan Gorisek.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisc 4 leads with Satie's often referenced (but seldom heard)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003emusique d'ameublement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(furniture music), written to order for various benefactors between 1917 and 1923. Intended to be heard in the background, rather than actually listened to, these five disparate pieces have been cited as a conceptual precursor to the ambient, minimal, functional and serial works of Brian Eno, Paul Hindemith, Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Also included are the experimental pieces\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDescriptions automatiques\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSports et divertissements\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter a collection of 21 miniatures from 1914 published with illustrations by Charles Martin. Disc 4 also finds space for Satie's single-act, neo-Dada lyric comedy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Piège de Médusa\u003c\/i\u003e, comprising\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e'seven tiny dances for Jonah the Monkey'\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Cubist painter Georges Braque., as well as his 'Christian ballet'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUspud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom 1892.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 4 CDs are housed in a clamshell box, which also includes an illustrated 32 page booklet featuring detailed liner notes by James Nice and Stephen Whittington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCD 1 tracklist\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Vexations (69.42)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCD2 tracklist\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Trois morceaux en forme de poire\u003cbr\u003e2. Ragtime Dada\u003cbr\u003e3. Relâche Pt.1\u003cbr\u003e4. Entr'acte (Cinéma)\u003cbr\u003e5. Relâche Pt.2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCD3 tracklist\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Les pantins dansent\u003cbr\u003e2. Trois valses distinguées du précieux aégoété\u003cbr\u003e3. Parade (piano, 4 mains)\u003cbr\u003e4. Mercure (piano)\u003cbr\u003e5. Divertissement (La statue retrouvée)\u003cbr\u003e6. Parade (orchestral)\u003cbr\u003e7. Mercure (orchestral)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCD4 tracklist\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Furniture Music Pts.1-5\u003cbr\u003e2. Le Piège de Médusa\u003cbr\u003e3. Descriptions Automatiques\u003cbr\u003e4. Embryons desséchés\u003cbr\u003e5. Sports et divertissements\u003cbr\u003e6. 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