Satie Gnossienne 2

[KrisdashPaul]

More like Erik Satire.

[KSX387]

The speed is good, it musn't be played faster.

[dellavechiax]

la tristesse durera toujours

[kjurko1]

@dellavechiax et pourtant on continue éternellement de croire qu'on est les seuls à la subir

[hereighns]

Gnossiennes>Gymnopedies

[Miloshevits]

@hereighns Don't try to compare two masterpieces and say one is better. I find that the Gnossiennes are much more haunting then the Gymnopedies, which are uplifting and serene.

[luigiperso]

@Miloshevits , I agree, and I also think that comparing works in a 'this is better' way, is really stupid.....

[TheWitcherFanboy]

I dont know why,but whenever i listen to this it reminds me of Hannibal Lecter.

[NovaScotiaChick]

@TheWitcherFanboy At least that gave someone a good laugh. :)

[TheWitcherFanboy]

@NovaScotiaChick Um, okay.

[maestrojimbo]

Love this!

[mushroomzagain]

im doing this peice for my tertiary performance on elec bass

its gonna be interesting

awesome composer by the way

[crowspeaks]

@mushroomzagain WOW!

[MissLouisaVuitton]

@cazm94 at the start of 1 & 3 i says 'lent' which is french for slow... time signature doesn't indicate speed...just sayin'

[CallMeReNayNay]

@MissLouisaVuitton Thank you.

[cazm94]

I love all of the gnossienne pieces because there is no time signature...whether you play fast, slow or both it doesn't matter

[jlcapaz]

@cazm94 You're crazy! It has to be slow..  Ha ha, anyway, glad you love him.

[grey2199]

I love my Margot for ever.

[diddlybop]

Is it true that he would walk a lobster around Paris?

[shazam15]

@diddlybop

Like a Boss.

[eyesRup]

At least until he got pinched.

[CarlHalling]

@diddlybop

No, that was Gerard de Nerval, in the 1830s.

[OnsLena]

@diddlybop He walked from his home to his studio, 15 km, everyday, back and forth, composing in the meanwhile. If I may believe Wikipedia.

[uhgvitybvouv]

@diddlybop really?

[floydyopz]

@diddlybop I believe it is true that he would walk LIKE a lobster around Paris (he had six legs, you know)

[maverickbrown]

@diddlybop That was Gerard de Nerval.

[Dunderhead36]

@diddlybop no, he was too sad to be seen around town

[ha1lenk1]

@diddlybop im pretty sure it was Salvador Dali the artist who walked his lobster around.

[maxLeifermann]

@ha1lenk1 I looked it up on the internet, it was the French writer Gérard de Nerval -- here's the quote from Wikipedia: "Nerval had a pet lobster named Thibault which he took for walks in the Palais Royal gardens in Paris on the end of a blue silk ribbon."

Awesome! I think he and Satie would have gotten along :-).

[ChrissieBana]

@diddlybop Yeah, like the person before me said, that was Gérard de Nerval, not Satie. I read his novel "Sylvie", it was excellent ;)

I kind of don't see Satie as someone who could have a pet lobster, it just doesn't seem like him... but, who knows...

[GunnyZoSo]

@ChrissieBana Thanks, now I know who the Simpsons are referring to in the episode "Lisa Gets an A"

[GoldenBoughTrader]

Check out the Reinbert de Leew recordings. This is very good, don't get wrong, but I think you'll find them superior.

[gunitk2]

is beautiful

[kingofskateop]

I don't understand why people have hurry... You can't play this master piece any faster...

[Lowebrau]

I agree, but

the mic placement and recording levels are all wrong in my opinion. The high strings would never sound like that if you were sitting in a room with that piano.

The pianist is also very mechanical, almost robotic with his treatment of the notes and chords. It lacks the richness of dynamics in regards to the attack of the notes and chords.

But, still beautiful

[Anihilist]

Why do all pianists bitch at other pianists if you think you are so good put up your own recording and do a better job I would love to hear it.

[KallistiMusic]

I suppose it started off as constructive criticism and resulted in ripping people until they're too nervous to play. I loved this recording, I've never heard it so slow before it's lovely. I will be uploading my own in the next few days (doing some research, perhaps I'll try it this slow).

[Anihilist]

I look forward to it

[SophosVII]

and the beauty of a single note...

[Bergashnurga]

Well, I wish the world was more like this. Relaxed and....such. mmmmm

[oyeyku]

...suspence?

[cosmoseee]

this is beautiful... even more beautiful than gymnopedie. satie is great!

[guitardweep13]

I find all of Saties piano stuff sounds better played slow. The efact that it's all written in Absolute time means its freee for interpretation, I just feel there's more room for emotional input (more pauses between unresolved sequences, etc) when they're played slower.

[oscarry]

It's beautiful like this, each note feels as if it has more meaning.

[ldnkid]

You're right. It's FAR too slow.

[lalalali58]

it is just perfect.

[DJAx3L2]

go listen some techno than lol

[ketzalbuho]

shit!! its so good no more after

[F33bs]

I have to agree, this version is a tad too slow.

[mukeshcuster]

it is for my taste as well, F33bs. Do you know who's playing?

[peerformance]

love this tune!

check my version!

[skullrack]

Very well done!

The right accents, the right pauses...beautiful!

The best I heard so far on Youtube.

[Leporello68]

thereisnoafixedspeed

;)

[Ailatan444]

I love this song but this version in my oppinion is too slow! I nearly fell asleep!

[geikogecko]

ive learned the first three on piano but i guess there are three more that satie wrote later...ill have to try those

[COCOONFABULA]

The 1st and the 4th are the best in my opinion

[blizzfoolmusic]

i like the first one the best  these are really kool though, there not that complicated but they are extremely good. just really deep and indepth

[s4mw33l]

Great song, I learned the first and third on the piano, but this one is hard :S

[SilasJ]

That's where I am right now :P This one is a somehow different from the two others, I'll have to take some time to understand it I guess.

[Tvaxy]

His music is words to me. Questions and feelings.

[ashraniyyah]

That is poetry.

[c0olmind]

I love Satie.

[evilscheisse]

Me too!!! I learned the Gnossienne 1 and 3 on the guitar ! yeah!

[c0olmind]

=D

And the first Gymnopédie!

[ExtemporaneousKay]

I am a verbal person, and yet I know of no words in my language to decribe this adequately. I can say only that I was moved to tears from the first note.

[geikogecko]

you should hear a different recording of this. i thought the pianist really took a lot of liberty with the rubato on this one.