Erik Satie, Gnossienne nr.4

[MrLulu33210]

I utterly disagree, this is not in the Satie spirits of music, this lacks so much of emotions, ok the fingers are put in the right place at the right moment but please, Gnossiennes are supposed to be more than that, where is passion, desperateness, melancolia or hesitation? It does not sound like coming from a disturbed mind and it misses all the point, to me at least. Far too much in academic style. Put your soul in that music!

[Klangzauberer]

@MrLulu33210 I think I have put soul into the music. But you are right, there is more space for expression. I think today my playing has much developed compared to that.

[CarloAchdjian]

@MrLulu33210 Nonetheless it is still beautifully played. We must remember that when you mention a "disturbed mind", that this will only come from the source of composition. This can be said of any genius. No one can play the simplest melody such as Moonlight Sonata as we may perceive Beethoven played it and no one can sing a Wagner aria as we might conceive Wagner would have wanted it sung (save Flagstad or a few others)...in other words, appreciate the fact that the music is being kept alive

[MrLulu33210]

@CarloAchdjian you miss my point, i was not alive at Satie's time obviously but music player such as historian must use what Paul Ricoeur called "good subjectivity" not to try to do such as the author would have done, but to be in the conception of what this music means. It worths only if you want to intreprete the song as it was made for, and i'm not against a reinterpretation, but don't tell me this is an essay to modernize the song, this is much classic, let's play classic then

[CarloAchdjian]

@MrLulu33210 Point well taken, thank you for the insight

[Ayaepa]

perfect

[Setheth]

all the recordings i have of this piece are too fast, this is a perfect tempo, well done, you played it beautifully. I shall take inspiration from this performance as i learn it

[CarloAchdjian]

Brilliant

[g124uk]

There is magic here.

Thank you.

[annefrankisaho]

This is one of the best interpretations I've heard, no joke. The Gnossienes are meant to be played SLOW

[AngieShroomsNShit]

for real this is a super job....really great i admire you so much...dont get me wrong but try and put more soul in it...let yourself go with the song....it is a super great job though....congrats....

[susannization]

Amazing! I love it!! You are my idol! :)

[nadirzenit]

great

[dhfjal]

No, no, no. Too evenly! Use more rubato. Sounds like a machine, no emotions and identity in it at all !! Play it like you feel it, make it your own way, introduce your individual idea. Hitting the notes in the same tempo is below your skills. A computer can do that as well

[IOnlyDateDjzz]

for which grade is this ?

[Druuna55]

omg I love it. What a dream, to be able to play like that. You make me weep!! Thank you, soooo much for posting this... :)

[RobLeepopart]

you have convinced me. this is the next one for me to learn

[crobc1]

Deeper than heavy.

[deandro985]

hey, just wanted to ask your german by any chance, because your name klangzauberer hort sich schon ziemlich deutsch an :P

[SandovalRoldanR]

reminds me of my childhood thanks

[Beckam134]

I love it!

[GiorgioMontanaro]

i listened you for first time, i think that is first good performance in youtube, i newer heard others before! congratulations well done!

[threegracesdude]

I love this piece. I just heard it for the first time in the British movie "How About You?" and had to find it on the internet. Very nice.

[donkey7127]

sehr gut!

[ortiza2007]

Great song, and played fabulously!!!

[crepinchristine]

Ca me rappelle une émission radio sur Europe 1 je crois, animée par Gonague St Brice (prélude à la nuit?).

[dasmeer1]

Wunderbares Spielen. Ich mag den sinnträchtigen Hintergrund Ihres Videos.

[ericacaa]

this is fantastic!

[mollyfucface]

we love it, thank you! :) :) :)

[emoboi21196]

rocking out loud in a very classic way.

[Sinsbayn]

Rocking out loud IS a very classic thing!

[burgermj]

I love the way you interpret and play this. I am going to go practice it myself now!

[berenbotj]

bravo bravo perfect

[Electromania11]

Wow!! Amazing man!!

This is my favorite piano piece. I want to learn how to play the piano just for this song.

[timodosukoi]

superbe merci

[panzeruc]

gret played

[romadify]

Hauntingly beautiful. Thank you.

[subbieGR]

very very very nice played !

[anparg1]

EXELENTE ,MUCHAS GRACIAS

[TYSOHN]

Sehr gut Klavier spielen! Ich will ihnen fünf sterne geben.

I hope I got my message across.

[RongWrongTV5]

Beautiful touch and sound. Though I want to comment on the visuals that are to me equally haunting and appropriate. There's something surreally appropriate about the black outline of the player, playing a mirrored piano, reflecting the whole world outside as well as 'inside' in his soul. The visuals stick in my mind as symbolically appropriate for these haunting and minimal tunes.

[brutus6667]

amazing!

[drumrjln]

Beautiful playing

[silverlightjewelry]

You play it really beautifully, best I've heard here, IMO, I love the haunting quality, you really bring out the beauty of this piece.

[candyfragrancegirl]

beyond words.... thank you

[kappaalphaalpha]

great piece , great player thank you...

[jeffreycollins]

By far the best rendition of that great piece of music on here. My only recommendation is that you get a better microphone for that camera.

[Klangzauberer]

Thanks! Yes you are right I need a better microphone. Actually I have one and I used it for my newer videos which are mostly recorded between Christmas and New Years Eve. The thing which still bothers me is the noise in the video even with the microphone. That still appears because I connected it with the camera. I bought a sequencer to connect with the microphone and a laptop. Currently I haven't got much time to try that out but my next session in August will be hopefully without any noise.

[silverlightjewelry]

You really capture the mood and feel of this piece perfectly! Just gorgeous!

[carlotta8]

merci... bonne interpretation!

[VikUndMerk]

You play this piece beatifully. Thank you! I have some of your videos on my favorites, yo are great. By the way, where can I get the score for gnossiennes 4-6?

[peerformance]

very nice version!

please check out my version.

Peer

[aazzuull912]

yes sold

no mind

linden tea

[wattaschvatski]

beautiful

[miramar999]

thank you for bringing your music to the world

[srvfan454]

(mouth hanging open) wow!

[ThinkPink92]

Very nice.

[marianikol7]

there are no words in the world to comment your playing properly! I just can't help crying listening to it! just perfect!

[blizzfool]

nicely played i'm working on the no3 right now

[telekigy]

Es ist in irgendeinem Film drin, oder? weiß das jemand vielleicht?

[sonja1jeroen]

Yes this music is played in the movie "Elegy" with more beautiful piano-music in it.

[Pianoskier]

Brilliant:)

[pennymusicMAma]

Klanzauberer, I do love this Gnossienne by

Satie. Very nice. Rather-Impressionist,tho. fairly stark lines in his music,yet uniquely classical & lovely, simple, enchantingly melodic French touch. - Erik Satie. Merci!

[chilango2432]

Elegy soundtrack, great movie by the way.

nice played!

[FourtySven]

Thankyou for uploading Gnossienne nr.4, seems your the only one who has, Well played man

cheers

[CaddyCo]

You play it so wonferfully. I know because, when played with such grace and beauty, I'm taken afar in a dream of calmness and tranquility. Thank you.

[glun]

That's deep, brah.

[CaddyCo]

Oh yes. So deep.

[timm33602]

thanx for that. Great. More from Satie?

[wilver72]

Its such a beautiful piece and you played it so well. So do you know where i could find the sheet music for free if possible?

[croque0madame]

That's so beautiful...

[coiatelli]

congratulations from Brazil...

[clipwip]

Very nice! I had to order Nos. 3-6 from Amsterdam!! I live in the US and all there is here is the Dover edition of Nos. 1-3

[Hikage7]

only last achord should come calmer, with no so much late after last note before and in ppp. :) otherwise,this piece seems perfect

[StanEvalio]

Kann es sein dass Satie bei dem Stück von Chopin abgekupfert hat? Kommt mir irgendwie bekannt vor!

[michael1608]

Which piece did you have in mind?

[StanEvalio]

Well i just thought i had sth. Chopin-ish in my mind when i heard it...

Maybe i just confuse it! =)

[axgrad]

practically perfect except a tip to show more expression will get better marks in an exam and people like it more in an audience.

[DarthGRE]

Incredibly perfect..

[derzahir80]

ich war nie ein fan von klassischer musik, aber als ich das erste mal etwas von satie hörte, berührte es in diesem Moment meine Seele. erst viel später habe ich dann auch erfahren das das stück gnosienne no4 heisst, und mit jeden mal liebe ich es mehr

[ValerieLokas]

lovely :) i hadnt heard the 4th one

its such a beautiful piece

[robindeloxley]

maravilloso....

muy lindo tema...

[abcl2004]

Beautiful tune

[Worthlesskvltfkr]

You play it the way it was meant to played. Anyone who knows Satie, knows how to play it.

[geraamte]

isnt it abit too slow???

[Klangzauberer]

I thnik that's a matter of taste. Concerning this video there has been a very controversial discussion about that.

[Artidee]

Oh, this is really beautiful^^ I actually think that I've never heard the whole piece before, but now I like it even more :D

[moonlitmurloc]

the right notes in the right order is always a must. hehehe! But playing them with feeling at the right tempo (that is, without a steady metronome) is very important in my opinion, there's no point in playing Satie if you are going to dance to it.

[acurrucu3]

good but.. you're twisting your wrist.

[Klangzauberer]

I konow. There should be less movement.

[StarClanOfMercy]

quatsch zappel so viel wie du willst so lang du satie spielst!

[Klangzauberer]

Ja schon richtig ;-) aber oft ist es so, dass große Gesten zwar schön aussehen, jedoch tatsächlich das Piano-Spiel beeinträchtigen. Deshalb sollte es schon ein Ziel sein, überflüssige Bewegungen auf ein Minimum zu reduzieren.

[sirhonkalot]

und was ist mit leuten wie lang lang der ist doch auf der buehne am tanzen?

[Klangzauberer]

Der ist ein genialer Pianist, der das dann vielleicht kompensieren kann, oder bei dem seine Gesten sich wirklich positiv auf die Musik auswirken. Jedoch ist Lang Lang durchaus nicht unumstritten.

[urzkiburzki]

lang lang spielt macht eine ganz andere art von musik.. ich finde lang langs art zu spielen grauenhaft.. dieses gespielte rumgezappel am klavier diente nur dazu die aufmerksamkeit des publikum auf ihn zu lenken und somit an popularität zu gewinnen.. klassik ist nicht dafür gemacht, gleichzeitig dabei sport zu treiben..

schönes video, gut gespielt 5*

[sirhonkalot]

Ähh ja.... hmmm das problem an deiner aussage ist das im publikum kein arsch das sieht.

[olaola4]

Blijft altijd mooi, juiste tonen, op je juiste plaats, in de juiste volgorde.....:)

[Klangzauberer]

Could someone translate this, please?

[recyrb1]

er sagt das du die richtige tone spielt, gleich so wie dass gehort (oder so etwas, mein deutsch ist ser slecht)

he sais its beautiful and you play the right tones, exectly like it has to be. you play them in the right order. (i'm sorry, my englisch isn't very good, i'm dutch, you see)

But i agree with olaola4: erik satie can be proud!

[Klangzauberer]

Dankeschön :)

[geraamte]

it says very beautiful... the right tone... in the right order...........

i think its dutch.... i can make out the roots of the words...

[cybeavertoo]

always stays beautyful, the right notes, on the right spot, in the right sequence.......:)

[JFCHESNAS]

AWESOME SO HAUNTING.

[Mozza1980]

sublime

[oathofall]

hochachtung vor diesem satie

hast du schön gemacht.

[5Heliotrope]

du bist sehr talentiert.

satie bekommt nicht jeder pianist so hin...

außerdem musste ich beim lesen deiner profil-zeilen schmunzeln, in denen du erzählst, wie du unter dem klavier lagst, während deine mutter spielte. das bild ist sehr harmonisch und schön. wie dein spiel. wie eine filmsequenz.

[andheartsxx]

I loved it :] Amazing.

[ash180587]

the first time that i heard any of satie's compositions was in chocolat, no. 1. i heard no. 4 tonight and i was enthralled. i'm somewhat of a pianist myself and i know it's hard to get the dynamics just right. you did a great job.

[2zwaantjes]

My absolute fave and you play it the best I've ever heard it from a non-professional player.

I've said it before, 'easy' music but hard to catch the right mood. If I remember correctly, Satie says somewhere on his music 'like a whisper' or something to that effect. How do you play a WHISPER... that's what I would like to know.... Well, you certainly come closest as I've ever heard it.

MORE!!!!!!! ;-)

[Klangzauberer]

Oh thank you so much for your appreciation!

[nostalgicbadger]

I definitely agree with what has been said here so far. Great performance for the most part, I mostly agree with the timing, but I like for Satie a very short, light touch for the final chord. I feel like you played it a little too hard and held it for way too long. Otherwise, well played.

[hotelflamingo]

Nicely done, and the shadow and passing traffic provide an atmospheric melancholy.. these are wonderful pieces

[Klangzauberer]

I'd like to mention one thing for all people who discuss about the tempo. The original´sheet music declares a duration of 3:33 min. I am a little bit faster.

[DesmondMead]

You are a fine pianist. But, this is not the Moonlight. This piece was written by Satie, and there is evidence that he did it while he was alive. I like a faster tempo. This was really the first Blues piece in history, not merely Romantic. The grace notes could suggest melancholy whimsy or sounds of nature. Ciccolini nailed it: ambivalent, mysterious, modern.

[Klangzauberer]

You are partly right but in my opinion it is an adventurous assumption to call this piece the first Blues piece. Indeed, he uses some "blue notes" but when you are engaged with his biography, you will se that he was very interested in Hellenic music as well as grogorian music. I agree with you that it has some elements of Blues but I would not use this word in the context of Satie's music. It doesn't do justice to his very own style of music.

[DesmondMead]

Of course, "Blues" did not exist yet. I am familiar with only the biographies available in English. I am sorry we do not agree. You are a fine pianist.

[LeonSzillard]

I thought the last chord was just a little too late and too dramatic. (Satie is the master of understatement, not exaggeration) You seemed to miss a note on the way down (left thumb).

Otherwise I thought it was an excellent rendition.

[deketelaere]

Beautiful interpreting. This stuff give me many memories. It illustrated a radio emission in the end of 70's which had many succes on Europe 1 in France. The tittle is "open the night" with Gonzague St Brice. He is a great writer in France.

Thank you again.

Excuse my english.

Deketelaere-Ciccione

[Christopherwho]

nice playing

[Attansamadi]

i dont know what to say.. YOU ARE GREAT. I`ve heard this one like almost everyday. you play it wonderfully

[ArtisticAtrocity]

My my my are we critical... I've never played this song, but I've heard enough versions to know this one is more than acceptable. :) Agreed, it is a little choppy, but the intensity and speed are right.

[armoniamundi]

Very impressive, delicate, thanks.

Carlo , Turin, Itlay.

[roxyrain19]

you need some flow and you need to work on your dynamics, i played this song.

[georgejack1]

You play this Gnossienne well. Its a lovely sensitive piece which I personally enjoy playing best from all of them. Thanks for posting it.

[johngamboni]

bien

[maureenieo]

When you start, it's a little choppy, make it flow more. When you started with the right hand, it sounded like you were pounding on the keys. Make it loud but don't pound on the keys. You have a good start though! This is my favorite gnossienne.

[noleno]

Gnossienne nr. 4's sheet music has one clear statements below the title: Lent, which means slow. It means it must be felt like it's slow AT LEAST.

[Klangzauberer]

I think this gnossiene is different from the other ones, because of the left hand. It should not be played so statical, but more fluently

[noleno]

The thing is not to play it so slow that you complete lose the idea. Normally the statement talks about the first apreciation (measures) of a piece, so it is from the bass line at first in this piece that it should be noticed the "Lent" feeling. If you could find a middle point between slow without losing the tension, you could improve this performance. This is too fast.

[LeonSzillard]

Don't agree, I thought the timing was perfect, apart from the last chord.

[noleno]

Your opinion is respected.

[littlezab]

Good job--I love them slow. Reinbert de Leeuw has a double CD set where he plays all the Gnossiennes VERY SLOW (as well as other selections) for those of us who love Satie played slow--thanks for posting it --

littlezab (painter)

[Wordman67]

Nice, but too slow for my taste.

[goriswi]

I'd like to see you performing the other Gnossiennes too! Great job !!

[Klangzauberer]

I have recorded them! You can watch them soon!