Erik Satie "Gymnopedie No. 1", lent et douloureux

[brightsorcerer]

This has such a beautiful energy. Sitting in an easy chair with a hot cup of tea, looking out the window as rain gently falls.... perfect for contemplation. This is one of my favorite pieces by Debussey.

[acrive]

The perfect tempo.

[arivas713]

Satie & Debussy both amazing pianist.

[jennyolivera7]

Hoy vi un fantasma..... :(

[NovaScotiaChick]

The communication between Arwabella and thegreaterbavore is quite interesting (and funny too). At first I was inclined to think that they were two people not on the same wavelength, but it's actually Arwabella who perhaps did not read that all thegreaterbavore meant to say was that it was someone other than Satie PLAYING the piano. It is indeed very difficult to make people listen to what you say (not what they think you say).... ah it's a tough world out there. :)

[SteviroAlvin]

definitively describes my feeling at the moment..

[RodrigoElGatoNegro]

I love the way those lights gently dance with the music.

[thegreaterbavore]

Let it be known that the performer is Kun Woo Paik.

[Arwabella]

@thegreaterbavore

NOPE. It's DEFINETELY Satie, one of his most famous pieces. Like the 3 Gnossiennes he made, this one is also from the 3 Gymnopédies that he made. It was once re-made into a Chillout genre song called "Falling" by a group called Coco, but with lyrics, both versions are wonderful..Go look for it.

[thegreaterbavore]

@Arwabella Erik Satie died in 1925. Do you think this recording came from 1925? Moreover, you realize the words 'performer' and 'composer' are not synonymous, right?

[Arwabella]

@thegreaterbavore Well I'm sure this is a Satie work, and it's known as his everywhere, but you're free to think that it's not. And yes I know there's a huge difference between "performer" and "composer", I just didn't want this piece to be associated with anyone else beside its original creator, that's all.

[thegreaterbavore]

@Arwabella That's nice, but good luck finding a way to purchase or download the music without knowing the name of the performer.

[freakyfreeman123]

This might even beat Rogé

[lukebray]

It's such a beautiful piece of music

[thegreaterbavore]

I cannot find this CD anywhere. Could someone upload an MP3 of this song?

[ninethreefivesix]

This is so gorgeous...

[FabregasTorresVilla]

3 people don't know what beautiful music sounds like...

[ovenification]

This song is so intoxicating

[morpheus9494]

this song makes me feel like its a cold,rainy,dark day and i am filled with the "slow and painful" empty sadness the kind thats sheds no tears and is empty just like wat corepotentializreal said this piece is beautiful

[live4music38]

Movie wise:

To me it sounds like something played in Pride and Prejudice (The new one with Kiera knightly... )

[live4music38]

Wow... That was sooo beatiful! I cried... Played with so much emotion and love.. They obvisouly had a LOVE for this piece

[live4music38]

Wow.... Beatiful!!! I cried its just played with such emotion and love...

[giottorisotto]

Amore scusami tanto :* TI VOGLIO SEMPRE BENE. BESO

P.S. Dai fai un soriso. MUA

[reeldeelpeel]

Definitely the best recording on youtube. That's an interesting sounding piano too.

[maestrojimbo]

Gorgeous!

[supercooled]

Does anyone else hear a Herb Alpert tune in this melody?

[celdaa]

This song keeps haunting me... Where have i head this? In some movie? Does anybody know?

[500Fingernails]

@celdaa Man on wire

[PolicemanKtonHouse]

@celdaa yes I know I have as well! I actually turned to the comments in hopes that someone had already identified it...

[jennally]

These visuals are interesting and the movement is perfection *

[Krooft]

Can someone tell me where I can download this? If you do I will give you a present.

[TheAnDyM95]

@Krooft look up video2mp3 media converter and copy and paste the url of this into it the follow the instructions for downloading

[Leponce37]

where can i download this fine piece of wonderful music? besides itunes or amazon, i'd like to hear this on my ipod when i walk the busy streets of manhattan, it would be so sothing while i'd walk the streets and in my eyes i see something chaotic but i can only hear the piano play =)

[MewWolf5]

@Leponce37 iTunes to the rescue!

[Rickokun]

I remember hearing this one (maybe with a different tempo) with a movie, but I can't remember which movie it was!

I also heard it in the documentary: Man on Wire! It was there that I used Shazam to backtrack the name of this song, it's so nice!

[itsAthong123]

beautifulllll :) xxxxxxxxxxxoxxx

[drmmrboy88]

Only 51,632 views? Wow, people these days don't appreciate real music. I know this video could be easily bumped up into the 500,000's.

[Kbawse]

strange how i am able to listen to this over and over, when i never done this with any other song.

[TheRaGiTe]

oh i would love to play this. As soon as I can get a piano I'm learning this.

[LordOfFilth]

Best version so far I have heard. Most tend to play to fast for my taste, I want this calm way, so you can take in every note and thouroughly enjoy it.

[LogInAnders]

@LordOfFilth We just want to get it over with, you know. Go home and have a tv dinner. Maybe we can get some action meanwhile. Nobody can be an artist without bread in their stomach. I say: play all songs 10 times faster.

[madmvd]

One of my favorite piano pieces of all time. It wrenches the heart, lifts the soul and suspends you in a timeless, emotional landscape. It is childhood innocence and beautiful moments of the like manifested via sound. Oh, my heart - oh, my life. This life...

[BlackNoodles123]

this was a side of music that I had never even dreamed of listening to,until I had an amazing trip in my room at 4am using a lone candle sitting, raking my zen garden.

[Leponce37]

where can i download?... such music is very exquisite to my ears

[ParabolaTool]

I know I've heard this piece in a video game but I can't quite remember where. I'm about 110% sure it was an RPG.

[thepensivepoet]

It's vaguely similar to At Zanarkand from Final Fantasy (XI, I think).

Then again most of Nobuo Uematsu's piano ballads sound a lot like Satie.

[ParabolaTool]

Zanarkand was 10, not 11 and it sounds nothing like it.

[Daveguitar]

@thepensivepoet It is Final Fantasy X, To Zanarkand is the song you wanted to say...and no, this is not similar, its another one...from the OST of FFX, but i cant remember xDD

sorry ´bout my english...:D

[KevLancaster1]

so simple too. can be played by anyone who puts just a little bit of effort in.

[KallistiMusic]

Subscribe if you would like to hear some relaxing music, I will probably be playing a lot of Satie and Chopin.

[ParodyU2uber]

Enjoyed, thanks.

[jaks1989]

this song has been used by every type of media

its been in movies, games, tv shows, etc

[SHIROxGIKU]

Melancholy.

[vzjrz]

of haruhi suzumiya lol

[GallopingDan939]

This piece is multifaceted. It connotes different things for different people -- that is its power. However I think we can all agree that it, by all definitions of the word, beautiful.

[ItsFizikal]

essept for all dem mufuggin squiggle squaggles in da meddle of it

[ItsFizikal]

bacon and eggs on a sunday morning in march

[jokerkiwi]

Thanks for posting this-- lovely rendition and wonderful video...

[ndes0532]

what is the annoying background sound all over this piece? it deeply disturbes the silence of the piece.

[BLUNTYLAD67]

Can anyone tell me what ad/tv series/movie I've heard this piece in before? I'm frustrated!!!

[shelldogg2]

it could be a car ad?i think it is, for a luxyry car or something :S dunno. ive heard it too and i have finally found it after much searching haha

[darcey86]

I think, the first time I heard this song was in a movie called "Short Circuit 2", a sequel of the movie "Short Circuit".

It's about a self-aware robot called "Johnny 5"...

[SevMuse]

Has to be in the movie "2h37" by Murali Thalluri. Two students play it together at some point. It keeps remembering me of the "Pride & Prejudices" or "Sense & Sensibility" soundtracks though... I guess it fits the English landscapes...

[XPJamieXD]

Best interpretation I have ever heard (: I love how the F # is brought out in the B minor and F# minor chords as a kind of melody instead of the chord just being played forte.

[GabrielaHimusRiha]

can i download this song please?

[puravda]

Keith, are you the one playing this piece? Just curious because... your version is beyond perfection!

[tracerprod]

No, no, I don't have that level of talent.  I can play by ear decently, but that's about it. It's from an EMI Classics twin-disc set called "Piano Dreams - Music to Inspire".

[puravda]

Cool. Either way, your video skills are awesome.

[puravda]

By the way, who is the pianist?

[Bob42jh]

a group called Ostrich Head used this beat in a track called Sooooo High

[sharonx06]

this is a brilliant version of this work, where is it from?

[Kurtyoungblood]

Yeah, its great. My favorite by far on youtube!

[phenalot]

Food, like art, should shock!

[TheJose76320]

a la fin le son doit être coupé avant ,sinon je trouve que c'est la meilleure interprétation que je n'ai entendu jusqu'à présent

[licoricestic]

finally an appropriate vid of satie's timeless gymnopedie no.1

[gomiami1972]

Goodness, this is a breathtaking interpretation of Satie and the video matches expertly. I may not sleep tonight after viewing this, my thoughts are so conflicted...

[dolphineclipse]

wow, this is easily the best version i've found on youtube

[kali4good]

i heard this on tv

this is a pefect version

[msa1985]

@dolphineclipse definitely. finally a version that lives up it's name as slow and painful. the other versions are too goddamn fast.

[willowthebored]

This is a very nice rendition. The piano is very well-toned, and the pianist's definitely got the good fingers. The tempo might be slowed a bit, but considering he repeats, I wouldn't concern myself too much about it.

[lvrodo]

very good!

[denytzock]

Gorgeous! I love it!

[BONDFAN1974]

Thankyou this piece of music is beautiful

[icecreamberry]

This is what I imagine in my head when I hear this song...Amazing job!

[ds00kg]

Tracerpod, I'm not all to familiar with video (only photography); is this the video equivalent of a very wide aperture and resultant bokeh?

[Jamandra]

I love your filmcreations.

Satie too.

Have a look at my film "lightgroove".

That is one of my works with light.

[corepotentializreal]

Lent=slow + douloreux=painful

not painful as in harmful, but an ache, there's a certain sadness and emptiness It's like when you are sad but you cannot cry, you feel empty, a sense of loss, something you can never return to again, moments appear happy is a memory that touched the heart, then sadness again, you are reminded of your loss, you feel empty, sad. That is why it is painful. It's a transition. Crying is wonderful, but this peice is not about crying sadness, but empty sadness.

[sugamoofinx]

@corepotentializreal that was perfectly spoken! Well done.. I couldn't of said it better myself :]

[Zer0Kage]

@corepotentializreal .. what's more beautiful is when a person I don't know at all can sum up all of my feelings in words that I can understand.

A great interpretation of a beautiful piece. It wants to hold on, but cannot. Calm... but directed.

[StacRose]

@corepotentializreal I've always felt that way every time I listen to this piece...you put it into words perfectly. An empty sadness is correct.

[mts2]

@corepotentializreal

Which is exactly what I feel right now =(

[iampchi]

windstruck...

[der1a]

this song alone makes me feel good and happy.

[DevilishAngel595]

wut do u feel when u listen 2 this ppl??

[merryguti]

thank you

[caramimi]

*sigh*

[hexzerg]

I heared this in a lot of anime.

[rlctharod]

ahhh, peace

[Bebete]

A know this piece for a long time, this one is playing very gentle, warm and soft.

Love that.

Simply beauty!

The vídeo also match very well.

[RogerFedererTennis93]

beautiful

[socoldmcs]

why lent et douloureux? lent i get it, but is this piece harmful? in what sense please

[0moonrocks]

"Lent et douloureux" is a indication written on the original score, it concerns the way of playing this piece... besides, I think we should understand "douloureux" as solemny sorrowful.. or sthing like that ;)

Btw, the video is great !

[messireloup]

You are right "douloureux" means painful. You have to play this piece with a tear in your heart, and take your time. Too many pianists rush through it...

Think of it as a gray, rainy day, watching drops slowly slide on the glass, yearning for the one you most love.

[yes911wasaninsidejob]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[Gnaulz]

Grande Satie...

[ScheissLeben]

awesome !

[Byzantium31]

I am used to listen this Gymnopédie n°1 playing by Daniel Versano (on my chanel), but your playing seems better, in the right tempo : I do love it !

Nice peacefull pictures too.

Compliments !

[tempsdetruittout]

Thanks. You inspired me.

[cvetirisa]

Beautiful... really beautiful music.

[MORSAFRAPE]

Que buenisima interpretacion , de quien es por favor,?

[yhtawrap]

Very good version mate!

Really appreciated it... So peaceful...Love it.

[GrandPatzer]

What did you do to capture such an amazing sound from that piano? It sounds like my head is inside the piano led, the sound is amazing!

[BrokenConcept]

I love this piece. It always gives me a heightened awareness of my breathing. Something about the way the pedal tones go back and forth with the chords. Especially Debussy's arrangement.. I could breathe to that arrangement forever, haha. Nice work :-)

[markofuckboy]

dios...es acojonante

[variouscooldotcom]

This is the only video on youtube that does this song correctly. Much respect!

Thank you.

[AstroExpressions]

Exactly!

I was striving to find it played at the right tempo and with feelings!

Nice video too! thank u tracerprod :-)

[tracerprod]

Thank you, variouscooldotcom and AstroExpressions, for the kind words. I appreciate it.

-Keith

[cellistwoman]

I love this piece. It so peaceful that I can´t listen to it without dreaming away. I don´t even think about it when I play it myself. Strange...

[gator7ginko]

out of all the piece i looked up... you made the best one!!! it's so beautiful my heart hurts... thank you so much... you made my night better :-)

[tracerprod]

Great, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I'm always happy to hear when my work has a positive effect.

[lbjb247]

Thank you. This is one of my favourite pieces of music.

[tracerprod]

It really is a magical piece.

[omgidontno]

That was different than what I normally see from you...Nice effect though.