Bruno Fontaine plays Erik Satie

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“The performances…challenge the safe conformity, the curious predicatiblty that smooths the edges in so many Satie recitals…there is an improvisatory, mercurial air about much of the palying... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 11th Dec 2015
Catalogue No: AP116
Label: Aparté
Length: 75 minutes

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Satie: Trois Gymnopédies

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Gymnopédie No. 1

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Gymnopédie No. 2

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Gymnopédie No. 3

Track length2:32

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Satie: Pièces froides (6)

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I. Airs à faire fuir, D'une manière très particulière

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II. Airs à faire fuir, Modestement

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III. Airs à faire fuir, S'inviter

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IV. Danse de travers, En y regardant à deux fois

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V. Danse de travers, Passer

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VI. Danse de travers, Encore

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Satie: Douze petits chorals

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Choral No. 1 (Lent)

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Choral No. 2 (Avec étonnement)

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Choral No. 3 (Lent)

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Choral No. 4

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Choral No. 5

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Choral No. 6

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Satie: Douze petits chorals: Choral No. 7

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Satie: Douze petits chorals

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Choral No. 8

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Choral No. 9

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Choral No. 10

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Choral No. 11

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Choral No. 12

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Satie: Avant Dernières Pensées

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I. Idylle

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II. Aubade

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III. Méditation

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Satie: Nocturnes (5)

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Nocturne No. 1 (Doux et calme)

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Nocturne No. 2 (Simplement)

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Nocturne No. 3 (Un peu mouvementé)

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Nocturne No. 4

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Nocturne No. 5

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Satie: Sept Gnossiennes

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Gnossiennes No. 1

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Gnossiennes No. 2

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Gnossiennes No. 3

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Gnossiennes No. 4

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Gnossiennes No. 5

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Gnossiennes No. 6

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Gnossiennes No. 7

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Satie: Sonatine Bureaucratique

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I. Allegro

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II. Andante

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III. Vivache

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From behind his colourful glasses, seated in front of his piano, Bruno Fontaine usually seeks to go off the beaten track. But here he makes a fond tribute to Erik Satie through his eternal melodies in a programme that inclues the 'Gnossienes' and the infamous, hypnotic 'Gymnopedies'.

Having started playing the piano at four, Bruno Fontaine studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris where he graduated four years later, with five first prizes.

After a stay in the United States where he met Don Costa, arranger, and amongst others, Frank Sinatra, he started in 1984 a collaboration with American soprano Julia Migenes for whom he became the arranger and musical director, as he later did for Johnny Hallyday and Ute Lemper. His arrangements, compositions and film scores have won him nominations both for the Grammys and Caesars.

He pursues a parallel solo career as a pianist with such varied formations as the Ensemble orchestral de Paris, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Ysaye Quartet, Michel Portal, Ophélie Gaillard, Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Henri Demarquette…

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April 2016

“The performances…challenge the safe conformity, the curious predicatiblty that smooths the edges in so many Satie recitals…there is an improvisatory, mercurial air about much of the palying that is truly refreshing

CD Review 9th January 2016

His approach works incredibly well in a lot of the repertoire … there’s a great sense of fun … I really like it as a whole; I think if you want to access the magic and the mystery of the quirkiest Satie pieces, such as the Avant-dernières Pensées from the humoristic period then I highly recommend this.

Bruno Fontaine plays Erik Satie

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